ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 685 



Ghytridium gibbosum on Cladophora, Lagenidium CEdogonii fouud in the 

 vegetative cells of (Edogonium and Aphelidium Melosirse in Melosira. 



P. Dietel * reviews the genus Uropyxis and allied genera. With 

 the exception of U. Steitditeri, which is found in Abyssinia; all the 

 species of the genus are from the American continent. The genus is 

 characterised by the presence of two germinating pores in each spore- 

 cell and by a sheath which envelopes the teleutospore. 



Fungi Javanici.1— A list of fungi from Java, all of them new to 

 science, has been issued by P. Hennings. They were collected by 

 Zimmermaun. There are several new genera : — Zimmermaniella in the 

 family Dothideaceae, the asci of which contain three oblong continuous 

 spores ; this genus is also distinguished by the form of the stroma ; 

 Discomycopsella, one of the Leptostromatacese ; Didymostilbe, nearly 

 allied to Stilbum, but with septate spores ; and Didymobotryopsis, also a 

 member of the Stilbaceae, but distinguished by the form of the stroma. 



The same author % describes some new Pezizacete found in Germany. 

 These are a variety Raatzii of Pyronema domesticum, Pyronema Buchsii 

 and Sarcoscypha pseudomelastoma. 



He publishes § still another series of species of Cordiceps from 

 Surinam. There are six new forms all found growing on insects. One 

 of them, G. Michaelisii, was found on a chrysalis. 



A new Hymenomycete, Phlebia Kriegeriana, is also described by 

 Hennings. |] It was collected by Krieger at Konigstein, and differs from 

 other European species in colour and form. 



Fungus Flora of the Sonntagberg.^f — P. Pius Strasser gives a 

 second contribution of fungi from this region of Austria. The numbers 

 here published are 738-856. There are several new species, one new 

 genus in the Spheeropsideee, namely Strasseria near Neottiospora , and one 

 new Hyphomycetous genus Hohneliella, a member of the Phseostilbeae. 

 Brosadola and Saccardo have determined the new forms. 



Fungus Flora of Piedmont.** — Teodoro Ferrario publishes a second 

 list of fungi collected in Piedmont. He lias already recorded 112 species 

 from the same neighbourhood ; the present contribution brings the 

 number up to 218. The larger number belong to the Deuterornycetaa, 

 and the new species or varieties, of which there are 21, are all micro- 

 scopic, most of them Sphaeropsideee. The author has been assisted by 

 Saccardo in determining several of the new species. They are all 

 illustrated. 



North American Mycology.jt — F. S. Earle contributes notes on the 

 following. (1) Synonymy of Ascocorticium — A. albidum Brcfeld is 

 identical with Ascomyces anomalus Ell. and Hark. (2) A synopsis of 

 North American species of Periconia, with description of several new 

 species. (3) New Florida Fungi. (4) New California Fungi. (5) New 

 Fungi from various localities. 



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* Tom. cit, pp. 107-13. f Hedwigia, xli. (1902) pp. 140-9. 



X Tom. cit., pp. 1G4-6. § Tom. cit., pp. 167-9. 



|| Hedwigia, Beiblatt, xli. (1902) pp. 146-7. 



«j[ Verh. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, lii. (1902) pp. 429-37. 

 ** Malpighia, xvi. (1902) pp. 2-46 (2 pis.). 

 tf Bui). New York Bot. Gard., ii. (1902) pp. 331-50. 



