REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL MYCOLOGIST 

 FOR THE YEARS 1907-09. 



(E. J. Butler, M.B., F.L.S., and W. McRae,, M.A, B.Sc.) 



1. Charge and Establishment. — The Imperial Mycolo- 

 gist held charge of his section till the 31st March 1909, 

 when he proceeded on combined leave, and Mr. W. McRae, 

 who had joined his appointment as Supernumerary Mycolo- 

 gist in March 1908, after a period of six months on 

 deputation in the laboratory of Professor von Tubeuf at 

 Munich, was appointed to officiate in his absence. The 

 first assistant, Mr. S. K. Basu, resigned his appointment 

 with effect from 16th December 1908. The post is not yet 

 filled up. The appointment on probation of Mr. T. S. 

 Lakshman Rao as assistant to the Supernumerary Mycolo- 

 gist, terminated on 31st March 1909, when Mr. A. Hafiz 

 Khan, second fieldman, was promoted to the post. L. S. 

 Subramanium, clerk 'on probation, was appointed third 

 fieldman. 



2. Laboratory. — The section moved into the new 

 laboratories of the Phipps' Institute in June 1908. In the 

 temporary quarters previously occupied, the work was 

 much interfered with by dirt and insects, and the move 

 has given much needed relief from these. When some 

 minor improvements are carried out; the section will be 

 Vv^ell-housed in its new quarters. 



3. Training. — A mycological assistant for the United 

 Provinces was under training until September 1907. 

 Another for Bombay joined in June 1908, and the Assist- 

 ant Professor of Botany, Poona Agricultural College, 

 received a short course in April and May 1908. A myco- 

 logical assistant for Madras joined in November 1908, 

 and the Mycological Collector for Eastern Bengal and 

 Assam joined in September 1908. A student from the 

 Central Provinces received a course in cryptogamic 



