Fungi. 85 



Straits Settlements. 



Leptonia bicolor Massee, Leptonia tricolor Massee, Ciavaria orni- 

 thopoda Massee, Ciavaria bicolor Massee, Boletus Ridleyi Massee, 

 Rosellinia echinata Massee. 



Queensland. 



Gloeocalyx Massee (g&n. nov.), Gloeocalyx Bakeri Massee, Phoma 

 sycophyla Massee, Pestalozzia vermiformis Massee. 



Tasmania. 



Amanita grisea Massee et Rodway, Hydnum pexatum Massee, Irpex 

 depauperatus Massee, Laestadia insidiosa Massee, Hypochnus chlorinus 

 Massee, Lycoperdon tasmanicum Massee, Secotium Rodwayi Massee, 

 Hymenogaster albidus Massee et Rodway, Hysterangium affine Massee 

 et Rodway, Peziza plicata Massee et Rodway, Helotium prasiniim 

 Massee, Phaeopezia ochracea Massee et Rodway, Cerion Massee (gen. nov.), 

 Cerion coccineiim Massee et Rodway, Karschia Atherospermae Massee et 

 Rodway, Asterina systema-solare Massee, Ustilago microspora Massee et 

 Rodway, Pilolobns piillus Massee, Melanconiiim Eucalypti Massee et 

 Rodway. 



New Caledonia. 



Diplodia Ochrosiae Massee, 



West Tropical Africa. 

 Collybia olivacea ^[a.ssee, Lepiotajohnsoni Massee, Mycena sphaero- 

 spora Massee, Pleurotus macilentus Massee, Psilocybe citrina Massee, 

 Trogia hispida Massee, Lentinus flavidus Massee, Polyporus Hollandii 

 Massee, Polystictus nigripes Massee, Cyphella lilacina Massee, Pistillaria 

 Johnsoni Massee, Haplosporella violacea Massee, Auerswaldia maxima 

 Massee, Nectria verrucosa Massee, Mysterium vermiforme Massee, Bulgaria 

 turbinata Massee, Helminthosporium Coffeae Massee, Dendryphium 

 effusum Massee, Stilbum albipes Massee, Isaria acervata Massee. 



S. Africa. 

 Uromyces Bolusii Massee, Puccinia pallida Massee. 



Argentinia. 

 Heterosporium Calandrinae Massee. G. Massee (Kew). 



Plowright, CfHARLES] B[AGGE], New British Fungi. (Journal 

 of Botany. London. XXXIX. 1901. p. 385.) 



Describes two new fungi from Britain; Thelephora vitellina Plowr., 

 and Monilia Glasti Plowr. G. Massee (Kew). 



f Massee ,] South Africa Locust Fungus. (Kew. Bull. London. 



1901. p. 94—99. with plate.) 



Contains description and general account of a new fungus, Mucor 

 cxitiosus, Massee, used in S. -Africa for exterminating locusts. 



G. Massee (Kew). 



Barker, B[ertie] T[homas) P[ercival], AconjugatingYeast. 



(Abstract). London, Proc. Royal Soc. LXVIII. 1901. 



p. 345—348. 



During the cultivation of a yeast obtained from com- 

 mercial ginger it was observed that the spore-containing cells 

 differed from those of most other Saccharomycetes in consisting 

 of two ordinary cells which have conjugated by means of a 

 beak formed by each spore. This process takes place as follows; 

 the beaks of two spores approach each other until they meet; 

 fusion of the walls takes place at the point of contact, followed 



