No. 1, August, 1920] MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF FUNGI, ETC. 87 



639. Colosi, G. Contribute alia conoscenza dei Licheni della Sardegna. [Some Lichens 

 of Sardinia.) Malpighia 28: 458 171. L919. — Lists L15 species and varieties, two of the 

 varieties being new. — L. W. Riddle. 



640. Dittrich, ('<. Uber Vergiftungen durch Pilze der Gattungen Inocybe und Tricbo- 

 loma. (Poisoning caused by species of Inocybe and Tricholoma.] Ber. Deutsch Bot. C,cs. 

 36:456-459. 1918. — Inocybe sambucina is reported to have cause] seven' poisoning. !!■ 

 ever, since the species has not been identified with certainty and no specimens could be 

 obtained the following season, it is doubtful whether the fungus in question or some other 

 organism was responsible. Tricholoma ' and related species are considered harm' 

 by some and poisonous by others. — Ernst Arlschwager. 



641. [Dodge, B. O.] Anonymous. Index to American mycological literature, 

 logia 12: 55-58. 1920. 



642. Doidgh, E. M . An interesting group of leaf fungi. South African Jour. N 

 Hist 1: 164-171. 4 fig. 1919. — An account of the Peris poriaceae and Microihyriaceae, is given 

 in a non-technical style, including methods of collecting, preserving and making microscopic 

 preparations. — E. HI. Doidge. 



643. Dufrexoy, Jean. Sur les maladies parasitaires des Chenilles processionaires des 

 Pins d'Arachon. [Concerning parasitic maladies of caterpillars.] Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. 

 Paris 168: 1345-1346. 1919. — Brief descriptions of various bacteria and higher fungi found 

 growing as parasites on certain larvae. Those mentioned are: Bacterium pityocampae, 

 Streptococcus sp., Beauveria globulifera (J. Beauverie) and Penicillivm sp. — V. II. Young. 



644. Emile-Weil, P., and L. Gaudix. Contribution a. l'etude des onychomycoses — 

 Onychomycoses a Penicillium, a Scopulariopsis, a\ Sterigmatocystis, a Spicaria. [Contribut on 

 to the study of onychomycoses due to Penicillium, etc.] Arch. Med. Exp. ot Anat. Path. Paris 

 28: 452hJ67. PL 12, 4 fig- 1919. — Mycoses of the nails are not uncommon, but have been 

 given little study. They are mostly confined to the toe-nails, particularly those of the big 

 toes. The pathological aspects are discussed briefly. Reports are given of Penicillium 

 brevicaule var. hominis ( = Scopulariopsis Koningi Vuill.), Scopulariopsis cinerea n. sp., Spi- 

 caria unguis n. sp., Sterigmatocystis unguis n. sp. The cultural characteristics of these fungi 

 are described, as well as their morphology. Their mode of infection is probably through lesions. 

 They frequently follow frost injury. — E. A. Bessey. 



645. Eriksson, Jakor. Sur l'heteroecie et la specialisation du Puccinia caricis, Reb. 

 [On heteroecism and specialization in Puccinia caricis Reb.] Rev. C6n. Bot. 32: 15-1S. 1920. 

 — After a large number of collections and inoculation experiments author divides Puccinia 

 caricis into 3 species: P. Caricis diffusa, with aecidia on Urtica and Ribes; P. caricis- Urticae 

 (P. Urticiae-caricis , Kleb.), with aecidia on Urtica; and P. caricis-Ribis (P. Ribesii, Cari- 

 cis, Kleb.), with aecidia on Ribes. Under the last named are 3 sub-species: P. Caricis- 

 Ribis, diffusa; P. caricis-Grossulariae ; and P. caricis-Ribis-nigri. — L. W. Sharp. 



646. Fragoso, Romualdo Gonzalez. Notes and communications at the session of Oct. 

 1, 1919. Bol. R. Soc. Espafiola Hist, Nat. 19: 429-430. Oct., 1919.— The President of the 

 Society commented on certain species distributed as new in the last fascicle of Maire's "Myco- 

 theca Boreali-Africana," particularly with reference to their relation to the mycological flora 

 of Spain. Puccinia Scirpi-littoralis (Pat.) Maire, II, III. The species encountered on Scirpus 

 in regions where there is no IAmnanthemum nymphoides may be this new species; P. Laguri- 

 Chamaemoly Maire, O, I— II, III, probably occurs in southern Spain where Allium Chamae- 

 moly occurs; P. madritensis Maire, O, I— II, III, is probably the species reported as an aecid- 

 dium on Clematis cirrhosa from the Balaeric islands and referred to P. Agropyri Ell. & Ev. ; 

 Uromyces Cuenodii Maire, II, III; Entyloma Eryngii-tricuspidati Maire, probably occurs in 

 southern Spain; Physoderma Ornithogali Maire attacks Ornithogalum narbonnense which 

 occurs in all parts of Spain. — O. E. Jennings. 



