88 MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF FUNGI, ETC. [Bot. Absts., Vol. V, 



647. Fries, Thore C. E. Onygena equina (Willd.) Pers. funnen i Haliand. [Onygena 

 equina (Willd.) Pers. found in Holland.] Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. [Stockholm] 13: 107. Fig. 1. 

 1919. 



648. Gunn, W. F. Some Irish Mycetozoa. Irish Nat. 28: 45-48. 1919.— The number 

 of Irish Mycetozoa should approximate those recorded from Great Britain and further explora- 

 tion is desired. A list of thirty-eight species and varieties from new localities and one, 

 Hemitrichia vesparium, new to Ireland is given. — W. E. Praeger. 



649. Hadden, N. G. The Uredineae of West Somerset. Jour. Botany 58: 37-39. 1920. 

 — This paper is a list of the rusts found within a few miles of Porlock in Somerset, England. 

 The list is said to contain an unusually large number of species, a number of which are rare 

 and interesting. The nomenclature is that of Ramsbottom's list of British Uredinales. — 

 K. M. Wiegand. 



650. Harris, J. E. G. Contributions to the biochemistry of pathogenic anaerobes. VIII. 

 The biochemical comparison of microorganisms by quantitative methods. Jour. Path, and 

 Bact. 23: 30-49. Fig. 1-2. 1919— See Bot. Absts. 5, Entry 936. 



651. Herre, A. W. C. T. A list of lichens from southeastern Alaska. Publ. Puget Sound 

 Biol. Sta. 2: 279-285. 1919. — A taxonomic report on the lichens collected by the members of 

 the U. S. Bureau of Soils Kelp Exploration Expedition to Southeastern Alaska in 1913. 86 

 species and varieties were collected, of which 19 were not previously known from Alaska. 

 The range of others is extended. — T. C. Frye. 



652. Herrmann, E. Behandlung und Untersuchung der Trockenpilze. [Treatment and 

 examination of mushrooms for drying purposes.] Pharm. Zentralhalle Deutschland 60: 5-7, 

 21-25. PI. 1, fig. 16. 1919. — A description of edible fungi and tests for distinguishing these 

 from poisonous fungi. — H. Engelhardt. 



653. Hollands, A. Ch. Formes levures pathogenes observees dans le sang d'Acridium 

 (Caloptenus italicus L.). [Pathogenic yeast forms observed in the blood of Acridium.] Compt. 

 Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 168: 1341-1344. 1 fig. 1919. — Marchal has reported yeast forms in 

 the blood of the caterpillars of Cochylis. It is probable that these are parasitic. Author in 

 1918 discovered a form of yeast in the blood of crickets (Caloptenus italicus). The normal 

 limpid blood of the insect assumes a milky appearance when the insect is affected and death 

 ensues. Disease was produced by injection of blood of diseased individuals into normal ones. 

 It was possible to produce the disease in Psophus stridulus L. but in other forms experimented 

 upon the yeast cells were rapidly destroyed by the leucocytes. Organism is described and 

 figured. The organism was obtained in pure culture on various media and in certain cases 

 filamentous forms have appeared. Author suggests two possibilities, viz., that a yeast and 

 another fungus are present and secondly that the yeast form is merely one stage in the life 

 cycle of a filamentous form. It is proposed to inoculate insects with both forms to settle 

 this point. — V. H. Young. 



654. Keissler, K. v. Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte der Scoglien und Kleineren Inseln 

 Suddalmatiens. 4. Fungi. [The natural history of the smaller islands of southern Dalmatia. 

 4. Fungi.] Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. (Math.Nat. Kl.) 92:299-300 1916.— Only six 

 species are listed. These are Diplodina Sandstedei, Didymosphaeria sp., Hysterium angus- 

 tatum, Stictis radiata, Scutula Aspiciliae, and Leciographa centrifuga. — H. M. Fitzpalrick. 



655. Kempton, F. E. Origin and development of the pycnidium. Bot. Gaz. 68: 233-261. 

 6 pi. Oct., 1919. — Pycnidia originate and develop by two main methods, meristogenous and 

 symphyogenous, the meristogenous method resolving itself into two modes, simple and com- 

 pound. Variations of the meristogenous method are found in Coniothyrium pyriana and 

 Sphaeronaemella fragariae. The symphyogenous method is less often found and is variable. 

 Acervuli arise as do pycnidia, simple acervuli by the simple meristogenous mode, and complex 

 ones usually by the compound meristogenous or symphyogenous method. Complex subicles 



