26 MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF. FUNGI, ETC. [Bot. Absts., Vol. VI, 



LICHENS 



185. Herre, Albert C. Alaskan notes. Bryologist 23 : 37-3S. 1920. — A list of twenty- 

 eight species of lichens from Alaska, with localities. — E. B. Chamberlain. 



186. Steiner, J. Flechten aus Transkaukasien. [Lichens from Transcaucasia.] Ann. 

 Mycol. 17 : 1- 32. 1919. — The author gives a list of some two hundred lichens which he received 

 from G. Woronoff for identification. The following new species and varieties are listed: 

 Dermatocarpon (Endopyrenium rufescens (Ach.) Th. Fr. var. pruinatum Stnr. ; Leptorhaphis 

 Buxi Stnr.; Lithographa deplanata Stnr.; Lecidea (Evlecidea) goniophiliza Stnr.; Lecidea 

 (Eulecidea) phaea (Flot. apud Krb.) Nyl. f. interrupta Stnr. nov. f. ; Lecanora (Aspicilia) 

 sphaerolhallina Stnr. var. plicatula Stnr.; Lecanora (Aspicilia) esculenta (Pall.) Eversm. var. 

 Erivanensis Sntr. ; Lecanora (Aspicilia) subdepressa Nyl. var. adgrediens Stnr.; Lecanora 

 (Aspicilia) squamulosa Stnr.; Lecanora (Aspicilia) epiglypta Nyl. var. rupta Stnr.; Lecanora 

 solorinoides Stnr.; Parmetia (Cyclocheilae) glabra (Schaer.) Nyl. var. epilosa Stnr.; Caloplaca 

 irrubescens (Nyl.) A. Zahlbr. var. disjecta Stnr.; Physcia caucasica Stnr.; Buellia Zahlbruck- 

 neri Stnr. var. microspora Stnr. — Fred C. Werkenlhin. 



FUNGI 



187. Arnatjd, G. La famille des Parodiellinacees (Pyrenomycetes). [The family Paro- 

 diellinaceae of the Pyrenomycetes.] Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 170: 202-204. 1920. — In 

 harmony with his previous study the author seeks to establish the family Parodiellinaceae, 

 in the order Hypocreales. This family is to consist of four tribes organized about the genera 

 Bagnisiopsis, Parodiellina, Parodiopsis, and Erysiphe, the last named to constitute the 

 nucleus of the tribe, which is equivalent to the well established group, the Erysiphaceae. 

 The family is held to possess unity due to the parasitic habit of its members upon vascular 

 plants, especially their leaves. There are present internal haustoria, and a pigment occurs 

 at least in the conceptacles. Conidiophores are common in the family. Two tribes have 

 external mycelia, its presence seeming to have no definite relation to development in a rainy 

 region as is the case in the Microthyriaceae. The Erysipheae represent the climax of evo- 

 lution in this group, the simplicity of their conceptacles being apparently the result of reduc- 

 tion on the part of the stroma. — C. H. and W. K. Farr. 



188. Bardie, A. Excursion mycologique de la Societe Linneenne e Leognan le 12 Novembre 

 1916, nos vieilles forets; necessite de leur conservation. [The mycological excursion of the 

 Linnean Society to Leognan, November 12, 1916.] Actes Soc. Linneenne Bordeaux (Proces- 

 verbaux) 69: 105-113. 1915-16. [Received May, 1920.]— See Bot. Absts. 6, Entry 80. 



189. Bose, S. R. Fungi of Bengal. III. Polyporaceae of Bengal. Carmichael Med. Coll. 

 Belgachia Bull. 1. 5 p., 12 pi. 1920. — Twelve species of polypores are described and each is 

 illustrated with 3 or more halftones. The 12 illustrations are arranged on 7 special insert 

 sheets. The specimens have been compared with authentic material in the herbarium of the 

 Peradenya Bot. Gard., Ceylon. The species are: Fomes applanatus, F. pallidus, Lenzites 

 repanda, Polyporus licnoides, P. emerici, P. secernibilis , P. zonalis, Poria diversiporus, Tra- 

 metes lactinea, T. versatilis, T. occidentalis , T. persooni. [Part I was published in: Proc. Indian 

 Assoc. Cultiv. Sci. 4: part 4, 1918. Part II appeared in the Proceedings of the Science Con- 

 vention, 1918, of the same Association.] — D. Reddick. 



190. Boyer, G. Sur l'existence et les principaux caracteres du mycelium des champignons 

 qui paraissent en etre depourvus et en particulier de celui des tuberacees. [Concerning the 

 ex'stence and the principal characters of the mycelium of fungi which appear to be sterile and 

 in particular those of the Tuberaceae.] Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux (Proces-verbaux) 69: 94- 

 97. 1915-16. — The delicate mycelium of many species of Amanita and Boletus, if followed 

 for a distance of one to several decimeters, leads to mycorhiza of tree roots. Many of the 

 truffles and similar fungi with mycelium that is scarcely apparent possess mycelium which 

 extends into the earth and in many cases probably connect with the mycorhiza of the neigh- 

 boring trees. — W. H. Etnig. 



