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and P. hurkillii, Singapore; Stereum (Hymenochaete) speciosum, Porto Rico; Trametes versi- 

 color, Chile; Hypoxylon rostratum, Diploderma cretaceum, Trametes subminima, Polystictus 

 radiato-rugosus, and Lentinus atro-lucidus, Tasmania; Xylaria composita, West Africa; Cor- 

 dyceps thwaitsii, Ceylon; C. hillii, New Zealand; Fames latistipitatus, Phyllocarbon (no v. 

 gen.) yasudai, Aleurodiscus ts^igae, A. stereoides, and Polyporus juxta-rugosus, Japan; Pty- 

 chogaster aureus and Polyporus victoriensis, Australia,; Polyporus duroporus, China; Trametes 

 guatemalensis, Guatemala. — Notes on the genera Kretzschmaria and Melanogaster are more or 

 less monographic. Miscellaneous notes on other genera are included. — Specimens are recorded 

 as being received from various parts of the U. S. A., from Canada, India, South Africa, 

 Bahamas, France, Switzerland, Porto Rico, Singapore, Australia, Fiji Islands, Holland, New 

 Zealand, China, Syria, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Belgium, Italy, Ecuador, Zanzibar, 

 Brazil, Tasmania, and Belgian Congo. — L. O. Overholts. 



1223. Mangin, L., et F. Vincbns. Sur un noveau genre d'Adelomycetes, le Spirospora 

 Castaneae n. sp. [A new genus of Adelomycetes.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Mycol. France 36: 

 89-97. Fig. 1-7. 1920. — A new fungus has been discovered in examining chestnuts affected 

 with black-rot. The organism seems to belong near Mycogone in the Adelomycetes; the new 

 genus Spirospora is established and the single species S. Castaneae described. The note states 

 that the word Adelomycetes has been previously suggested by one of the authors to replace 

 the expression Fungi Imperfecta — D. S. Welch. 



1224. Maublanc, M. Contribution k I'etude de la flora mycologique bresilienne. [Con- 

 tribution to the flora of Brazil.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Mycol. France 36: 33-^3. PL 2-4, fig. 

 1-11. 1920. — The present article begins a series on fungi collected by the author in Brazil 

 (1912-14). Under the heading. "I. Fungi Novi Braziliensis," appear descriptions of the fol- 

 lowing: Dimeriella caracaensis n. sp.; Sphaerella ilicicola n. sp.; Metasphaeria stromaticola 

 n. sp.; Leptosphaeria paraguariensis n. sp.; Nectria badia n. sp.; Uropolystigma (n. gen. Nec- 

 triaceae) atro-testaceum n. sp.; Calonectria coralloides n. sp.; Giberella longispora n, sp.; 

 Asterina Maublancii (Arnaud) nob.; Dimerosporium Triumfettae Arn.; Maublancia Myrtacea- 

 rum Arn.; Morenonia inaequalis Maubl.; Pestalozzia paraguariensis n. sp.; Cercospora Byr- 

 sonimatis n. sp.; Cercospora ilicicola n. sp.; Cercospora Trigonellae n. sp.; Gibellula arach- 

 nophila (Ditm.) Vuill. forma macropus n. f. — D. S. Welch. 



1225. Mayor, Eugene. Etude experimentale du Puccinia Opizii Bubak. [On Puccinia 

 Opizii Bubak.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Mycol. France 36: 97-100. 1920.— Experiments verify 

 the results of Bubak, Tranzschel, and Arthur, and demonstrate that Puccinia Opizii is able 

 to develop aecidia on the following composites: Lactuca canadensis, L. muralis, L. perennis, 

 L. sativa, L. scariola, L. virosa, Crepis biennis, C. taraxacifolia, C. virens, Lampsana communis, 

 Sonchus arvensis, S. asper, S. oleraceus. Uredo- and teleutospores develop on Carex muricata 

 and C. siccata in the U. S. A. The following composites were found to be immune: Aposeris 

 foetida, Centaurea Jacea, C . Rhapontieum, Crepis aurea, C. blattarioides, C.foetida, C. mollis, 

 C. paludosa, Cirsium palustra, Erigeron acer, Hypochoeris radicata, Senecio aquaticus, S. 

 Jacobaea, S. Fuchsii, S. silvaticus. Taraxacum officinale. — D. S. Welch. 



1226. MiRANDE, Robert. Zoophagus insidians Sommerstoff, capteur de rotifers vivants. 

 [A captor of living rotifers, Zoophagus insidians.] Bull, Trimest. Soc. Mycol, France 36: 

 47-53. 5 fig. 1920. — This organism, probably a member of the Saprolegniaceae, is parasitic 

 upon certain aquatic animals, especially rotifers. Short branches of the filaments apparently 

 produce an adhesive substance at the tip. These tips come in contact with the oral cavity of 

 animals seeking food; the animal is effectively caught. The fungus develops abundantly 

 within the body of the animal killing and digesting it, only the chitinous parts remaining. 

 Only one other case is known, that of A rthrobotrys oligospora (Zopf ), of a fungus able to capture 

 living animals of a relatively higher organization. — D. S. Welch. 



1227. More au, F. A propos du noveau genre Kunkelia Arthur. [A propos of the new genus 

 Kunkeliaof Arthur.] Bull. Trimest. Soc. Mycol. France 36: 101-103. 1920.— Attention is 



