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1289. DupRENOY, Jean. The occurrence of Actinomyces-like endotrophic mycorhiza. 

 New Phytol. 19: 40-43. Fig. 1-5. 1920. — Actinomyces is held responsible for 2 cases of 

 endotrophic mycorhiza. This conclusion demands for proof further investigation of the 

 cases and also a precise definition of the genus Actinomyces. Descriptions are given of the 

 morphology and staining reactions of the mycorhiza.— 7. F. Lewis. 



1290. Fink, Bruce, and Sylvia C. Fitson. Ascomycetes new to the flora of Indiana. 

 Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1918:264-275. 1920.— The authors list 135 species distributed 

 among 43 families, with host or substratuto and county. Many of these Ascomycetes are 

 associated with algae in lichens. Two species, Pyrenopsis fuscoatra Fink sp. nov. and Ver- 

 rucaria sordida Fink sp. nov., are new.— F. C. Anderson. 



1291. Fischer, L. Tabellen zur Bestimmung einer Auswahl von Thallophyten und Bryo- 

 phyten. [Keys for the determination of a selected group of thallophytes and bryophytes.] 60 p. 

 Bern, 1918.— This series of keys was prepared for the use of students in the University of Bern. 

 The first edition appeared in 1898 and the second in 1903. After the death of the author, a 

 rovised edition was pilblished by his son, E. Fischer, in 1910, and the present publication is 

 the second edition of the revision. Representatives of the myxomycetes, bacteria, algae, 

 fungi, liverworts, and mosses are included, more attention being given to the fungi than to 

 any other group. — A. W. Evans. 



1292. Fries, Thore C. E. Bidrag til Tromso Amts gasteromycetflora. [Contribution to 

 the flora of gasteromycetes of Tromso Amt, Norway.] Bergens Mus. Aarbok Naturv. Raekke 

 1917-18: 10 p. 1920. — Notes on species of Lycoperdaceae and Nidulariaceae. Calvatia 

 saccata (Vahl) Morg. var, alpina n. var. is given. — A. Gundersen. 



1293. Godfrey, G. H. Sclerotinia Ricini n. sp. on the castor bean (Ricinus communis). 

 Phytopath. 9: 565-567. PI. 40-41. 1919.— A hitherto undescribed species of Botrytis, caus- 

 ing a serious disease of the castor bean, is shown to be the conidial condition of a species of 

 Sclerotinia which is here described as S. Ricini n. sp The Botrytis was repeatedly obtained 

 from single ascospore isolations. — H. M. Fitzpatrick. 



1294. Grove, W. B. Mycological notes, V. Jour. Botany 58:249-251. 1920 (continued 

 from Jour. Botany 57 : 210. 1919, and to be continued) .—The writer presents additional notes 

 on Russula claroflava Grove, and a revised description of that species. It was found to 

 grow always on grassy ground among trees on the borders of a sphagnum bog. Boletus san- 

 guineus Withering was rediscovered by the writer, and a description is given. It is noted 

 that a certain number of closely related species would be better treated as subdivisions of a 

 comprehensive species, e.g., B. chrysenteron. Monilia candicans Sacc. is redescribed from a 

 specimen obtained in Cofton Park. It is probably the same as Monilia caespitosa Relh. about 

 which there has been much doubt. The statement of authors that the spores are in ternate 

 spikes is misleading, as ternate spikes are only occasional. A brief note in correction of 

 "Mycological notes IV" is appended. The corrections concern an unnamed species of 

 Phyllosticta, and Sphaerulina intermixta f. valde-evoluta. — K. M. Wiegand. 



1295. Herrmann, Emil. Pilzschaedlinge an Drogen. [Fungi detrimental to drugs.] 

 Pharm. Zentralhalle 61 : 95-100. 1920.— A detailed study of the action of various kinds of fungi 

 on drugs. The forms enumerated include Myxomycetes, Peronosporaceae, Perisporiaceae, 

 Ustilaginales, Uredinales, Exobasidiales, and Exoascaceae.— Tf. Engelhardt. 



1296. Jones, Fred Ruel, and Charles Drechsler. Crownwart of alfalfa caused by 

 Urophlyctis alfalfae. Jour. Agric. Res. 20: 295-323. PL 47-56. 1920 [1921].— Crownwart 

 has been known in the United States for about 10 years. It is still confined to Pacific slope 

 sections and is not a serious disease. Urophlyctis alfalfae seems to be limited to Medicago 

 sativa and M. falcata. The disease originates in infection of very young buds in early spring; 

 the foliar elements of these develop into abnormalities not involving the mature structures of 



