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root or stem. In the presence of abundant moisture, the galls complete development in early 

 summer; most of them decay rapidly but some live over winter. The fungous body con- 

 sists of turbinate cells and resting spores. At all stages of development of the gall char- 

 acteristic masses of brown resting spores are present. The first turbinate cell is the imme- 

 diate development of the infecting body and becomes polynucleate; from this uninucleate 

 peripheral segments are cut off at the apex. A hyphal structure of limited growth develops 

 from each of these; its expanded nucleate termination constitutes the turbinate cell of the 

 next succession. At its mature stage the turbinate cell bears a branched apical haustoriimi, 

 the axis of which proliferates at its tip a globose expansion into which the polynucleate pro- 

 toplasm passes to produce the resting spore; the latter is characterized by 9 to 15 branched 

 haustoria zonately arranged, or only by scars of these when ripe. No evidence of any sexual 

 process in the production of these spores was found. — The abundant development of the dis- 

 ease is associated with excessive soil moisture during the infection period and control meas- 

 ures leading to reduction of soil moisture at this time are indicated. — F. Weiss. 



1297. Keissler,Karl VON Revision des SauterschenPilzherbars. [Revision of Sauter's 

 fungus herbarium.] Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien 31:77-138. 1917. — There is a list of 

 Sauter's mycological publications and an introduction. The special part consists of 3 sub- 

 divisions: (1) A list of Sauter's species based upon types in his herbarium, (2) a list of Sauter's 

 species of which there are no specimens in the herbarium, and (3) a list of species other than 

 Sauter's of which there are specimens in the herbarium. Several herbarium names credited 

 to Sauter are given but are not accompanied by formal descriptions. Peziza alboflava Saut. 

 (Lachnea alboflava Sacc.) is technically a new combination concerning which there is a note. 

 The list is amply annotated. — A. S. Hitchcock. 



1298. Kops, Jan, F. W. van Eeden, en L. Vuyck. Flora Batava. Afbeelding en besch- 

 rijving der Nederlandsche gewassen. [Flora Batavia. Illustrations and descriptions of plants 

 of Holland.] Parts 400-401. Folio, pi. 1993-2000 [colored]. Martinus Nijhoff: 's-Graven- 

 hage, 1920. — The present parts contain illustrations and descriptions of several vascular and 

 non- vascular plants. The non-vascular plants are: Inocybe fastigiata Schaeff., Tricholoma 

 cerinum P., Lepiota cinnabarina Schwein., Peniophora quercina Cooke, Cortinarius (Myxa- 

 cium) vibratilis Ft., Marasmius prasiosmus Ft., and Clitocybe claviceps P. [See also Bot. 

 Absts. 1, Entry 635; 5, Entry 2347; 7 Entry 1457; 8, Entry 1541.]— J. M. Greenman. 



1299. Leiby, R. W. The larger corn stalk borer. Bull. North Carolina Dept. Agric. 

 41": 5-85. S7 fig. 1920. — Several fungus parasites are mentioned in the discussion of the 

 biology of this insect. These include Isaria barberi Gd., Hirsutella sp., and Metarrhizium 

 anisopliae (Metsch.) Sor. — F. A. Wolf. 



1300. Mayor, Eugen. Notes mycologiques. [Mycological notes.] Bull. Soc. NeuchA- 

 teloise Sci. Nat. 42:62-113. 1916/17 [1918]. — Parasitic fungi of Neuchatel. Puccinia cen- 

 taur eae-rhapontici on Centaur ea rhaponticum is new. Aecidium on Crepis biennis is connected 

 with Puccinia pentasiti-pulchellae Liidi, and that on Helleborus foetidus with Melampsora 

 abieticaprearum Tub. [Through Abst. by Matouschbk in Zeitschr. Pflanzenkrankh . 

 30: 147. 1920.]— D. Reddick. 



1301. Meinecke, E. p. Facultative heteroecism in Peridermium cerebrum and Perider- 

 mium harknessii. Phytopath. 10: 270-297. 2 fig. 1920.— Additions to the California host 

 lists of Peridermium cerebrum and Cronartium cerebrum are reported. Direct infections 

 have resulted from inoculations of several species of pine with aeciospores of Peridermium 

 cerebrum. P. harknessii Moore retains its ability to produce uredinia and telia on scrophu- 

 lariaceous hosts, but, in addition, the aeciospores produce galls and aeciospores on the several 

 species of pine tried. The resulting aeciospores germinate like true aeciospores. The 

 heteroecism of P. cerebrum and P. harknessii is facultative. — G. Wineland. 



