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1161. Smith, Annie Lorrain. Lichenology, a new departure. Trans. British Mycol. 

 Soc. 6: 32. 1918. — A brief mention of the importance of the inclusion of this subject in the 

 field of mycology in Great Britain. — //. M. Fitzpatrick. 



1162. Smith, Annie Lorrai.v. Hyphomycetes and the rotting of timber. Trans. British 

 Mycol. Soc. 6:54-55. 1918. — Torula abbreviata Corda, Haplographium ftnilimum Sacc, and 

 Verticillium tenuissimum Corda were found in rotting structural timbers. — H. M. Fitzpatrick. 



1163. Smith, Annie Lorrain. Worthington G. Smith as mycologist. Trans. British 

 Mycol. Soc. 6:65-67. 1918. 



1164. Smith, Annie Lorrain. New or rare microfungi. Trans. British. Mycol. Soc. 6: 

 149-157. 1919. — The genus Boydia, evidently a member of the Mycosphaerellaceae, is based 

 on a new species, B. remuliformis , found on decaying stems of Ilex angustifolia. The spores 

 are peculiar in being constricted at the middle and in having both ends clavate. They are 

 elongated, one-septate, curved, and hyaline. The asci are 8-spored and aparaphysate. The 

 following new species are described: Melogramma elongatum, A. L. S. on decaying wood, 

 Sphaerulina Alni A.L.S. on bark of Alnus, Phyllosticta Hydrocotyles A.L.S. on leaves of 

 H. vulgaris, Leptothyrium Fragariae A.L.S. on leaves of Fragaria vesca, and Coremium 

 Swantonii A.L.S. on Vespa sylvestris, a wasp. About 40 additional fungi, unusual in the 

 British Isles, are listed with critical notes. These forms are chiefly pyrenomycetes and 

 funei imperfecti. — H. M. Fitzpatrick. 



1165. Smith, A.vnie Lorrain, and J. Ramsbottom. New or rare microfungi. Trans. 

 British Mycol. -oc. 6: 47-53. 1918. — A new genus of the discomycetes, Discocera, is founded 

 on D. lichcnicola n. sp., collected in Somerset on the thallus of a lichen. The genus resembles 

 Humaria in its spore characters but has inoperculate asci, and its paraphyses branch to form 

 a dense epithecium. Its affinity to the lichenicolous genus Nesolechia is suggested. Amero- 

 sporium palellarioides n. sp., on leaves of Rosa canina, Ramularia umbrosa n. sp. on living 

 leaves of Saxifraga umbrosa, and Volutella longepila n. sp. on branches of Ulix exiropae are 

 described. Notes on nearly 20 unusual species of various groups are given. — H. M. Fitz- 

 patrick. 



1166. Smith, Erwin F., L. R. Jones, and C. S. Reddy. The black chaff of wheat. Science 

 50: 48. 1919. — The continued prevalence of black chaff of wheat in the United States makes 

 it desirable to apply a Latin-scientific name to the bacterial organism causing the disease. 

 Certain minor differences between this organism and the bacterial blight of barley are pointed 

 out, and it is suggested that the black chaff organism, for the present at least, be distin- 

 guished as Bacterium translucens, var. undulosum. A description of the organism follows. 

 — A. H. Chivers. 



1167. Smith, Erwin F., and Lucia McCulluch. Bacterium solanacearum in beans. 

 Science 50: 238. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 1354. 



1168. Speare, A. T. The fungus parasite of the periodical Cicada. Science 50: 116-117. 

 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 1361. 



1169. Speare, A. T. On certain entomogenous fungi. Mycologia 12: 62-76. PL S-5. 

 1920. — The genus Hirsutella of Patouillard is discussed and redescribed. H. entomophila, 

 H. saussurei (Cooke) comb, nov., H. floccosa sp. nov., H. citriformis sp. nov., and H. fusi' 

 formis sp. nov. are the species described in this genus. Synnematium Jonesii gen. et sp. 

 nov. is also described. All the forms are illustrated. — H. R. Rosen. 



1170. Stevens, F. L., and Nora Dauby. Some Phyllachoras from Porto Rico. Bot. 

 Gaz. 68: 54-59. 3 pi. July, 1919. — In addition to notes on other species, the following new 

 species are reported: Phyllachorn riae, P. bourrcriae, P. canafistulae, P. drypclicola, 

 P. gnipae, P. heterotrichac, P. mayepeae, P. metaslelmac, P. nectandrae, and P. ocoteicola.— 

 H. C. Cowles. 



