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American Mycology.* — G. F. Atkinson gives the diagnosis of a 

 new species of Entoloma sahcostatarn from Ohio. The fungus is 

 described, and the points of difference from alHed plants are noted. 

 W. A. Kellerman t publishes a first set of fungi from Guatemala, ten 

 species. They belong to the Uredine^ and UstilagineaB. A. P. Morgan % 

 continues his monograph of the American species of Lepiota. He deals 

 with those species that have a movable ring ; several new species are 

 included in this group. The index to North American mycology, an 

 alphabetical list of articles, authors, subjects, new species and hosts, 

 new names and synonyms, is continued by W. A. Kellerman.§ 



Flora Italica Cryptogama.H— Two parts of this large and compre- 

 hensive work have come to hand. The first, a bibliography of -all 

 Italian writers on fungi, has been compiled by G. B. Traverse. He 

 cites 1474 books and papers, adding a note as to the contents of each. 

 There are, in addition, lists of the mycologists who have had to do with 

 each part of the country. 



The second part, also by Traverso,1[ begins the second volume of the 

 general work, and deals with the Pyrenomycetes. In the introduction, 

 the author gives a sketch of the group and an account of their life- 

 history. He also explains the terms used and the arrangement followed. 

 In the main body of the work there are synopses of families, genera, 

 and species, and detailed diagnoses of all the plants, with full synonymy, 

 and any notes that are necessary or helpful. This first instalment 

 deals with the Xylariaceas, Valsaceae, and part of the Ceretostomace^. 



Yorkshire Fungus Foray.** — C. Crossland accounts, as usual, for 

 the fungi collected on the autumn expedition of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Society. A fair number of species were recorded for the 

 two days' foray. An iron-mine was explored, and on the timber used in 

 the mine they found growing Hypholoma fasciculare, Poria vajJoraria, 

 Merulius laclirymans, Splueria aquila, and a malformed Polyporus not 

 determined. 



Notes on British Fungi. tf — C. Crossland reports the finding of 



various rare fungi at Askern on one of the expeditions undertaken by 



the Yorkshire Naturalists' Society. The jEcidium stage of Uromyces 



junci on PuUcaria dysenterica, Ustilago olivacea on Garex rqmria, and 



others, are noted. 



Some new records for Co. Antrim are recorded by J. Adams.:j:| 

 They are Lepiota procera, Phallus mpudicus, MeruUus lachrymans, and 

 Hirneola aurkulcB-judcB. 



Irish Fungi. — E. L. Maunsell§§ records the finding of a considerable 

 number of Tuber cestivum, in groups and of various sizes, slightly pro- 

 truding over the earth, chiefly under beech-trees. One or two of these 



* Journ. Mycol., xii. (1906) pp. 236-7 (1 pi.). t Tom. cit., pp. 238-41. 



X Tom. cit.. pp. 242-8. § Tom. cit., pp. 249-72. 



II Soc. Bot. Ital. i. fasc. 1. Rocea S. Casciano, 1905, 135 pp. 



t Op. cit., ii. fasc. 1, Rocea S. Casciano, 1906, 352 pp. (68 figs.). 

 ** Naturalist, No. 599 (1906) pp. 434-6. tt Tom. cit., p. 374. 



XX Irish Naturalist, xv. (1906) p. 280. §§ Tom. cit., p. 232. 



