352 SUMJIAEY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



CuFiNO, LuiGi — Note Micologiche Italiane. (Italian mycological notes.) 

 [A list of fungi from the neighbourhood of Najiles.] 



Malpighia, xx. (1906) pp. 345-52. 

 J A A p, 0. — Fungi select! exsiccati. 



[The specimens all belong to the microfungi, and include a number of rare 

 forms.] Hamburg, 1906, series viii. No. 176-200. 



See also Bot. Centralbl, civ. (1907) p. 368. 



KoHN, E., & CzAPEK, F. — Beobachtungen iiber Bildung von Saure und Alkali in 

 kiinstlichen Nahrsubstraten von Schimmelpilzen. (Observations on the forma- 

 tion of acids and alkalis in artificial cultures of filamentous fungi.) 

 [Records observations with Aspergillus niger and Penicilliiim.] 



Hofmcister's Beit. Chsm. Phys. Path., 1906, pp. 302-12. 

 See also Bot. Zeit., Ixv. (1907) pp. 83-6. 

 K B I E G E R — Fungi saxonici exsiccati. 



[A number of new forms are included.] 



A. E. Konigstein (1906) Nos. 1951-2000. 

 See also Bot. Centralbl., civ. (1907) pp. 369-70. 



Massalongo, C. — Nuove reclute della Flora Micologica del Veronese. (Additions 

 to the mycological flora of Verona.) 



[Eighty-two fungi are listed, of which three are new to science.] 



Malpighia, xx. (1906) pp. 159-70. 

 See also Bot. Centralbl., civ. (1907) pp. 211-12. 



Massee, G. — A Text-book of Plant Diseases. 



[A third edition of this book. It contains eight new pages, dealing with 

 potato, gooseberry, and pine diseases.] 



London : Duckworth and Co., 1907, xx. and 472 pp. (92 figs.). 



Mo BIN I, F. — Osservazioni sulla vita e sul parasitismo di alcune specie di Pipto- 

 cefali. (Observations on the life and parasitism of some .species of Pipto- 

 cephalus.) 



[The author describes the host and parasite, and he also describes the 

 zygospores of Piptocephalus fusispora, which are rare.] 



Mem. Acad. Bologna, ser. 6, ii. (1905) 1 pi. See also 



Bot. Centralbl , civ. (1907) p. 290. 



Nicolle, Charles, & Pinoy — Sur les fructifications pathogenes a I'interieur 



meme des tissues chez I'homme. (Pathogenic fructifications in human tissues.) 



[The writers have found the fungus causing mycetomy, forming spores ; they 



have named it Oospora mycetomi.'] 



Comptes Rendus, cxliv. (1007) pp. 396-7. 



Peck, Charles H. — Keport of the State Botanist, 1905. 



[Twenty-two new species of fungi have been added to the flora. These are 

 illustrated by thirteen coloured plates.] 



Bull. New York State Museum, cv. (1905) pp. 1-106. 

 See also Bot. Centralbl. civ. (1907) p. 159. 

 Raciborski, M.— TJeber die Assimilation der Stichstoffverbindungen der Pilze 

 (The assimilation of nitrogen compounds in fungi.) 



[Results of cultures of various fungi with nitrites, ammonia, etc.] 



Bull. Acad. Cracvvie Sci. Nat. Phys., 1906, pp. 733-70. 

 See also Bot. Zeit., Ixv. (1907) pp. 81-3. 



Rajat & Peju — Quelques observations sur le parasite du Muguet. (Some 

 observations on the parasite of Lily of the Valley.) 



[The fungi on the plant take the form of yeasts or of filaments.] 



C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris, Ix. (1906) pp. 1000-1. 



Saetory, a.— Etude d'une Levure nouvelle. (Study of a new yeast, Cryptococcus 

 salnwneus.) 

 [It forms colonies of a salmon colour.] Tom. cit., pp. 850-1. 



See also Bot. Centralbl, civ. (1907) p. 315. 

 Will, H. — Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Sproszpilze ohne sporenbildung. (Contribu- 

 tions to the knowledge of budding fungi without spore formation.) 



Centralbl. Bakt., xvii. (1906) pp. 428-45,604-14, 

 and (1907) pp. 693-712 (3 pis. and 14 figs.). 



