41-4: SUMMARY OF CUERENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



New British Fungi.*— J. W. Ellis records a number of microfungi 

 new to this country, collected in Cheshire or Derbyshire ; one species 

 Ascochyta oleracea, a parasite on Brassira campestris, is new to science. 



Another list of new or rare microfungi is contributed by A. Lorrain 

 Smith and J. Rarasbottom. Many new genera and species are added to 

 the British Fungus Flora, and the fungi described in various other 

 periodicals are brought together. The species were collected in many 

 different localities, and a considerable number are new to science. 

 Many of the latter were collected by D. A. Boyd in Ayrshire. 



Carleton Rea also publishes a list, mostly of the larger fungi, with 

 critical notes. Most of them are new to this country, and a few are new 

 to science ; the latter are illustrated by a coloured plate. 



G. K. Sutherland adds another series of microfungi found on marine 

 algge. He describes a new genus Lulworthia, a Pyrenomycete. The 

 spores are long and curved. It was found on the fronds of Fuciis 

 vesicuIosKs at Lulworth Cove. 



Fungi of South Australia. f — T. G. B. Osborn publishes a list of 

 about forty species of microfungi, most of them parasitic on the higher 

 plants. He refers to the Commonwealth regulations for preventing the 

 introduction of diseased plants, as most of the fungi recorded have been 

 brought into the country with the plants on which they grow. One of 

 the most interesting records is that of Entorrhiza Solani which causes 

 a wilt of tomato-plants. 



New Italian Fungi.:}: — L. Maffei has added four new species to his 

 previous lists of Ligurian Fungi. They are microfungi parasitic on 

 plants of considerable importance. Pleospora Briosiana attacks the 

 leaves of Bignonia and induces spots of various forms ; Phomopsis Cocculi 

 forms spots on the leaves of Cocculus laurifolius ; Macroplioma Tucccc 

 and M. Ginnamomi-glanduUferi also cause spotting of the leaves of their 

 respective host-plants. These fungi not only disfigure the leaves but 

 lower the vitality of the plants. 



Fungi from Mexico. § — Paul C. Standley publishes the list of fungi 

 collected by him during three different years. Most of them are 

 parasitic forms, chiefly of TJredinefe and Ustilagii^a^, but other groups 

 of microfungi are also well represented. Some of the fungi were 

 collected from a number of localities. The larger majority of the species 

 are European as well as American. One new Uredine, ^ciclium Cocke- 

 rel] ii, is described by J. C. Arthur. 



Fungi from Persia. [| — R.Gonsalez Fragoso has determined a number 

 of microfungi collected by Martinez de la Escalera, who obtained them 

 mostly from high altitudes. They are all parasitic species, and several 

 of them — Pyrenomycetes or Sphajropsidere — are new to science. 



» Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc, v. 2 (1916) pp. 228-62 (2 pis. 1 col.). 



t Trans, and Proc. Rot. Soc. South Australia, xxsix. (1915) pp. 352-6. 



X Atti Real. Acad. Lincei, cccxiii. (1916) pp. 339-40. 



§ aiycologia, viii. (1916) pp. 142-77. 



II Boll. Hist. Nat., xvi. (1916) pp. 167-74. 



