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fungi are associated with them and appeared in the cultures. Neger 

 enumerates as fumagines : Dematium puUidaris, Gladosporium her- 

 barum, Hormisciwti pmophilum, with species of Triposporium, Gyroceras, 

 Torula, Helminthospormm, Sarcinomyces and Atichia. A. L. S. 



Mycological Fragments. — Fr. von Hohnel {Ann. Mycol., 1918, 

 16, 35-174.). The author continues his criticism of work done on 

 Pyrenomycetes, with very full descriptive and explanatory notes. He 

 makes a number of new species and of new genera : Phyllocrea 

 (Hysteriacege), Kriegerella (Microthyriacese), DidymelUna (near to 

 Didymella)^ etc. Synoptic keys of the genera in several families are 

 given. A. L. S. 



Mycological Notes. — C. G. Lloyd {Mycol. Notes, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 1919, 877-903, figs. 1497-1596). Lloyd gives descriptions and notes 

 on a large series of fungi mostly from tropical or sub-tropical countries. 

 He makes a new genus and species, Bovistoides simplex, collected by Miss 

 Duthie, South Africa, distinguished by the capillitium, which consists 

 of simple short wavy coloured threads with acute ends. Another fungus, 

 which he describes as Thelep)liora gelatinoidea sp. n., may be, he thinks, 

 a new genus, and suggests Pseudothelepliora as a generic name. It has 

 a gelatinous consistency, but the spores resemble those of Thelephora. A 

 number of Xylarise come under review. A. L. S. 



Pimina parasitica, Grove.— A. Lorrain Smith {Trans. Brit. Mycol. 

 Soc, 1920, 6, 295-6). The writer points out the close resemblance of 

 Urophiala mycophiala described by Yuillemin to the above fungus. 

 Vuillemin, on being consulted, agreed, but held that it belonged to a 

 different species, and he also claimed that Urophiala should be the 

 name of the genus, as Pimina was imperfectly described. A. L. S. 



Preservation of Artificial Cultures of Moulds.— Harry F. Tagg 

 {Trans, and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinl)., 1918-19, 27, 335-7). The author 

 describes various practical methods of preserving cultures on agar or 

 gelatine either as herbarium material or as exhibition specimens. If the 

 medium is not liquefied formalin may be used to kill and steriHze 

 the preparation ; if liquefaction has begun the process may be hastened 

 by allowing hot water to enter below the medium and gradually to 

 dissolve the gelatine. Further information is given as to mounting, 

 etc. A. L. S. ° 



Fungi of the Baslow Foray.— E. Wakefield {Trans. Brit. Mycol. 

 Soc, 1920, 6, 239-47). The itinerary for the several excursions from 

 Baslow as a centre is given, with the special finds for the different 

 localities, and finally a complete list of fungi collected during the 

 autumn foray. Two species new to Britain, Mycena cUlatata Fr. and 

 Botryotrichum piluliferum Sacc. & March., were found along with other 

 specimens. * A. L. S. 



Bacteria and Perithecial Development. — A. Sartory {C.R. Acad. 

 Sci., 1918, 167, 302-5), Sartory had already found that a- bacterium 



