July 1907] Notes from Mycological Liter alure 175 



porists, and followed by a statement touching the Mycological 

 Situation in America. Among other things he says : "The most 

 and best systematic work on Polyporus was done by Fries. His 

 system and names have been in general use for two generations, 

 and are familiar to all. We therefore feel that no attempt should 

 be made to change them except in very exceptional cases." 



Society of American Bacteriologists, Eighth Annual Meeting. 

 The report of the meeting held convocation week, 1906-7, 

 is given in Science, May 24, 1907. The articles that seem more 

 or less to concern general botany or taxonomy are the following : 

 Movements of Certain Bacteria in the Soil (Karl F. Kellerman 

 and Edna H. Fawcett) ; General Characters in Coccaceae (C. 

 E. A. Winslow and Anna F. Rogers) ; On the Cultivation of 

 Spirillum obermeieri (T. G. Nevy and R. R. Knapp) ; Bacteria 

 of the Dairy Wells near Washington, D. C. (Karl F. Keller- 

 man and T. D. Beckwith). 



Massee, George. 



In the Philippine Journal of Science, April, 1907, the author 

 gives a list of 18 species of "Philippine Myxogastres," remark- 

 ing that "it is not surprising, but on the contrary, somewhat 

 gratifying, to announce that no new species have been discov- 

 ered." 



Ricker, P. L. 



The "Third Supplement to the New Genera of Fungi pub- 

 lished since the year 1900, with citations and the original de- 

 scriptions" compiled by P. L. Ricker, is printed in the March, 

 May and July Numbers of the Journal of Mycology. 



Holway, E. W. D. 



Professor Holway has distributed Part HI, (Vol. I) of his 

 North American Uredineae. Hosts of about fifteen families are 

 included, and the serial number of the Rusts has now reached 

 120. New species here published are : Puccinia sidalceae Hol- 

 way n. sp. on Sidalcea oregana (Nutt.) Gray; Puccinia ornatula 

 Holway n. sp. on Viola (canadensis?), Alpine meadow glacier, 

 B. C. ; and Puccinia glabella Holway n. sp. on Boisduvalia gla- 

 bella (Nutt.) Walp. The critical work shown in this valuable 

 publication has been emphasized previously, so also has the ad- 

 mirable plates been mentioned. In this part some of the photo- 

 graphs, even when amplification is 500 diameters, are remarkably 

 and surprisingly excellent. 



