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Stevens, F. L., and Hall, J. G. 



A black rot of apples closely imitating in appearance that 

 caused by Sphaeropsis, is made the subject of a paper in the 

 Journal of Mycology for May, 1907. The authors find the 

 cause in a new species of fungus, which they call Volutella 

 fructi. A page of outHne drawings accompanies the description. 



Fungi Selecti Guatemalenses, Decade II. 



For this Decade the labels are pubhshed in the Alay number 

 of the Journal of Mycology, 1907. The list is as follows: 

 II. Aecidium byrsonimae Kern & Kellerman on Byrsonima cras- 

 sifolia (L.) H. B'. K. 12. Balansia trinitensis Cooke & Massee 

 on Panicum sp. indet. 13. Coleosporium plumierae Patouillard 

 on Plumiera rubra L. 14. Puccinia conoclinii Seymour on Eu- 

 patorium rafaelense Coulter. 15. Puccinia heliotropii Kern & 

 Kellerman on Heliotropium indicum L. 16. Puccinia purpurea 

 Cooke on Sorghum vulgare Pers. 17. Puccinia tetramerii Sey- 

 mour on Blechum brownei Juss. 18. Puccinia tithoniae Dietel 

 & Holway on Tithonia tubaeformis Cass. 19. Uredo biocellata 

 Arthur on Pluchea odorata Cass. 20. Uredo trixitis Kern & 

 Kellerman on Trixis frutescens P. Br. 



Herre, Albert W. C. T. 



In the April No. of the Botanical Gazette, 1907, this sub- 

 ject is discussed, namely, "Lichen Distribution in the Santa 

 Cruz peninsula, California." Incidentally the description is given 

 of Lecanactis zahlbruckneri Herre n. sp., and Dirina francis- 

 cana A. Zahlbruckner n. sp. 



Mycological Notes, No, 24. Dec, 1906, C. G. Lloyd. 



This No. gives work "Concerning the Phalloids," "The Com- 

 mon Bird's-nest Fungi," and on "An Unknown South American 

 Lycoperdon" [L. septimus — "We have named this plant 

 'seventh' in reminder of the fact that it belongs to the seventh 

 section of a recent paper on the Genus Lycoperdon, and is the 

 only species we have seen that does belong here"]. Good figures 

 are shown of several species — Clathrus cibarius, Clathrus can- 

 cellatus, Clanthrus gracilis, Laternea columnata, and Mutinus 

 elegans. 



Shear, C. L., and Wood, Anna K. 



These authors report some interesting studies. Botanical 

 Gazette, April, 1907. under the head "Ascogenous Forms of 

 Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum." They have grown both the 

 conidial and ascogenous stages from eight different hosts, namely, 

 "Gloeosporium rufomaculans (Berk.) v. Thiimen, from the cul- 

 tivated grape, Vitis sp. ; G. fructigenum Berk., from the apple; 



