230 Journal of Mycology [Vol.13 



Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. und Pleospora trichos- 

 toma Wint. Fritz Noack; Die Schlerotienkrankheit bei den For- 

 sythien, A. Osterwalder. 



Burlingham, Gertrude Simmons. 



In the February Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 

 (1907) Miss Burlingham gives an account of "Some Lactarii 

 from Windham County, Vermont,'' based on collections made 

 mostly near Newfane, elevation about 500 meters, from the mid- 

 dle of July to the middle of September. She describes the fol- 

 lowing : Lactarius aspideoides Burlingham n. sp. ; L. bensleyae 

 Burlingham n. sp. ; L. isabellinus Burlingham n. sp. ; L. minus- 

 culus Burlingham n. sp. ; L. nitidis Burlingham n. sp. ; and raises 

 Pecki var. oculatus (of L. subdulcis) to specific rank; besides 

 listing three dozen or more other species. The article concludes 

 with an excellent key to the species of Vermont. 



Peck, Charles Horton. 



Dr. Peck describes 20 new species in the Bulletin of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club for February 1907. Over half of them 

 are Agarics, the others of various groups. Of the specially inter- 

 esting forms may be noted Hydnum sulcatipes with stem like 

 some species of Helvella, and Peckiella hymenioides on Lactarius 

 uvidus, externally similar to P. hymenii. Lentinus ventricosus 

 Peck. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 23:414, 1896, is transferred to the 

 genus Armillaria. 



Wilson, Guy West. 



A monograph of the genus Albugo is published in the Feb- 

 ruary No. of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, under 

 the title "Studies in North American Peronosporales — The 

 genus Albugo." A brief general account of Albugo [Albugo 

 (Pers.) S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. 1:540. 1821 Uredo § 

 Albugo Pers. Syn. Meth. Fung. 223. 1881 ; Cystopus Lev. Ann. 

 Sci. Nat. Ill, 8:371. 1847] as represented in North America is 

 given, followed by a key to the species. S)^nonymv in full, with 

 citations, is printed ; also a complete list of the hosts arranged 

 alphabetically under families. One new species is described — 

 A. occidentalis ; and species excludendae are Cystopus euphorbiae 

 Cke. & Mass. and C. salsolae and C. schlechteri P. Sydow. 

 Oospores of nine of the thirteen species are illustrated by figures. 



Shear, Cornelius Lett. 



For some time Mr. Shear has been studying the diseases of 

 the Cranberry during which time he has encountered many new 

 fungi and his interesting paper recently published in the Bulle- 

 tin of the Torrey Botanical Club (June), entitled "New Species 

 of Fungi", deals mainly with the vacciniicolous species. He 



