Journal of Mtcologt 



A Periodical Devoted to North American Mycology. Issued "Bi- 

 monthly; January, March, May, July, September and November 

 Price, $2.00 per Year. To Foreign Subscribers $2.2^. Edited and 



y l^A. Kellerman, Ph. D., Columbus, Ohio. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



We have referred to the American Code of Botanical Nomen- 

 clature as recently published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botani- 

 cal Club, April, 1907, and made a suggestion in connection with 

 the subject dealt with in Section I. As to Section II (formation 

 of names), we have nothing to say except approbation, unless it 

 be to note that Canon 8 does not require that the names for Sub- 

 classes and higher groups have the feminine form. All other 

 group names, if we except the (jcnus, are required by preceding 

 Canons to have the termination -ac. Moreover, such usage has 

 found almost universal acceptance ; we beUeve the 8th Canon 

 could properly require this. 



Professor Saccardo has taken the lead in many phases of 

 classificatory and nomenclatural reform in Mycology. We desire 

 to call attention to his "Disposizione e Nomenclatura" of mycolo- 

 gical groups recently published in the Bullctino dclla Societa Bo- 

 tanica Italiana, which we will reproduce in full in the next Num- 

 ber of the Journal. In this he is consistent as regards the mat- 

 ter of terminations referred to above ; and he has made his groups 

 conform to advanced nomenclatorial views. For example, the 

 termination -accae is used for family names, and -ales for the or- 

 ders ; all other terminations are in -ae. A brief excerpt in advance 

 of the full list exhibits these points : 



REGNUM VEGETABILK: PLANTS. 



Series CRYPTOGAMAE (Lin. 1737) em. 



Subseries: MYCETAE seu FUNGI (Juss. 1728) em. 



Divisio: EUMYCETAE Eichler 1883 (Hyphomycetae Bref. 

 1887 non Mart.) 



Subdiv. TELEOMYCETAE Sacc. 1902. 



Classis T. BASIDIOMYCETAE (DeBy. 1862) em. (Basidio- 

 sporeae Lev. 1837). 



Subcl. I. EUBASTDIAE (Schroet. 1889) em. 



Ordo I. HYMENIALES (Fr. 1821) em. nom., seu Hymneno- 



mycetae Fr. 



Fam. I. AGARICACEAE Fr. 1825, &c. 

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