242 Journal of Mycology [Vol. li 



SACCARDO'S RECENT ARRANGEMENT AND NOMEN« 

 CLATURE OF THE FUNGI. 



A REVIEW BY W. A. KELLERMAN. 



In the Bullettino della Societa Botanica Italiana, issued 

 March 30, 1907, we find the following title : P. A. Saccardo e 

 G. B. Traverse : — Sulla Disposizione e nomenclatura dei gruppi 

 micologici da seguirsi nella Flora Italica Cryptogama. The au- 

 thors seize the opportunity while their Flora is being printed, to- 

 outline a more consistent terminology and arrangement of the 

 groups of the fungi, which we desire to commend, and therefore 

 reproduce the same below. Saccardo has heretofore called atten- 

 tion to the propriety of using the Latin form -mycctac, instead of 

 the Greek -mycetes, since these words are in apposition to the 

 Latin word plantae. He himself has been using it and other bot- 

 anists also are taking it up. 



In the scheme it will be seen that the termination -ales is used 

 for the Orders and -nccae for the Families. The authors for 

 the names of the several groups are given, also the date when 

 each was published. An attempt has been made to reproduce this 

 important part of the article verbatim et literatim, as follows : 



REGNUM VEGETABLE: PLANTAE. 

 Series: CRYPTOGAMAE (Linn. 1737) em. 



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



Divisio I. EUMYCETAE Eichler 1883 (= Hyphomycetae Bref. 

 1877, non Mart.). 



Subdiv. I. Teleomycetae Sacc. 1902 (in Rendic. Congr. Bot. Pa- 

 lermo, 1902). 



Classis I. Basidiomycetae De By., in Streinz Nomencl. Fun- 

 gor., 18C2) cm. {■= Basidiosporcae Lev. 1837.) 



Subcl. I. Eubasldlae (Schrot. 1889) em. 



Ordo T. Hmeniesaly (Fr. 1821) em. nom., seu Hyme- 

 nomycctac Fr. 

 Fam. I. Agaricaceae Fr. 1825 

 " II. Polyporaceae Fr. 1825 

 " III. Hydnaceae Pers. 1801 

 " IV. Clavariaceae Cda. 1842. 

 " V. Thelephoraceae Pers. 1822. 



