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as an introduction to the descriptive works to follow in the 

 next two titles. 



TUCKERMAN (E.). Genera Lichenum. 8vo. Amherst, 

 Mass., 1872. (S. E. Cassino & Co.) 



A Synopsis of the North American Lichens. 8vo. 

 Boston, 1882. (S. E. Cassino & Co.; 



Uredinece. 



BURRILL (T. J.). Parasitic Fungi of Illinois. Part I. In 

 Bull. III. State Lab. Nat. Hist., II, 141-255 (1885). 



Hymenomycetes. 



COOKE (M. C.). Handbook of British Fungi. Second edi- 

 tion. Published as a supplement to Grevillca. 



PECK(C. H.). Botanists' Report. In Twenty '-third Report of 

 Regents, 27-135. Albany, 1872; this and following reports con- 

 tain many synopses and descriptions of New York fungi. 



MORGAN (A. P.). The Mycologic Flora of the Miami Val- 

 ley. In Jour. Soc. Nat. Hist., Cincinnati, VI, 54-81, 97-117, 

 173-199; vii, 5-10; vin, 91-111, 168-174; ix, 1-8 (1883-1885). 



For more expensive works, illustrating many species with 

 colored plates, the following may be mentioned : 



FRIES (E.). Icones selectae Hymenomycetum. Series land 

 n. Folio. Holm, 1867-1884. This work contains two hundred 

 colored plates. 



COOKE (M. C.). Illustrations of British Fungi. 4 vols. 

 London, 1881-1887. 



Gasteromycetes. 



PECK (C. H.). United States Species of Lycoperdon. In 

 Trans. Albany Inst., IX, 285-318 (1-35) (1879). 



MORGAN (A. P.). The North American Geasters. In Amcr. 

 Naturalist, xvm, 963-970 (Oct. 1884). Reprinted without the 

 illustrations in Journal of Mycology, \, 11-13 (1885).* 



* Students of fungi will find much matter relating to the American spe- 

 cies in this monthly, published at Manhattan, Kan. ($1.00 per annum.) It 

 is devoted entirely to Fungi. 



