PARALLEL WORK. 





The Species of the Genus Disciseda. 



By L. Hollos. 



The genus Disciseda was already de- 

 scribed bv Czerniaiev in the year 1845 

 but Ms work was little known, so that 

 the greater part of the species have 

 Sen'placed in the externally similar 

 genus Bovista. In the year 1892 Mor- 

 gan recognized that several of the 

 fungi included in the genus Bovista 

 formed an entirely different genus, but 

 as he did not know of Czerniaiev s 

 work he placed them in a nevy genus 

 "Catastoma." I am justified m view 

 of my work on the genera Disciseda to 

 place together as follows the list of 

 fungi which belong according to the 

 descriptions to the genus Disciseda 



Disciseda circumscissa (B. & L-J 

 Hollos. 

 Disciseda 



Disciseda 



Disciseda Zeyheri (Berk.) Hollos. 

 Disciseda hyalothrix (Cooke & 

 Mass.) Hollos. 



Disciseda velutina (Berk. & or.) 



Disciseda cervina (Berk.) Hollos. 

 Disciseda pedicellata (Morg.) Hol- 

 los. 



Disciseda Hollosiana. P. Henn. 



debrecemensis (Hazsl.,) 

 juglandiformis (Berk.) 



The Species of the Genus Anthropo- 

 morphus, Seger. 



By N. J. McGinty. 

 The genus Anthropomorphns was 

 described and illustrated by the learned 

 D. George Seger in 1688. I repro- 

 duce a copy of his illustration here- 

 with, which although slightly inac- 

 curately drawn will readily be recog- 

 nized as the first representation of this 



NOTE. We would not wish to underval_. 

 the important discovery that Dr. Hollos has 

 tnade in regard to the genus Catastoma. I 

 fact we feel that it can not be undervalued 

 But we would mildly suggest that if the Doctor 

 will take the trouble to look up some of th 

 specimens he would make some addition? 

 discoveries. "Disciseda velutina B. & Br 

 Holl6s"isan unopened Geaster. "Disciseda 

 cervina Berk. Holl6s " is the same plant a 

 "Disciseda debrecemensis (Hazsl. Hollos,- 

 and something like thirty-four years " prior" 

 and it is not the " priorest ' ' name at that. After 

 publishing to the world that he knew enough 

 of "Bovista juglandiformis'' to change its 

 name and add his own to it the Doctor finds a 

 specimen in the museum at Berlin which he 

 assures Dr. Hennings is absolutely new to 

 science, and Dr. Hennings in gratitude for 

 such valuable information calls the plant Dis- 

 ciseda Hollosiana. If the specimens of " Bo- 

 vista juglandiformis" at Kew and " Disciseda 

 Hollosiana" at Berlin should ever get trans- 

 posed no living man could ever tell which is 

 which. But Dr. Holl6s is not alone in his dis- 

 coveries. Professor McGinty, of Poseyville, 

 has recently been making some abstruse in- 

 vestigations, with the aid of a date dictionary, 

 and has unearthed the original reference to 

 the genus Geaster. In view of the value of 

 such scholarly work we present them to our 

 readers in convenient form for comparison. 

 C. G. L. 



genus. Tn the year 1729 Micheli recog- 

 nized a number of species which, as he 

 did not know of Seger's work he placed 

 in a new genus "Geaster." I am justi- 

 fied therefore in bringing together t| 

 following list which according to the 

 descriptions belong to the genus An- 

 thropomorphus. 



Anthropomorphus Berkeleyi (Mas- 

 see) McGinty. . 



Anthropomorphus Bryantu (lierkj 

 McGinty. 



Anthropomorphus coronatu; 

 (Schaeffer) McGinty. 



Anthropomorphus Drummondi 

 (Berk.) McGinty. . 



Anthropomorphus flonformis ( Vitt.. 

 McGinty. , 



Anthropomorphus fornicatus(Huds. 

 McGinty. . 



Anthropomorphus fimbnatus (fries 

 McGinty. . 



Anthropomorphus limbatus (Fries 

 McGinty. 



Anthropomorphus m a m m o s u 

 (Chev.) McGinty. 



Anthropomorphus minimus (Schw. 

 McGinty. 



Anthropomorphus mirabilis (Mont 

 McGinty. 



Anthropomorphus rtifescens (Fries 

 McGinty. 



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