a new species everything he can not identify for the purpose of adding his name. We are 

 glad to note that several recent writers, such as Romell, Massee, Swanton, and now Mr. 

 Clements, have adopted this plan. It will lead to a very superior line of work in the 

 future. 



Second, Mr. Clements has used the established names in mycology, and has paid 

 no attention and made no effort to take part in the cheap name-juggling that is now going 

 on. When the host of busybodies^who spend their time hunting up excuses to form "new 

 genera," begin to realize that nobody takes them seriously, there will be less of that 

 work done, much to the simplification of the subject. 



A few errors have crept into the work which we mention as an aid in case future 

 editions are printed. Fig. 75, Clavaria Ligula, should probably be Clavaria pistillaria. 

 It is much too obese for Ligula. Fig. 85, Tremella fuciformis is Tremella vesicaria. It 

 has no resemblance at all to Tremella fuciformis, which is a white species of the tropics,, 

 and does not occur in the United States. This mistake has been copied from Atkinson. 

 Fig. 90, Tylostoma mammosus, is evidently Tylostoma campestris. Tylostoma mammosus, 

 which is the common European species, is strangely rare in America. It is a much 

 smaller plant than Tylostoma campestris, with a well-defined tubular mouth. Fig. 97, 

 Dictyophallus impudicus, is Phallus Ravenelii, the same exactly at Fig. 96. The well de- 

 veloped veil shown on one of the sections, as well as the even pileus, are characteristic of 

 Ravenelii and contrary to the characters of impudicus. 



To the best of our belief, all the remaining figures, some 125 in number, are correctly 

 named. 



Any one beginning the study of mycology will find Professor Clements' book a most 

 useful help. It can be obtained by sending 30 cents in postage stamps to F. E. Clements, 

 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 



A NEW EDITION OF McILVAINE'S BOOK. 



There has recently been issued a new edition of the book that was previously issued 

 under the title "One Thousand American Fungi," by Charles Mcllvaine, revised by 

 Chas. F. Millspaugh. Mr. Mcllvaine was for years an enthusiastic observer of fungi, but 

 he should be classed as a mycophagist rather than a ir.ycologist, as his work was mostly 

 confined to the edible side of the fungus question. He published some years ago a very 

 bulky work on American fungi, which was largely a compilation. It was very useful, for 

 he compiled in systematic form many of Professor Peck's descriptions, otherwise only found 

 scattered through periodical literature and not accessible to the general student. The 

 present edition appears to me to be an improvement on the original edition, both in the 

 superior quality of the plates and the correctness of the text. There are still a great 

 many errors in the book which should be corrected in a text-book on American fungi. 

 Much of our literature is a compilation of traditions and mistakes, and until some one 

 who has a familiar field knowledge of the subject writes a text-book, these errors will 

 always be handed down. 



The price of the book is $5.00. Publishers, Bobbs, Merrill & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 



MONOGRAPH OF PHOLIOTA. 



Species of Pholiota in the region of the Great Lakes, by Edward T. Harper. Re- 

 printed from Transactions of Wisconsin Academy of Science and Arts, Vol. 17, Part 1. 

 This monograph appeals to us as being a very careful and most excellent presentation of 

 the subject, and it will be of great value to future students of the genus Pholiota. It is 

 illustrated with a beautiful and accurate photograph of each species, and there should be 

 no trouble in future for students identifying their species of this genus. Such work as 

 this done by Mr. Harper is the really valuable and useful work that is done in mycology. 

 It is also gratifying to note that he gives the genus Pholiota in its accepted meaning and 

 entirely ignores the cheap juggling that is attempted with the generic name both in this 

 country and in Europe. 



