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BREFELD (O.). Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete 

 der Mykologie. Hefte vii, vin. IX, X (1888-1891). The most 

 elaborate morphological work on the subject. 



For the systematic study of the Fungi no single work is avail- 

 able for American students. The scattered literature is very 

 abundant, and the more available portions are classified below. 

 Among the European manuals the following is the most ex- 

 tensive and useful : 



WINTER (G.) etal. Die Pilze, in Rabenhorst : Kryptogamen- 

 flora von Deidschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz. Three 

 volumes are completed and the fourth is nearly so. 



Myxomycetes. 



McBRiDE (T. H.). The Myxomycetes of eastern Iowa. 

 Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ., n, 99-162 (1892). 



COOKE (M. C). Myxomycetes of Great Britain. (1877.) 



The Myxomycetes of the United States. Annals N. Y. 



Lyceum Nat. Hist., XI, 378-409 (1877). An incomplete but 

 serviceable list. 



BERLESE (A. N.). Myxomyceteae, in Saccardo : Sylloge 

 Fungorum, vii, 323-450; X, 83-99. 



MASSEE (Geo.). A Monograph of the Myxogastres. (1892.) 

 To be used with caution ; cf. criticisms in Bulletin Torrey Bot. 

 Club, xx, 73-82 (1893). 



Schizomycetes. 



GROVE (W. B.). A Synopsis of the Bacteria and Yeast 

 Fungi. I2mo. (1884.) 



SACCARDO (P. A.). Sylloge Fungorum, vni, 923-1087. 



THAXTER (Roland). On the Myxobacteriaceae, a new 

 order of Schizomycetes. Bot. Gazette, xvil, 389-406 (1892) ; 

 xvill, 29, 30 (1893). 



Phycomycetes. 



FISCHER (A.). Phycomycetes, in Winter: Die Pilzt 

 Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz (1892). 



FARLOW (W. G.). Enumeration of the Peronosporeae oi 

 the United States. Bot. Gazette, vin, 305-315, 327-337 (1883) ; 

 Additions, IX, 37-40 (1884). 



