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the ae nes ae the spores often increase in size in inverse 
a to that of the cups or discs. 
pecies oe fruiting bodies are less than a millimeter i n 
u 
very minute spores. This relative difference in the size of the 
spores is a ae index to the position of the plants in the scheme 
aig abov 
th peers 
fungi of North America 
is inti completed fee the North American Flora. This 
does not mean that the work is completed but only aa it has 
able reduction of the total number of species credited to North 
America.” 
Dr. Murrill exhibited and discussed a large number of inter- 
on these collections have for the most part already appeared in 
printing Mycologia or in the Journal. 
A. B. Stout, 
Secretary of the Conference 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
rough an error by the printers the list of officers and com- 
mittees of the Torrey Botanical: Club appeared on the second 
ailed to 
the mistake was discovered. ieee os the Garden 
and those of the Torrey Botanical cub are printed by the same 
establishment. 
nd correct set of covers has been ordered printed and 
icine to replace the defective ones 
