NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 5 
LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED IN 1887. 
Arthur, Joseph Charles. See also Scribner, 
F. L. 
654. Report of the Botanist to the New York 
Agricultural Experiment Station. 5th Ann. Rept. 
N.Y. Agr. Exp. Station for 1886. pp. 275-315, 
with 10 figures. Elmira, N.Y. 1887. Extras 
distributed 30 Jan. 1887. 
Besides articles on pear blight this report contains the fol- 
lowing articles on diseases caused by fungi: Rotting of toma- 
toes; Disease of clover-leaf weevil, with note on peculiarity 
of the germination of the spores of Entomophthora Phyto- 
nomi (also in Bot. Gaz. xii. 72); Strawberry mildew, Sphae- 
rotheca Castagnei, Lev.; Plum-leaf fungus, Septoria cera- 
sina, Peck, with figures. ae 
On title-page of reprint the report is said to be for 1887, an 
error for 1886. A corrected second edition of reprint was is- 
sued in Oct, 1887, paged 259-296, substance the same as in first 
reprint, to which is added “Smut in oats,” by C. S. Plumb, 
Bp. 124-130, and ‘* Hyposulphite of soda as a fungicide,” by 
mmett S. Goff, pp. 173,174. Rev. Am. Nat. XXL 380. 
655. Remarks at session of the Botanical 
Club of the A. A. A. S., 15 Aug. 1887. Torr. 
Bull. XIV. 207, 208. Sept. 1887. 
Notes the occurrence of black-knot on Prunus maritima, 
and a Cintractia on Cyperus Grayii on Staten Island. 
and Holway, E. W. D. ; 
656. Fungi: in Geological and Natural History 
‘Survey of Minnesota. Bulletin no. 3. Report on 
botanical work in Minnesota for the year 1886. 
8 pp. 56. St. Paul. Distributed Oct. 1, 1887. 
The fungi, pp. 26-31, Basidiomycetes, Uredineae, and 
Ustilagineae, pp. 32-36, Pyrenomycetes, Helvellaceae, Pe- 
risport , and Per sporeae, and pp. 39, 40, Myxomy- 
eetes and Chytridineae, were mainly determined by Arthur 
and Holway, some by C. H. Peck and J. B. Ellis. A list of 
283 species of fungi, with localities and habitats, including 
descriptions of 3 new species by Arthur and Holway and 7 by 
Ellis and Holway. % 
Berlese, Augusto Napoleone. 
657. Fungi Moricolae. Iconografia e descri- 
zione dei funghi parassiti del gelso. Fasc. IV. 
8° Padua. 20 Aug. 1887. 
This work is a series of octavo plates, in part colored, 
illustrating the fungi which grow upon species of Morus. In 
fasc. 4 is figured the American species, Massaria epileuca, 
B. and C. Of the previous fasciculi, no. 2, issued 22 April, 
1885, is the only one containing special American species. 
In that fasciculus are figures of Lophidium fenestrale, Sacc., 
and Hysterographium Mori, Rehm. 
Bessey, Charles Edwin. 
658. The growth of Tulostoma mammosum. 
Am. Nat. XXI. 665-666. July, 1887. 
Account of the stipe and the peridium in this species. 
659. Ash-rust again. Am. Nat. XXI. 
666. July, 1887. 
Notes the rarity of Aecidium Frazini, §., in Nebraska in 
1887. See title no. 68. 
See, also, The Use of English names for Fungi by this 
author in 4m. Nat. March, 1887. 
Brendel, Frederick. 
660. Flora Peoriana, the vegetation in the cli- 
ae of Middle Illinois. 8° pp. 89. Peoria, Ill. 
te 
On pp. 68, 69, is a list of 109 species of fungi without notes. 
This paper is not a translation of no. 76, as might be sup- 
posed from the title itself, but is different in several respectse 
Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 
661. Remarks on fungi. 
Ass. of Staten Island. 
In the proceedings of 9 April, 1887, Dr. Britton made re- 
marks on fungi collected by members of the Association 
during the past two years. General notice of Agarici, Po- 
lypori, etc. Report on octavo sheet, without paging. 
The title of last paper is ‘‘ Structure of certain Timber-Ties; 
Behaviour and Causes of their Decay in the Road-Bed.” 
Printed and a few copies struck off in 1887 but not generally 
issued until 1888. 
Proc. Natural Science 
Burrill, Thomas Jonathan, and Earle, F. 8, 
662. Parasitic fungi of Illinois. Part II. Bull. 
Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist. Il. 387-432, with 8 
figures. Peoria, Ill. 
Issued in July, 1887. General account of the order with 
figures of the genera found in Illinois, together with a ker 
to genera, followed by descriptions of 29 species, with fu 
synonymy and critical notes. There is a systematic index 
and index of hosts. Rev. Torr. Bull. KIV.193. Sept. 1887. 
Bot. Gaz. XII. 303. Dec. 1887. 
Calkins, William Wirt. 
663. NotesonFloridafungi. no. 10. Jour. Myc. 
III. 7, Jan.; no. 11, 1. c. 33, 34, March; no. 12, 
loc. 46, April; no. 13,1. c.58, 59, May; no. 14, 
l.c. 70, June; no. 16, 1. c. 82, July, 1887. 
Continued from title no. roo. Part 15 is not given, proba- 
bly by typographical error. 
Cobb, N. A. 
663". A list of plants found growing wild within 
thirty miles of Amberst. 8% pp. 51. North- 
hampton, Mass. 1887. 
On pp. 31-48 is given a list of fungi, including lichens. The 
i proper are in the main those given by C. C. Frost in 
Tuckerman’s Catalogue. See title no. 612. 
Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt. 
664. Synopsis Pyrenomycetum. Grev. XV. 80- 
86, 122-125; XVI. 16-19, 50-56. March, June, 
Sept., Dec. 1887. 
Continuation of title no. 161. Includes notes on a number 
of N. Am. species of Byssosphaeria, Cucurbitaria, Lasios. 
phaeria, Venturia, Chaetomium, Rosellinia, Sordaria, etc- 
665. New species of Ravenelia. Grev. 
XV. 112. June, 1887. Jour. Myc. III. 83. 
Description of 2. verrucosa, Cke. and Ellis from Mexico. 
666. Some exotic fungi. Grev. XVI. 15, 
16, 25, 26. Sept., Dec. 1887. 
Has descriptions of Sphaeronema tenuirostris, Oucurbi- 
taria Ravenelii, and Cylindrocolla quercina, from the 
United States. 
667. Australasian fungi. 
80-33. Dec. 1887. 
Bovista ovalispora Che. & Mass. is said to occur in South 
Carolina. 
6675. New British fungi. Grev. XVI. 
42-49, Dec. 1887. 
Also includes description of Bovista ovalispora and Lyco- 
perdon Cookei, Mass. 
Craig, John. Lakefield, Province of Quebec, 
Canada, 27 April, 1864. See Hatsrep, B. D. 
668. Observations on corn and corn smut. Bull. 
Lowa Agr. Coll. Nov. 1886, p. 16. Issued- 1887. 
The smut found to be most abundant in the fruit which has 
a north-east exposure. 
Cuboni, J. See Saccarpo, P. A. 
Dietel, P. 
668%. Beitrage zur morphologie und _ biologie 
der Uredineen. Bot. Centralblatt. XXXII. 54-56, 
84-91, 118-121, 152-156, 182-186, 217-220, 246- 
250, Pl. 1, Oct., Nov. 1888. 
Has incidental references to a number of American species. 
Dudley, Plimmon Henry. 
669. Polyporus sanguineus. 
Soc. III. 29, 30. July, 1887. 
Note ot the occurrence of this species, and species of Tra- 
metes and Lenzites, on the isthmus of Panama. 
Grev. XVI. 
Jour. N.Y. Micr. 
