SUGAR-CANE AGARIC 207 



Preventive Means. — Diseased stems should not be 

 allowed to lie and rot on the ground, otherwise the 

 sclerotia present will, in some form or other, reproduce 

 the pest ; burning is the only safe method of dispensing 

 with such diseased material. The fungus should be 

 removed from stems as early after its appearance as 

 possible. 



Marasmius sacchari, Wakker. — Infection experiments 

 have proved this agaric to be a true parasite on living 

 stems of sugar cane in Java. 



Wakker and Went, Zeikten van het Sinkeniet op Java, 

 p. 194, pi. s. 



SUGAE-CANE AaAEIC 



{Schizophyllwn commune, Fr.) 



This fungus is said to be parasitic on stems of cultivated 

 sugar-cane in the-West Indies. It has also been recorded 

 as a parasite on the mulberry-tree by Prillieux. 



The pileus is fan-shaped, without a stalk, very thin and 

 pliant ; upper surface whitish or grey, very hairy, gills 

 radiating from the point of attachment, forked, pale 

 brown, margin split. 



Prillieux and Delacroix, Bull, du Ministlre de I'Agrtc, 

 No. 5, Sept. 1893. 



SLIMY TBEE AaARIC 



(^Pholiota adiposa, Fries.) 



This is a very showy fungus usually growing in clusters ; 

 when fully expanded the cap is two to four inches across, 



