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glom ala, an allied, but much rarer fungus, with a similar 
destructive habit, hitherto observed only in France, is cae with attacking 
lants growing in loose sandy soil, where the subsoil is w 
ring e 
by the Royal Hortieultural Society e Mr. Hooper, Cambridge, 
w Zeal ini 
penetrated the place he fu r eside became 
infected, the fungus penetrating the tree and ultimately killing it. ‘This 
material was forwar ew for investigation. Sterile mycelium 
alone was present, whi t in every detail with that of 
Dematophora necatrix, and the fungus was provisionally referred to 
that ie see i J 
Horticultural Society. (xix., part I., 28). The following account will 
give an idea of-the injury caused by this fungus, as observed by Mr. 
d, New Zealand* ;— 
very subject to its attacks, as well as a great many Abies, and several of 
the native trees and plants. It also attacks the cabbage, the potato, 
: docks, sorrel, fern, and in fact is almost omnivorous, which is a marked 
peculiarity. e only plants I have ever known to resist it are the 
-resinous Dd and roses; the former suffer at first, and the meres turn 
yellow, but they ulti timately recover, an never knew one to 
succu umb, whereas the contrary is the case with all mig plants 
k 
“Tn had es of whitethorn, where roses have been planted at intervals, 
the thorns are e d and the roses remain intact and quite uninjured. 
: dam b T 
ProfessorKirk, of Wellington, says it is Lycoperdon gemmatum, Batsch., 
and that * tar water” is a certain cure. The last statement is assuredly 
-an error, and I think the first is also. For a t many years I have 
-endea eak in vain to procure the fruit of this fungus, using all the 
means that ested themselves to me, without any success. "I have 
there is no root fungus, and I have seen a very great many orchards, and 
watched several closely where PESA of trees are stele and could 
* Journ. Mycol, Vol. v., p. 199. 
