474 The American Naturalist. 
BOTANY. 4 
North American Fungi, Century KXIX.—Subscribers to _ 
Ellis & Everhart’s North American Fungi were gratified recently by s 
the receipt of the 29th volume of this great collection, with its neatly — 
mounted and labelled specimens. It is one of the “ miscellaneous” — 
volumes, nearly all groups of the fungi being represented. Thus we 
find five Myxomycetes, among which is the new Stemonitis virginiensis 
Rex; the recently described Peronospora echinospermi Swingle; a — 
dozen or so Uredinez, some but recently described ; Erysiphe graminis 
in frait ; many Pyrenomyceteæ, some Hymenomycetes, and a good many 
“ imperfect fungi,” the latter well represented by species of Phyllostica — 
and Septoria—Cuarves E. BESSEY. : 
New York Fungi.—A new and interesting distribution of speci : 
mens of fungi has been undertaken by Mr. C. L. Spear, of Alcove, N. — 
Y., under the title of “ New York Fungi.” It is designed particularly 
to illustrate the work of the well-known mycologist, Charles H. Peck, i 
who, in the capacity of State botanist, has for so many years been — 
engaged in the study of the fungi of New York. Century I contains — 
the following species: Amanita cesaria Scop., A. phalloides Fr., A. 
musearia L., var. alba Pk., A. vaginata Bull., Tricholoma album Schell, 
Collybia radicata Relh., Mycena galericulata Scop., M. leaiana Berks — 
Omphalia campanella Batsch., Pleurotus sapidus Kalchb., Clitopilus 
cæspitosus Pk., Naucoria pruinatipes Pk., Hypholoma aggregata Pk 
H. sublateritium Bchæff., H. candolleanum, Fr., Coprinus picaceus ta 
C. micaceus (Bull.) Fr., C. plicatilis (Curt.) Fr., Lactarius deceptivus — 
Pk., Cantharellus floceosus Schw., Marasmius oreades (Bolt.) Fr, W — 
rotula (Scop.) Fr., Panus stipticus (Bull.) Fr., Schizophyllum commune 
Fr., Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr., Boletinus pictus Pk., B. porosus (Berk.) a 
Pk., var. opacus Pk., Boletus subluteus Pk., Polyporus perennis (E) 
Fr., P. sulphureus (Bull.) Fr., P. fumosus (Pers.) Fr, P. adustus 
(Willd.) Fr., P. pubescens (Schum.) Fr., P. applanatus (Pers.) Ft» 
P. fomentarius (L.) Fr., P. conchatus (Pers.) Fr., P. hirsutus (Wulf) 
Fr., P. pergamenus Fr., P. versicolor (L.) Fr., Dedalea confragost — 
(Bolt.) Fr., D. unicolor (Bull.) Fr., Glæoporus conchoides Mont., Hyd- 
num zonatum Batsch., H. graveolens Delast., H. coralloides Scop., Irpa 
paradoxus (Schrad.) Fr., Phlebia zonata B. & C., P. radiata FT. 
Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Fr., Thelephora sehweinitzia P 
