1885.] 



NEW LITERATURE. 



"Mushrooms of A^ierica, Edible and Poisonous," edited by Julius A. 



Palmer, Jr., published by L. Prang & Co., Boston. 



• This publication consists of a portfolio of twelve colored lithograph 

 plates, and four printed pages of general directions. ''These charts are 

 prepared for popular use, rather than for students of botanical science ; 

 all technical terms are, therefore, avoided.'' Definitions are given of 

 such terms as pileus, gills, veil, ring, volva, etc.: also directions for 

 gathering mushrooms, and characters noted by which one may 

 recognize unmistakably the several poisonous species. Descriptions are 

 given of all the figured species, and directions for cooking the edible 

 ones. It is a handsome work and of general interest. The species fig- 

 ured are as follows : Plate I, Agaricus campestris et arvensis ; plate II, 

 Coprinus comatus ; plate III, Marasmius oreades ; plate lY, Agaricus 

 cretaceus ; plate V, Agaricus proceus : plate VI, Russula heterophylla, 

 R. virescens, R. lepida, and R. alutacea ; plate VII, Boletus bovinus, B. 

 edulus, B. scaber, B. subtomentosus,B. chrysenteron, and B. strobilaceus ; 

 plate VIII, Lycoperdon giganteum, L. saccatum, and L. gemmatum ; 

 plate IX, Agaricus vernus ; plate X, Agaricus muscarius, A. phallodes, 

 and A. mappa; plate XI, Boletus felleus, B. alveolatus, and B. luridus: 

 plate XII, Agaricus semi-orbicularis, A. semi-globatus, and A. pediades. 



The following was by mistake omitted from the article on Kew 

 Florida Fungi, by J. B Ellis and Geo. Martin. It should have 

 appeared on p. 100, in connection with other species of the same genus. 



Septoria Gratiol^, E. & M.— On fading leaves of Gratiola quad- 

 ridentata, Florida. Com. Prof. F. L. Scribner. Perithecia punctiform. 

 minute, emergent, scattered over the faded leaves but not in any definite 

 spots, Spores filiform, nucleolate, straight or somewhat curved, contin- 

 uous, 30—40 X f — 1 M. 



S. Liidivigm, Cke., is on definite spots and has thicker spores. 



