JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 



[Vol. 1 



A NEW STEREUM FROM NORTH CAROLINA. 



Stereum (Merisma) CAROLmiENSE, Cke. & Rav. • 



Pileus multiplex, iiifundibaiiform, deeply incised, forming lobes 

 variable in size, all confluent at the base in a common stem. Whole 

 plant six inches high, 4—5 inches broad, ochraceous, with faint zones of 

 darker color, margin of lobes entire, surface smooth. Hymenium even, 

 ochraceous-white ; stem miiaitely velvety. 



Wilmington, North Carolina (Dr. Thomas F. Wood.) 



Allied to S. multizonatum, Berk, which is a Stereum rather than a 

 Thelephora. C. 



Found also, quite recently, at West Chester, Pa., by Mr. Everhart. 

 This species differs from the usual type of Stereum in its subcarnose 

 texture, being quite soft and juicy when fresh, and decaying quickly 

 unless dried with care. The general aspect is that of a large, pallid 

 Thelephora.— [Eds .] 



NEW LITERATURE. 



BY W. A. KELLERMAN. 



''The Genus Cincractia." By VYilliam Trelease, in the Bulletin of 



the Torrey Botanical Club, July, 18S5, with plate. 



This article of two pages refers particularly to a rare smut on species 

 of Cyperus and Fimbristylis named by Berkely in 1852 Ustilago axicola, 

 now referred to a new genus (Cintractia) by Cornu because its mode of 

 fruiting is so different from that of other species of Ustilago— and Usti- 

 lago Junci, Schw., on Juncus tenuis, hitherto found from New York to 

 North Carolina, and west to Wisconsin and Iowa. The mycelium of 

 the latter, "as in the preceding species, persists within the diseased 

 parts of the host, though it is usually less abundant in the pith. Outside 

 of the fibro-vascular bundles it becomes denser, forming a continuous, 

 gelatinous stroma, which is colorless except for a narrow, yellowish band 

 near its outer edge. The outermost cells of this stroma are uniformly 

 fertile, so that its entire outer portion passes into a mass of young spores 

 that are gradually pushed outward as they mature. At first the sori are 

 covered by the epidermis which renders them lead-colored. After its dis- 

 appearance the mass of spores appears intensely black, and gradually 

 crumbles away. The mature spores, as seen singly, are of a dark brown 

 color and rather opaque. They are minutely granulated, irregularly 

 rounded or ellipsoidal in form, and measure 12—15 x 14—21 /^-." Its name 

 therefore would be Cintractia Junci (Schw.) 



"Parasitic Eungi of Illinois," Part I. By T. J. Burrill, Bulletin of 

 the Illinois State Laboratory of J^atural History. Vol. II. 

 This consists of an Introduction, 10 pages ; an account of Uredinese, 



