NEWS AND NOTES 



Twenty species of the order Hypocreales are reported by Mr. 

 F. J. Seaver (Bull. Torrey Club 35: 527. 1908) for the state 

 of North Dakota. Of these, one is probably recorded for North 

 America for the first time. 



Contribution number 35 of the botanical department of Iowa 

 State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (reprint from 

 Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 14: 1-34. 1908) contains a monograph 

 of the Iowa Erysiphaceae by Mr. J. B. Anderson. Twenty-four 

 species and four varieties are recorded for the state. 



Mr. F. D. Kern, of the Indiana Experiment Station, in a 

 synopsis of the work done on the genus Gymnosporangium (Bull. 

 Torrey Club 35 : 499. 1908) records eighteen species for North 

 America, three of which, G. Davisii Kern, G. exiguum Kern, and 

 G. floriforme Thaxter, are described as new. In this paper three 

 new combinations are also made. 



Dr. N. Patouillard, in an article on new or little-known fungi 

 (Bull. Soc. Myc. de Fr. 24: 1-12. 1908), describes eighteen 

 new species from various localities, among them Heterochaete 

 sublivida, Exidia olivacea, Hypochnus Langloisii, Pseudofavolus 

 auriculatus, Xantochrous Ludovicianus and Xantochrous fusco- 

 velutinus from Langlois' collections in Louisiana, and Tomentella 

 aurantiaca, Leucoporus dictyoporus, Rosellinia Pepo, Leptothy- 

 rium glomeratum and Septoria Riviniae from specimens collected 

 by Duss in Guadeloupe. 



M. Peltereau gives some valuable notes on various species of 

 Russula in a recent article entitled " Etudes et observations sur 

 les Russules" (Bull. Soc. Myc. de Fr. 24: 95-120. 1908), 

 reserving a more complete treatment of this difficult group until 

 some future time. 



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