NEW JAPANESE FUNGI 



NOTES AND TRANSLATIONS— I 



Tyozaburo Tanaka 



This is the first of a series of papers prepared for the purpose 

 of supplying prompt and full information regarding newly dis- 

 covered Japanese fungi that have been described only in Japanese. 

 Descriptions of new species of fungi, many of them of great 

 economic importance, are appearing in many different publica- 

 tions in Japan, some of them difficult to obtain in the United 

 States. New species which are published in Latin, English, or 

 other European language will be merely cited if referred to at all. 

 It is hoped that the information here presented will prove of 

 interest and value to American and European mycologists and 

 plant pathologists. 



There are two lists of Japanese fungi published twelve and 

 thirteen years ago, both including all species known from Japan 

 at the time, one by Prof. J. Matsumura, Index plantarum japoni- 

 carum, Vol. I. Cryptogamae (Fungi pp. 127-184) 8°, Tokyo 

 Mar. 1904, giving an alphabetical list of species with synonomy, 

 host plants and localities all in Latin ; the other by Prof. M. 

 Shirai, A List of Japanese Fungi hitherto known, 8°. Tokyo 

 Nov. 1905, 156 pp., giving an alphabetical list of species with 

 synonomy in Latin and the host plants in Japanese characters 

 only. Localities are not given. The more important fungi caus- 

 ing plant diseases in Japan are treated by Prof. A. Ideta, Hand- 

 book of the Plant Diseases of Japan, 4 ed. 4 0 , Tokyo 1909-1911, 

 1 104 pp. A 17-page index .gives the Latin names of the fungi 

 treated. Prof. Ideta is now writing a supplement bringing this 

 work up to date. 



Valsa (Euvalsa) Paulowniae Miyabe and Hemmi, sp. nov. in 

 Byochu-gai Zasshi (Journal of Plant Protection) 3°: 681-689. 

 1 pi. Sept., 1916. (Japanese.) 



This fungus attacks the Paulownia tree first on the twigs and 



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