NEWS AND NOTES 



Mr. Frank D. Kern, of Purdue University, spent the month of 

 January at the Garden, continuing his studies of the Uredineae 

 of North America. 



Dr. M. A. Howe recently returned from an expedition to 

 Panama made primarily for the purpose of collecting marine 

 algae. A number of fungi that inhabit marshy ground and drift- 

 wood were secured on this expedition. The February Journal 

 contains Dr. Howe's report. 



A monograph by Dr. C. H. Kauffman of the fifty-six species 

 of Russula found in the state of Michigan has recently appeared 

 as a reprint from the eleventh report of the Michigan Academy 

 of Science. It should prove of great value to students of this 

 very difficult genus of gill-fuUgi. 



Several species of Boletaceae have been treated popularly, with 

 illustrations from growing plants, in an article by Mr. W. H. 

 Ballou in the Scientific American Supplement for December i8,- 

 1909. 



Mr. Norman Taylor returned from Santo Domingo on January 

 2, bringing with him 1,700 specimens of plants for the Garden 

 herbarium, among them several specimens of fungi, the perish- 

 able species of which were illustrated in. colors by Mrs. Taylor. 

 A full account of Mr. Taylor's experiences appeared in the 

 Journal of the Garden for January. 



Volume 9, part 3, of North American Flora, containing de- 

 scriptions of the Boletaceae and Chantereleae by W. A. Murrill, 

 and the genus Lactaria by Gertrude S. Burlingham, appeared 



