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Mycologia 



study. A large number of duplicates will be retained and added 

 to the mycological herbarium. 



A collection of fleshy fungi from Sendai, Japan, has been re- 

 ceived from Professor A. Yasuda. This is of special interest 



in connection with 

 the study of species 

 found on the Pacific 

 coast, and may aid in 

 determining the rela- 

 tionships existing be- 

 tween our far west- 

 ern flora and that of 

 certain parts of Asia. 



Dr. C. L. Shear, of 

 the Department of 

 Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, visited 

 the Garden April 3 on 

 his way to Europe 

 to spend about four 

 months in various 

 public and private 

 herbaria studying the 

 types of fungi caus- 

 ing fruit diseases. It 

 is necessary to seek 

 out the types of these 

 diseases before the 

 new quarantine law 

 becomes effective in 

 this country. 



We learn from Science that Dr. R. A. Pearson, recently Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture for the state of New York, has accepted 

 the presidency of the Iowa State College of Agriculture at Ames. 

 Dr. Pearson has been granted leave of absence for the summer 

 and will visit agricultural colleges in Europe. 



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Cultivating Pleurotus sapidus. 



