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logic und Physiologic der Pilze, 1 11*^ Rcihe, 2^^ Abt., p. 380) believed 
their material to be identical with the species of Link. A culture by Brefeld 
preserved in Rabenhorst, Fungi Europaei Edit. Nov. ser. II, no. 2135, is 
cited by Wilhelm (Wilhelm, K. A. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Pilzgattung 
Aspergillus. Inaug. Diss. Strassburg, p. 59. 1877), and later by Wehmer 
(Monog. p. 81. 1901). The continuity of the usage of the name A. flavus 
seems therefore well established. We have examined a packet of this ma- 
terial in the collection of the New York Botanical Garden, which is certainly 
the organism we have described as A. flavus. Costantin and Lucet ^loc. 
cit., pp. 162, 163) attribute the name A. flavus incorrectly to Wilhelm. 
A. fulvus Montague. Plantes cellulaires, Cent. VI, no. 82. Ann. Sci. 
Nat. Bot. Ill, 12: 298. 1849. The description allies this form with the 
group typified by A. tamari in this paper, but A. fulvus has never been 
reported except by Montague. 
A. giganto-sulphureus Saito. Jour. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 18: 48. 
PI. 3, figs. I2a-d. 1904. While not identified by us positively, the descrip- 
tion suggests colonies near D, in Takahashi's series. 
A. gymnosardae Yukawa. Jour. Coll. Agr. Tokyo i: 362. PI. 18, 
figs. 1-7. 191 1. This fungus was found by Yukawa under the name 
"awokabi" and is described by him as essential to the ripening of the tuna- 
fish preparation, ''katsuobushi." The dimensions given are intermediate 
between those of A. flavus and of A. oryzae, and closely approximate those 
of A. p seudo flavus . Although we have cultures related to these forms, we 
have not been able to identify these intermediates. 
A. micro-virido-citrinus Costantin & Lucet. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IX, 2: 
158. 1905. The appearances of colonies and measurements of stalks, 
heads, and spores indicate a form intermediate betwee'n A. flavus and 
A. oryzae except for its small conidia. The description is very nearly 
satisfied by Takahashi's culture P. 
A. oryzae (Ahlburg) Cohn (Cohn, F. Ueber Schimmelpilze als Garungs- 
erreger. Jahresb. Schles. Ges. fur vaterl. Cultur (1883) 61: 226. Breslau. 
1884). Syn., Eurotium oryzae Ahlb. The name E. oryzae with an incomplete 
description for the sake organism was published by Korschelt (Korschelt, O. 
Ueber Sake, das alkoholische Getrank der Japaner. Dingler's Polytech- 
nisches Jour. 230: 330. 18^8) as taken from a letter from "Herr Ahlburg." 
A. oryzae var. basidiferens Costantin & Lucet. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IX, 
2 : 167. 1905. The describers found both secondary and primary sterigmata 
upon a culture received by them as A. oryzae. Without cultivating any 
other strain, they describe this form as a new variety. Although double 
sterigmata are not mentioned in Wehmer's description, all strains seen by 
us have double sterigmata at least under some conditions of culture. Hence 
the varietal name should be dropped. 
Eurotium oryzae Ahlburg. See A. oryzae (Ahlb.) Cohn. 
A. parasiticus Speare. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Exp. Sta., Path, and 
