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NEW GENUS OF THELEPHOREI. 
The following genus, of which the type was referred provisionally 
by Berkeley to Thelephora, is now proposed, for the reasons stated 
below : — 
Nov. Gen. AIjDRIDGEA, Mass. 
Resupinate, effused, fleshy, subgelatinous when growing, carti- 
laginous, or rigid and collapsed when dry ; hymeniurn smooth, 
even, basidia tetrasporous, spores continuous, smooth, elliptical, 
coloured. 
Allied to Coniophora in the large, coloured spores, but dis- 
tinguished by the subgelatinous consistency when growing. Dis- 
tinguished from Thelephora by the smooth, elliptical spores. 
Aldxidgea gelatinosa, Mass. 
Broadly effused, rather fleshy, subgelatinous, pallid, becoming 
collapsed, rigid, and purple-brown when dry ; margin determinate ; 
spores elliptical, obliquely apiculate, olive, 10 x 6-7 /x. 
On sawdust. Extending for several inches, the irregularities of 
the hymeniurn being due to the substratum. 
CRYPTOGAMIC LITERATURE. 
Husnot, T. Muscologia Gallica, part 10, “ Pleurocarpes,” 
Paris, 1892. 
Massee, G. A Monograph of the Myxogastres, roy. 8o, 12 
coloured plates, London, 1892. 
Gregory, E. L. Abnormal Growth of Spirogyra Cells, in 
“ Bull. Torr. Club,” Mar., 1892. 
Williams, T. A. Notes on Peronosporacece , in “Bull. Torr. 
Club,” Mar., 1892. 
Halsted, B. D. Parasitic Fungi as related to Variegated 
Plants, “Bull. Torr. Club,” Mar., 1892. 
Slater, M. B. Report on Yorkshire Botany for 1891, 
Cryptogamia, “ The Naturalist,” April, 1892. 
Renauld, F., and Cardot, J. Enumeration of Kansas Mosses, 
in “ Botan. Gazette,” Mar., 1892. 
Venturi. L’Ulota americana, in “ Revue Bryologique,” 
No. 1, 1892. 
Venturi. De quelques formes d ’ Orthotrichum d’Amerique, 
in “ Rev. Bryol.,” No. 1, 1892. 
