AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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of species, thus Stropharia Caput- Medusa, Fr., var. alba , Karst., 
Symb., ix., p. 47, becomes Stropharia alba , Karst. ; Fsathyra 
permata, Fr.,va,v. squamosa, K&vst. Symb., vi.,p. 19, is now Psathyra 
squamosa , Karst. Marsonia Rosce, Trail, Sacc. Syll. Suppl., p. 477, 
is said to be identical with A ctinonema Rosa (Lib.), Fr. Diplonema , 
Karst. Finl. Basidsw., p. 430, being previously used for a genus of 
Algai, has been changed to Amphinema. Finally Tomentella 
obducens , Karst., is said to be the same as Amphinema sordescens , 
Karst. 
On Two New or Imperfectly Known Myxomycetes, W. C. Sturgis, 
Bot. Gaz., 1893, p. 186 (1 pi.). — Comatricha caspitosa, n. sp., 
characterised by the densely casspitose habit, more or less per- 
manent sporangial wall, and large asperate spores, 9 f 6 x 12*8 p. 
The second species is what the author considers to be Physarum 
sulphureum , Alb. and Schw. This may be, but Physarum chrysotir- 
chum , B. and C., is certainly not the same, differing in the long, thin 
internodes of the capillitium, and the much smaller, pale lilac 
spores. 
NOTES. 
G. Massee has been appointed Principal Assistant (Cryptogamic 
Department) at the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
The annual Fungus Foray of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union 
will be held at Howden on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 6th and 
7th. Mycologists are cordially invited. 
British Fungus-Flora. — The third vol. of this work, containing 
the remainder of the Basidiomycetes and the whole of the 
Hyphomycetes, will be ready in October. The remainder of the 
species will be published in uniform supplementary volumes. 
MUSCINEiE. 
Muscologia Galbica , T. Husnot. The eleventh part of this im- 
portant work is to hand, and deals with the following genera : — 
Homalothecium. Camptothecium, Ptychodium , Brachythecium , 
Scleropodium , Hyocomium , Eurhynchium , Thamnium . The specific 
characters are full and very clear, and the microscopic details in 
addition to the general habit of the plant, natural size, are given 
on ten well-executed plates. 
Handbook of British Hepatica. — Under the above title a small 
volume is now in the Press, by Dr. M. C. Cooke, which is intended 
for the use of students and those who desire to commence the 
study of these plants. It will contain about 200 woodcuts, and 
seven outline plates, with descriptions of all known British genera 
and species, accompanied by figures. The price will be about five 
shillings, and it is expected to be ready in October. The publishers 
are Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co. (Limited), Waterloo Place, 
S.W. 
