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Mycologia 
than toxins and that this may possibly be a clue to the cause of 
the succession of higher plants in a given locality. Four species 
of fungi are mentioned which had not previously been reported 
from the Islands: Absidia caernlea Bain., Mncor racemosa Fres., 
Coprinus stercorarius Fr., and C. plicatilis Fr. 
Sydow, H. and P. Novae Fungorum Species, IX. Ann. IMyc. 
II : 54-65. 
In this article which deals mostly with species from Japan and 
Formosa there are a few from the Caucasus and German East 
Africa and two new species described from the Philippines. 
These are Linospora pandani on leaves of Pandaniis sp.*, and 
Gloeosporiiim catechu on dead fruits of Areca catechu. 
Rehm, H. Ascomycetes Exsiccati, Fasc. 52. Ann. Myc. ii: 
166-171. 
In this fascicle, containing Nos. 2026 to 2050 of Rehm’s ex- 
siccati, are distributed two numbers from the Philippines neither 
of which are new. This is the first Philippine material sent out 
by Rehm in these sets. The two species are Sphaerulina smilacin- 
cola Rehm and Phyllachora pahitdiae Syd., collected in Laguna 
Province, Luzon. 
Sydow, H. and P. Fungi Exotici Exsiccati, Fasc. II and III. 
Ann. Myc. ii: 207-208. 
In this list of specimens distributed in Fascicles II and III of 
this series are included twenty Philippine species. The material 
of six of these numbers is cotype of new species. These include 
the following: Dimerina graffii, Meliola pulchcrrima, Mycosphae- 
rella roureae, Asterina cassiae, Hysterostomella psychotriae, and 
Gloeosporiiim canavaliae. 
Rehm, H. Ascomycetes Philippinenses Collecti a Clar. C. F. 
Baker. Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 8: 181-194. 
There are enumerated in this article forty-seven species. 
Twenty of these are described as new and one as a new variety. 
All were collected either at Los Banos, Province of Laguna, or 
on Mount Maquiling in the vicinity. Trichosphaeria regulinoides 
Sacc., var. arengae is described as a new variety. The follow- 
ing are described as new species : 
