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new species of fungi are described, namely, Inocybe euthelclla 
Peck, Clitocybe phyllophiloides Peck, and Hebeloma palustre 
Peck. Dr. House has contributed some very interesting notes 
on state local floras and an important article of over thirty pages 
with copious illustrations on certain features of German forestry. 
In a recent professional paper on the pathology of the jack 
pine, James R. Weir states that the most important fungous 
disease of this tree is Peridcrmium cerebrum, the control of 
which in many localities is quite a serious forest problem. The 
most important wood-destroying fungi of the jack pine are 
Trametes Pini and Polyporus Schweinitzii, but these do not pro- 
duce any appreciable decay until the tree reaches its period of 
decline, placed approximately at from sixty to eighty years of 
age. The wood of this tree deteriorates rapidly after it is cut 
under the influence of a number of saprophytic fungi and cannot 
be expected to remain sound in the forest for more than two or 
three years. 
Dr. W. A. Murrill, Assistant Director, visited Washington, 
D. C., and Richmond, Va., early in June and found the chestnut 
canker abundant in the Washington parks and rapidly spreading 
south of the Potomac River. Most fleshy fungi were just begin- 
ning to appear in Virginia, having been delayed by the cool 
weather. Pholiota praecox and Lentinus umbilicatus, however, 
as well as Polyporus arcularius, were already abundant. Prob- 
ably the most interesting species collected was Bolbitius variicolor, 
so well described and figured in Atkinson’s “ Studies of Ameri- 
can Fungi.” This was found in a shaded, manured yard in 
Falls Church, Virginia, on June 6. The pileus was olivaceous 
with yellowish center, reticulate-rugose, and very viscid ; the 
lamellae at first straw-yellow or sulfur-yellow ; the stipe pale- 
yellow above and white below, decorated with minute scales 
pointing upward. 
Recent Specific Names Recombined 
For the convenience of those using Saccardo’s nomenclature, 
the names of .species of boletes and polypores published in My- 
