NEWS AND NOTES 
Dr. W. A. Mur rill sailed for Europe May 31, where he will 
spend several weeks studying in various European herbaria. 
Mr. W. H. Long, forest pathologist in the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, spent several days at the Garden in June, 
looking over certain collections of fungi causing heart rot of 
forest trees. 
Professors L. H. Pennington and Guy West Wilson have been 
awarded scholarships at the Garden to assist them in their work 
on the fungi. Mr. Pennington will continue his work on Maras- 
mitis and Mr. Wilson on the Peronosporales. 
Dr. Chas. H. Thom recently spent several days at the Garden 
consulting mycological literature. 
The following new species of ascomycetes are described from 
North American material by Dr. H. Rehm d Naevia canadica, 
Diatrype patella, Ombrophila limosa, Pecicula e.vimia and Myco- 
sphaerella lageniformis. The last named is from California and 
the remainder from Ontario, Canada. 
Doctor W. C. Sturgis has recently published a second paper on 
The Myxomycetes of Colorado.^ This paper contains the record 
of 39 species, of which 33 are reported for the first time from 
Colorado. Three of these are new to America and three are 
‘Colorado College Publications, science series 12: 435-454. 1913. 
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