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and then follows detailed descriptions of the several species, four of 
which are endemic, still another being found in addition in Australia 
and Tasmania. From the sclerotium of Gordyceps Robertsii a pigment 
was obtained which was used by the Maori for tattooing. A. L. S. 
Studies in Tropical Ascomycetes. — Fred J. Seaver ( Mycologia ,. 
11)22, 14 , 235-8, 1 pi.). The writer proposes to issue a series of studies 
on tropical species. The present paper deals with Neopeckia diffusa and 
Herpotrichia albidostoma , which have a wide range of distribution both 
within and outside the tropics. Externally the two fungi are similar, 
but internally they are very different, especially in the form and 
septation of the spores. The writer contributes diagnoses and syno- 
nymy. A. L. S. 
Life-history of an Undescribed Ascomycete Isolated from a 
Granular Mycetoma of Man.— C. L. Shear ( Mycologia , 1922, 14 , 
239-43, 3 figs.). The fungus was isolated from a sore in a foot caused 
by a thorn some twelve years previously. The doctors presumed that 
the organism had entered the foot with the thorn, and it had persisted ; 
occasionally the wound healed over, but always burst out again. The 
fungus was developed on culture media, and produced a coremium stage 
(. Dendrostilbella ) and a perithecium with thin delicate walls and no 
opening. It has been placed by the author in the genus Allescheria. 
A. L. S. 
Studies in Discomycetes. III.— Jessie S. Bayliss Elliott 
[Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 1922, 7 , 293-8, 2 figs.). The writer publishes 
observations on a number of the smaller Discomycetes. Arachnopeziza 
anrata she has watched growing all the year round, though it is most 
flourishing from June to October. As there is no subiculum, the early 
stages, resembling those of Eremascus albus , were easy to follow. 
Particular note is taken of the peculiar paraphyses of Dasyscypha 
diplocarpa ; they are much branched, the tips bearing pale green 
septate conidia. Other Discomycetes are described, and previous errors 
in description are rectified. A. L. S. 
Taxonomic Note on the Group Melanomma. — J. E. Chenantais 
[Bull. Soc. Mycol. France , 1922, 38 , 88-92). The writer finds that 
spores provide the best diagnostic characters in this genus, which contains 
some eighty -two species. He divides these into “ types ” according to 
the size of the spores. The last section has very large spores, which 
indicates affinity with Trematosphaeria. A. L. S. 
Septoria Species and the Formation of Higher Fructification. — 
F. Laibach [Zeitschr. Pflanzenkr ., 1920, 30 , Heft 6-7). By means of 
cultures the author has succeeded in proving the connexion of various 
species of Septoria with the fructifications of the Pyrenomycete Myco- 
sphaerella : Septoria Rubi developed into a Mycosphaerella similar to 
M. ideeina ; Septoria Aucupariae was proved to be a stage of Myco- 
sphaerella Aucupariae. Other results are also given. A. L. S. 
Demonstration of numerous Distinct Strains within the 
Nominal Species Pestalozzia Guepini Desm.— Carl de la Rue and 
