Mar., 1S87.J 
NEW LITERATURE. 
35 
NEW LITERATURE. 
BY W. A. KKLLERMAN. 
••Report of the Botanist 
to the X. Y. 
Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station.” By J. C. Arthur. Extracted from the “ Fifth 
Annual Report of the X. Y. Agricultural Experiment Station for 
1887.” Jan. 80, 1887. Pp. 275—315. 
This is a report of work continued in the line of that done in pre¬ 
vious years at the same place, and the mycological part is included under 
the following heads: Pear Blight, Rotting of Tomatoes, Disease of 
Clover-leaf Weevil, Mildew of Strawberries, Plum-leaf Fungus and a list 
of important articles on Pear Blight. The first, third and fifth of these 
articles are illustrated by cuts. 
“Additamenta” to Saccardo’s Sylloge, by A. X. Berlese and P. Voglino, 
contains 484 pages and carries the number of Pyrenomycetes up to 
7,564, of Sphoeropsideoe to 4,684 and of Hyphomycetes to 3,664. On pp. 
7 and 8, Xos. 6,201, 6,202, 6,203 and 6,205, credited to “ EU.,” should 
be “Ell. & Mart.” The volume forms a valuable supplement to 
those already issued. E. 
“ L. Rabenhorstii Fungi Euroiuei et extraeuroieei Exsiccate” 
The 15th and 16th Centuries(Ser.II)of this valuable collection reached us 
in January, 1887, and contain, as usual, many interesting things. In these 
two Cents., the various families of fungi are mostly represented. Quite 
a large proportion of the species are from this country, contributed by 
various American collectors. Among the new or rare species are Lyco- 
perdon leprosum , B. & Rav., from Missouri, a new Hypocreaceous fungus, 
Balansta pallida. Winter, growing from the seeds of Luziola Peruviana 
and collected in Brazil by E. Pile, a new species of Gibbera [G Salisberg- 
ensis, Xiessl.), on living leaves of Erica carnea, in Austria, and a 
species of Dirinerosporium (D. tropicale. Speg.), new to this country, col¬ 
lected by the late Dr. Martin in Florida, on living leaves of Bignonia 
capreolata. The species issued in X. A. F., 1297. at least the specimens 
on Sabal serrulata , is proposed as a new species, Meliola palmicola, Winter, 
and is considered as distinct from M. furcata , Lev. The well-deserved 
reputation of Dr. Winter as an authority in mycological matters gives 
to his collection a special value, and no student of mycology can well 
afford to be without them. There are, however, one ortwo of the species 
that need comment: “ Peziza pellita , C. & P. (Xo. 3467) is Bulgaria rufa , 
Schw.; Xo. 3522, Dacrymyces confluens, Karst., can hardly be distinct 
from J). corticioides, E. & E., X. A. F., 1587. Under Xo. 35251 the opinion 
is expressed that Stereum Curtisii , Berk., may be only a form of Stereum 
tabacinum, Sow. ( Hymenoclwete tabacina , Lev.) It is very doubtful whether 
those who have observed these species in nature will come to this con¬ 
clusion. S. tabacinum has in the early stage of growth a light yellow 
margin and the reflexed part is also of a ferruginous yellow and covered 
with a coat of short tomentum. S Curtisii never has any yellow margin 
and the reflexed part is nearly glabrous and of the color of weather¬ 
beaten wood; the hymenium also is-thicker and less cracked and the 
bristles longer and slenderer (75—90 x 8—10 p) and less abundant (some¬ 
times wanting) The bristles in S. tabacinum are 70—80 x 12—15 p. S. 
Curtisii, in the latitude of Xew Jersey, is not usually as well developed 
as in Carolina and Florida, the reflexed margin in the more northern 
specimens being often wanting, while *S. tabacinum is common in a well- 
developed state, with distinct reflexed margin as far north as Canada and 
west to Oregon. J. B. E. 
