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auf der Eberesche (Sorbus aucuparia) (A. von Jaczewski) ; 
Ueber das Vorkommen von Neocosmospora vasinfecta Erw. 
Smith auf Sesamum orientale (A. von Jaczewski) ; Ueber die auf 
Anemone narcissiflora auftretenden Puccinien (H. & P. Sydow) ; 
Asteroconium saccardoi Syd. nov. gen. et spec. (H. & P. Sydow) ; 
Der Mucor der Hanfrotte, M. hiemalis nov. spec. (C. Wehmer) ; 
Riccoa aetnensis Cav. Nouveau genre de Champignons du Mont 
Etna (F. Cavara) ; Une Mucorinnee purement conidienne, Cun- 
ninghamella africana (L. Matruchot) ; Un nouveau genre de 
Chytridiacees; le Rhabdium acutum (P. A. Dangeard) ; and 
Fungi polonici (J. Bresadola). 
An enumeration of "Fungi australiensis/' von P. Hen¬ 
nings, with descriptions of several new species, occupies 16 pp. 
in the Marz Heft of Beiblatt zur Hedwigia (1903) ; the same 
containing also the following new genera: Dielsiella (Hysteri- 
acese) ; Pritzeliella (Hyalostilbacese). 
New or Peculiar North American Hyphomycetes, III, 
by Roland Thaxter (Botanical Gazette, 35:153-9, pi. IV-V, 
March 1903), is an admirable account of two new genera, Heter- 
ocephalum with one species, and Cephaliophora with two species. 
These coprophilous species were obtained from Jamaica, Porto 
Rico, and other tropical countries, and have been studied under 
cultivation for ten years. No ascigerous form was produced. 
The excellent figures of these striking forms suggest and illustrate 
the advantage, if not necessity, of figuring everything proposed 
as new. If cuts could be published invariably in the botanical 
journals, it would be a wise thing to bring nothing to light unless 
properly illustrated; and may the time speedily come when a 
congress of botanists can properly and effectually enact and en¬ 
force such a law. 
Some Talus Cladonia Formations are interestingly 
and instructively discussed by Bruce Fink in the Botanical 
Gazette, 35:195-208, March 1903. It is based on work done in 
1897 on the north shore of Lake Superior, supplemented by study 
in the same region in 1902. These rare but interesting Lichen 
Societies are designated as the Cladonia gracilis formation of 
shaded talus, and the Cladonia rangiferina formations of shaded 
talus. Five full-page half tones are used for illustrations. 
John L. Sheldon gives a very interesting account of 
his Cultures of Empusa, in the Journal of Applied Microscopy 
and Laboratory Methods (6:2012-20, March 1903), illustrated 
by two plates. The work was carried on in connection with the 
experiments with the South African Locust Fungus, Mr. Sheldon 
preparing the cultures of the latter to be sent out into different 
parts of Nebraska, in 1902. Though that fungus did not seem to 
be the cause of the death of grasshoppers, an Empusa (E. grylli) 
