May 1903] Notes from Mycological Literature 
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The Papers in Annales Mycologici No. 2 are as fol¬ 
lows — Bresadola, Ab. J.; Fungi polonici a cl. Viro B. Eichler 
lecti; Ward, H. Marshall: Further Observations on the Brown 
Rust of the Bromes, Puccinia dispersa (Erikss.) and its adaptive 
parasitism; Buchholtz, Fedor: Zur Morphologie und Systematik 
der Fungi hypogaei; Sydow, H. u. P.: Die Mikrosporen von 
Anthoceros dichhotomus Raddi, Tilletia abscondita Syd. nov. 
spec.; Sydow, FI. u. P.: Nomenklatorische Bemerkungen zu 
einigen kurzlich neu beschriebenen Pilzarten; Cavara, Fr.; A. 
N. Berlese, Necrologue. 
The Mycological Articles in Hedwigia, Heft 1, Bd. 42, 
15 Feb. 1903, are as follows: Ueber gelungene kulturversuche 
des Hausschwammes (Merulius lacrymans) aus seinen Sporen, 
von Dr. Alfred Moller; Einige neue und interessante deutsche 
Pezizeen II, von P. Hennings; Die Arten der Gattung Disciseda 
Czern, von L. Hallos; Ruhlandiella berolinensis P. Henn. n. gen. 
et n. sp., eine neue deutsche Rhizinaceae; Bermerkungen ueber 
einige Puccien, von Fr. Bubak; and Septoria spergulariae Bres. 
n. sp., von R. Staritz. 
No MORE INTERESTING LITTLE ARTICLE COUld be written 
than Where Lichens Grow, by the late Thomas A. Williams, 
reprinted from the Asa Gray Bulletin in the December number 
of the Plant World (5:241-3. Dec. 1902.) In answer to “Say, 
Mister, what are you getting off them rocks?” and “They ain’t 
alive, are they?” Professor Williams made explanations that stim¬ 
ulated the interest of the boys who abandoned fishing and be¬ 
came enthusiasts in the collection and study of lichens. The 
article is concluded along entertaining and instructive lines sug¬ 
gested by the title, — among other things the fact is mentioned 
that Lichens may have peculiar habits, as old iron, clothes, bones, 
and the like. “The skull of a buffalo was found literally covered 
with species of Placodium, Lecidea, and Physcia, a single jaw- 
tooth bearing as many as five distinct species.” 
G. Briosi and R. Farneti describe a new species, namely, 
Ovularia citri, in fructibus Citronum, Atti dell Inst. Bot. dell 
Univ. di Pavia, N. S. vol. VIII. 
Nearly a dozen forms are fully described and figured 
under the title of Notes on Certain Cladonias, by Bruce Fink and 
Mabel A. Husband, Bryologist, 6:21-7, March 1903. 
Charles J. Chamberlain, Secretary of Section G, Bot¬ 
any, A. A. A. S., gives the abstracts of papers presented before 
that body at the Washington Meeting, Science, N. S. 17:257-265, 
13 Feb. 1903. The mycological papers were by C. L. Shear, 
F. L. Stevens, Wm. B. Alwood, E. J. Durand, W. A. Orton 
and A. D. Selby. 
