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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 10 
The Phylogeny of Lichens, F. E. Clements; The Necessity of 
Reform in the Nomenclature of Fungi, F. S. Earle; The Taxo¬ 
nomic Value of the Spermogonium, J. C. Arthur; Proof of the 
Identity of Phoma and Phyllosticta on the Sugar Beet, G. G. 
Hedgcock; Unpublished Notes on the Uredineae, M. A. Carle- 
ton ; Craterellus taxophilus, a New Species of Thelephoraceae, 
C. Thom; Fungi Cultivated by Texas Ants, A. M. Ferguson. 
Dr. Rud. Aderhold is the author of two illustrated 
leaflets, namely, Der Krebs der Obstbaume und seine Behand- 
lung [Nectria], and Die Monilia-Krankheiten unserer Obstbaume 
und ihre Bekampfung, which are publications of the Kaiserliches 
Gesundheitsamt, Berlin, Germany, B'iologische Abtheilung fur 
Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Flugblatt Nr. 14, Oct. 1902, and Flug- 
blatt Nr. 17, Dec. 1902. 
Uredineae japonicae, IV, by P. Dietel in Engler's Bo- 
tanische Jahrbuecher, 32:624-632, gives a large number of 
new species, a few of the interesting ones being: Puccinia as- 
paragi lucidi on Asparagus lucidus, Phragmidium heterosporum 
bn Rubus trifidus, Uredinopsis corchoropsidis on Corchoropsis 
crenata: Aecidium polygoni-cuspidati on Polygonum cuspida- 
tum, Aecidium hydrangeae paniculatae on Hydrangea paniculata 
and Aecidium fraxini-bungeanae on Fraxinus bungeana. Ure¬ 
dinopsis corchoropsidis occurs on a Tiliaceous host — hereto¬ 
fore representatives of this genus have been found only on 
Ferns. 
Titles of mycological articles in Oesterreich. Bot. 
Zeitschrift for the years 1901 and 1902 are as follows. H. & P. 
Sydow — Zur Pilzflora Tirols; H. & P.Sydow — Uebersicht und 
Beschreibung sammtlicher bisher auf der Gattung Crepis ge- 
fundenen Uredineen; Victor Kindermann—Ueber das sogenannte 
Bluten der Frucht Korper von Stereum sanguinolentum Fr.; P. 
Magnus — Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Unterscheidung des 
Kronenrostes der Graser in mehrere Arten. 
The Genus Harpochytrium in the United States is the 
subject of an extended article by Geo. F. Atkinson in Annales 
Mycologici, 1 ^79-502, PL X, Nov. 1903. He studied a form in 
1895, and again the past season, occurring on Spirogyra, and 
proposes the name of Harpochytrium intermedium n. sp. He 
regards the generic names Fulminaria (by Gobi, 1889) and Rhab- 
dium (by Dangeard, 1903), as synonyms with Harpochytrium 
(by Lagerheim, 1890). The known species are H. hyalothecae 
Lag. (H. hyalothecae Schroet., Fulminaria mucophila Gobi, Ful¬ 
minaria mucophila Wille), H. hedenii (Rhabdium acutum Dang., 
Fulminaria hedenii Wille) and H. intermedium Atks. 
C. J. J. van Hall outlines his observations and partial 
study of a prevalent and destructive disease of Currants and 
Gooseberries in North Holland, where these are extensively cul¬ 
tivated with great care and success and “therefore” remarkably 
