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free from parasitic diseases. The root parasite is supposed by 
P. Magnus to be a new species. The article is published in An- 
nales Mycologici, 1:503-512, PI. XI, Nov. 1903, under the title: 
Das Absterben del* Stocke der Johannis- und Stachelbeeren, ver- 
ursacht von Cytosporina Ribis P. Magnus (n. sp.) 
Ellis & Everhart’s Fungi Columbiana, Century XIX, 
edited and published by Elam Bartholomew, Stockton, Kansas, 
was issued Dec. 29, 1903. Three new species, with descriptions, 
appear in this century as follows: 1808, Ascochyta lethalis Ell. 
& Barth, n. sp., on living stems of Melilotus alba; 1820, Dicoc- 
cum psoraleae Ell. & Barth, n. sp., on living leaves and stems of 
Psoralea tenuiflora; 1874, Septoria grindeliae Ell. & Barth, n. 
sp., on living leaves of Grindelia squarrosa. 
A report in Science, Dec. 25, 1903, of grants made by 
the Carnegie Institution for research during the fiscal year 
1902-3, shows one Mycological subject, namely, Researches on 
the Cytological relations of the Amoebae, Acrasieae and Myxo- 
mycetes, E. W. Olive. The work was carried on in Professor 
Strasburger’s laboratory in the Botanical Institute at Bonn, 
Germany. The sum granted for Mr. Olive’s use was $1,000. 
Two papers are nearly completed incorporating a portion of his 
results. 
The Structure and Classification of the Phycomy- 
cetes, with a revision of the Families and a rearrangement of 
the North American Genera, by Charles E. Bessey, is published 
in the Trans. Am. Micr. Soc. 24:27-54, PL II, Nov. 1903. The 
nine families of fungi are distributed among three orders, all of 
the class Chlorophyceae, of the branch Phycophyta. The author 
states that their affinities with their algal relatives, rather than 
their mutual relationships, must dominate their classification. 
To the groups, including genera, are added full and useful diag¬ 
noses preceded by extended synoptical keys. 
A Key to the North American species of Inocybe (sec¬ 
ond part) is given by F. S. Earle in Torreya, 3:183-4, Dec. 1903. 
Twenty-five species are included, forming sections Rimosae, Ve- 
lutineae, and Viscidae. 
Ueber die in Gebaeuden auftretenden wichtigsten 
holzbewohnden Schwaemme von P. Hennings (Hedwigia, 
42:178-191, 7 Oct. 1903) includes a very full general account 
of such fungi as Merulius lachrymans, Polyporus vaporarius, 
Lenzites sepiaria (L. abietina), Daedalea quercina, Fomes ignia- 
rius, Coniophora cerebella, Corticium giganteum, Lentinus squa- 
mosus, Coprinus domesticus, Armillaria mellea, Xylaria poly- 
morpha, etc. The author states that he has found kurzlich in 
einem Hause bei Berlin auf der Unterseite feuchter, morscher 
kieferner Dielenbretter unter der Wasserleitung einen sehr klei- 
nen schwarzen Pilz, namely, Coniothyrium domesticum P. Henn. 
n. sp. peritheciis superfiicialibus subglobosis vel ovoideis, sub- 
