CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Contributions to the History and Development of the Pyrenomy- 
cetes, by Franz von Tavel. 113 
Peach-rot and Peach-blight, by Erwin F. Smith. 123 
Another Sph^erotiikca upon Phytoptus Distortions, by Dr. B. D. Hal- 
sted. 134 
North American Agarics—Genus Russula, Part II, by Robert K. Mac¬ 
adam . 135 
A New Mucronoporus, by J. B. Ellis and B. T. Galloway. 141 
New Species of Kansas Fungi, by W. A. Kellerman and W. T. Swingle.. 142 
New and Rare Species of North American Fungi, by J. B. Ellis and B. 
M. Everhart. J45 
Black Spot of Asparagus Berries, by Charles E. Fairman. 157 
An Experiment in Preventing the Injuries of Potato-rot, by Clar¬ 
ence M. Weed. 158 
New Exsiccati, by D. G. Fairchild. 160 
A Method of Preserving the Spores of Hymenomycetes, by Dr. C. O. 
Harz. 163 
A Disease of White Fir, by Dr. Robert Hartig. 164 
Notes, by B. T. Galloway. 164 
Reviews of Recent Literature. 165 
Smut of Wheat and Oats (J. C. Arthur).—The Hetercecismal Puc- 
ciueaB (H. L. Bolley).—Notes on Fungi (W. G. Farlow).—Materiaux 
de Mycologie Lombarde (Dr. F. Cavara).—The Disper ion of the 
Spores of Fungi by the Agency of Insects, with Special Reference to 
the Phalloidei (T.W. Fulton).—EntomogenousFungi(A. Girard).— 
Lehrbuch der Baumkrankheiteu (Dr. Robert Hartig).—Branch 
Knot of the Hackberry (Kellerman and Swingle).—Diseases of the 
Irish Potato (F. L. Scribner).—Macrosporium parasiticum (A. E. 
Shipley).—Generic Synopses of the Basidiomycetes (Underwood 
and Cook). 
Description of plates. 180 
Errata . 181 
