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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 12 
The Polyporaceae of North America — XII. A synop¬ 
sis of the white and bright-colored species. Bulletin of the 
Torrey Botanical Club, 32:469-493, September 1902. “The 
classification here adopted is acknowledged to be imperfect and 
artificial, but it is hoped that it will lead to something better 
when our knowledge of the plants treated is more complete.’’ 
Synopses are given as in previous installments and the treatment 
is similar in other respects. The new genera proposed are: Irci- 
piporus (type Irpex mollis B. & C.) ; Dendrophagus (type Poly- 
porus colossus Fr.) ; Rigidiporus (type Polyporus micromegas 
Mont.) ; Earliella (type Earliella cubensis Murrill n. sp.) ; Cuba- 
inyces (type Polyporus cubensis Mont.) ; Coriolellus (type Tra- 
metes sepium Berk.) ; Microporellus (type Polyporus dealbatus 
B. & C.) ; Flaviporellus (type Polyporus splitgerberi Mont.) ; 
Aurantiporus (type polyporus alboluteus E. & E.) ; Aurantiporus 
(type Polyporus pilotae Schw.) ; Pycnoporellus (type Polyporus 
fibrillosus Karst.) ; and Phaeolopsis (type Polyporus verae-crucis 
Berk.). 
Frederick LeRoy Sargent’s article Lichenology for 
Beginners III, published in the Bryologist, Sept. 1905, is illus¬ 
trated by numerous figures; some of the subjects fully discussed 
are the chief forms of the thallus, the principal forms of apothe- 
cia, and the spores. 
What to note in the Macroscopic study of Lichens II, 
by Bruce Fink, published in the Bryologist, September 1905, is 
treated under the following subheads: Variation in Lichens, the 
Apothecium, the Disk, the Exciple, Position of the Apothecia, 
Stipes and Podetia, Rhizoids and Cilia, Some other structures 
and Conclusion. 
A Note regarding the Discharge of Spores of Pleu- 
rotus ostreatus, by C. C. Harmer, is given in the Torreya for 
August 1905. Fie says that a large plant left in the room one 
night, exposed to strong morning sunlight caused the spores to 
arise from the plant like tiny spirals of smoke or steam, to the 
height of two or three feet, making a very strange sight. 
The Genus Cortinariuss a preliminary Study, by Cal¬ 
vin Henry Kauffman, in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical 
Club, June, 1905, is a partial monograph based on thorough study 
extending through a period of three years. A key is given for 
the Cortinarii in the vicinity of Ithaca. The subheads of the 
article are as follows: Introduction, Historical, General consider¬ 
ations, Generic description, Key to Subgenera, Structure of the 
pileus and stem, Gills, Spores, Habitat, Identification, and Species. 
Under the latter a key is given and seven new species described. 
A New Polyporoid Genus from South America (called 
Piiylloporia) by William A. Murrill, is noted in Torreya for 
