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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 12 
NOTES FROM MYCOLOGICAL LITERATURE, XVIII. 
W. A. KELLERMAN. 
The mycological articles in Centralblatt f. Bakt. Para- 
sitenk. u. Infektionskr., Zweite Abteilung, XIII Band, 1904, are: 
Chester, Frederick D., A review of the Bacillus subtilis group of 
bacteriaffi Diiggeli, Max, Die Bakterienflora gesunder Samen und 
daraus gezogener Keimpflanzschen. (Forts, u. Schluss) ; Har¬ 
rison, F. C., A bacterial disease of cauliflower (Brassica cleracea) 
and allied plants; Laubert, R., Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Gloeo- 
sporium der roten Johannisbeere; Lepeschkin, W. W., Zur 
Kenntnis der Erblichkeit bei den einzelligen Organismen, Die 
Verzweigung und Mycelbildung bei einer Bakterie (Bacillus) 
Berestnewi n. sp. [Schluss.] ; Metcalf, Haven, Bacterium teut- 
lium sp. nov.; Saito, K., Eine neue Art der “Chinesischen Hefe;” 
Semadini, Franc. Ottavio, Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Umbellif- 
eren bewohnenden Puccinien; Smith, Erwin F., Ursache der 
Cobbschen Krankheit des Zuckerrohrs; Uyeda, Y., On the To¬ 
bacco Wilt Disease caused by a Bacteria (Preliminary Notice). 
The mycological articles in Hedwigia, Band XLV, 
Heft I, 14 Okt. 1905, are: Dritter Beitrag zur Pilzflora des 
Gouvernements Moskau, von P. Hennings [a long list with about 
eight new species described] ; and Ueber Tracya hydrocharidis 
Lagerh. von E. Reukauf-Weimar [with figures of a section of a 
spore ball bearing conidia, conidia fusing, mycelium fusing, etc.]. 
The Lycoperdaceae of Australia, New Zealand and 
Neighboring Islands, illustrated with 15 plates and 49 figures, 
by C. G. Lloyd, has been issued from Cincinnati at the Lloyd Li¬ 
brary, bearing date of April 1905. Australia is regarded by Mr. 
Lloyd as the richest country in the world in Lycoperdaceae; he 
says more strange and endemic genera are found there than in any 
other continent. This forty-two-page pamphlet gives descriptive 
notes and illustrations of the known species of that region. It 
is introduced by a brief characterization of the group Gastromy- 
cetes and its four families, Phalloideae, Nidulariaceae, Hymeno- 
gastraceae, Lycoperdaceae. 
Erwin F. Smith is the author of Bacteria in Relation 
to Plant Diseases, Volume One (Methods of work and general 
literature of Bacteriology exclusive of Plant Diseases) which is 
Publication No. 27 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 
September 1905. It is a splendid volume of 285 pages, admir¬ 
ably illustrated, and even the taxonomic mycologist will inspect 
it witfi interest and profit The chapter on Nomenclature and 
Classifications will challenge closest scrutiny. Dr. Smith pro¬ 
poses one new genus, having for its type Bacillus anthracis Cohn. 
He says this volume is not intended to take the place of 
