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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 12 
A Bulletin (No. 163, California Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, Dec. 1904) by Ralph E. Smith is devoted to 
Pear Scab (Fusicladium pirinum Lib.), being an illustrated popu¬ 
lar account, with economic notes. 
A Rust-Resisting Cantaloupe forms Bulletin 104, Col¬ 
orado Agricultural Experiment Station, November 1905. The 
“rust” referred to is Macrosporium cucumerinum E. & E. 
B. O. Longyear published An Apple Rot due to an un¬ 
described species of Alternaria as Bulletin 105, November 1905, 
Colorado Agr. Exp. Station. Besides the general account, the 
microscopical characters are given in detail and in figures. 
D. R. SuMSTINE GIVES A BRIEF NOTE ON WYNNEA AmERI- 
cana with new description of specimen collected at Ohio Pyle, 
Pa. See Journal of Mycology, March 1906. 
Second Supplement to New Genera of Fungi published 
since the year 1900, with citation and original description is given 
by P. L. Ricker in Journal of Mycology, March and May, cover¬ 
ing 14 pages. This, like the first installment of the compilation, 
gives the genera in alphabetical order under the eight large groups 
of fungi. 
Plant Diseases in 1905, by W. A. Orton, Yearbook U. S. 
Dept. Agr. 1905 ; 602-611, 1906, is a resume of plant disease 
compiled from reports of field observations by agents of the De¬ 
partment and officers of Experiment Stations. It indicates briefly 
the prevalence of the diseases in 1905 as compared with con¬ 
ditions in previous years. The diseases indicated by common 
names and the scientific name of the causative organism are 
grouped as heretofore under Pome Fruits; Stone Fruits; Small 
Fruits; Tropical Fruits; Vegetable and Field Crops; Cereals; 
Forage Crops; Fiber Plants; Nut, Forest, and Shade Trees; 
Greenhouse and Ornamental Plants. 
The Verticillieae, and Gonatobotrytideae are finished 
and the Hyalodidymae begun by Prof. Dr. Lindau in Raben- 
horst’s Kryptogamen-Flora, Erster Band, VIII Abteilung, Pilze, 
97. Lieferung, 20 June 1905. 
In RabenhorsPs Kryptogamen-Flora, I. Bd., VIII Abt., 
Pilze, 98. Lieferung, 15 Juli 1905, the Hyalodidymae are com¬ 
pleted, and the Hyalophragmiae are carried to the Genus Ramu- 
laria. 
Two articles occupy the April No. (Vol. IV) of the 
Annales Mycologici, namely: Fr. Bubak, Neue oder Kritische 
Pilze [second instalment, mostly new species, nos. 15-57] an d J* 
Lagarde, Contribution a l’Etude des Discomycetes charnus. 
M. Paul Vuellimin gives the nouveau genre de Muce- 
dinees : Hemispora stellata in the Bulletin trimestrial de la So- 
