July 1906] Notes from Mycological Literature 
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Peridium opening circumscissily, 
Gleba with capillitium and “annulated cells”.Battarrea. 
Gleba without these charcters.Battarreopsis. 
Peridium with definite mouths, 
Peridium seated on the broad apex of the 
stipe .Chlamydopus. 
Stipe inserted into a socket at base of pe¬ 
ridium .Tylostoma. 
By the aid of grants from the Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, Edgar W. Olive carried on investigations which are 
published in the March and April Nos. of the Botanical Gazette, 
1906, under the title Cytological Studies on the Entomophthora- 
ceae: I. The Morphology and Development of Empusa [A new 
species is described, namely Empusa sciarae Olive n. sp.] ; II. 
Nucleae and Cell Divisions of Empusa. Plate XIV, XV and XVL 
John L. Sheldon discusses The Ripe Rot or Mummy 
Disease of Guavas, as Bulletin 104, W. Va. Agr. Exp. Station,, 
April 1, 1906. The disease was noticed in the greenhouses of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture and a thorough study was 
made, also cultures and inoculations of apples and plums exe¬ 
cuted. The fungus proved to be Gloeosporium psidii G. Del. — 
a new species described by Delacroix a few months earlier. The 
ascigerous stage was found by Prof. Sheldon “corresponding in 
nearly every particular to the genus GlomerellaL Accordingly 
the new name is given as follows: Glomereila psidii (G. Del.) 
Sheldon n. n. 
Under the title of A Culture Medium for the Zygo¬ 
spores of Mucor stolonifer J. I. Hamaker, says (in Science, May 
4, 1906 — N. S. Vol. 23, p. 710), that Zygospores may be readily 
secured with proper conditions of moisture and temperature, — 
using as a substratum corn muffin bread; the atmosphere should 
be saturated and the temperature about 70° F. 
The 99. Lieferung (Fungi Imperfecti, Hyphomycetes) 
of Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora Erster Band, VIII Abteilung, 
by G. Lindau, 25 July 1906, pp. 433-512, continues but does not 
complete the species of Ramularia. The following are new 
species: R. dianthi Lindau on Dianthus carthusianorum, R. epi- 
lobii rosei Lindau on Epilobium roseum, R. imperatoriae Lindau 
on Imperatoria ostruthium, and R. tozziae Lindau on Tozzia al- 
pina. 
The Genera Aspergillus and Penicillum constitute the 
bulk of the 94th Lieferung of Rabenhorst’s Krypogamen-Flora, 
VIII Abteilung, pp. 129-176, G. Lindau, 15 July 1904. Very full 
notes are given of some of the important species. The 33 species 
of Penicillium are divided into 4 sections according to color. As 
an appendix to these Dr. Lindau enumerates 23 additional species 
