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Magnus, P. 
In “Notwendige Umanderung des Names der Pilzgattung 
Marssonia Fisch,” von P. Magnus, Hedwigia, Band XLV, Heft 
2, 16 Jan. 1906, it is noted that Marssonia is a phanerogamic 
genus instituted by H. Karsten in his Flora Columbia I (1858- 
1861), which antedates Fischer’s name Marssonia (1874) and 
that the correct spelling is with two s’s, instead of only one as 
given by Saccardo — the genus having been named for Th. Fr. 
Marsson, Apotheker in Greifswald. Magnus has accordingly 
changed the named of the genus of fungi from Marssonia to 
Marssonina. About two dozen American and all the other 
species are renamed. 
Beardslee, H. C. 
The “Amanitas of Sweden,” H. C. Beardslee, Journal of 
Mycology, Sept. 1905, is a report of observations of the pre¬ 
vious summer. They are notes outlining some of the impressions 
of an American mycologist, gained from a study of the Amanitas 
with which Fries and his associates were familiar. Nine species 
are included, viz., A. verna, muscaria, pantherina, spissa, ru- 
bescens, porphyria, mappa, strangulata, and vaginata. 
Atkinson, Geo. F. 
Geo. F. Atkinson gave in the November No. of the Journal 
of Mycology, 1905, an extended account of the “Genera Balan- 
sia and Dothicloe in the United States with a consideration of 
their Economic Importance.” It is based on a thorough study of 
the species; some descriptions and new names are given. The 
paper is illustrated by eight full page plates. 
Sydow, H. et P. 
The “Novae Fungorum species — III,” auctoribus H. et P. 
Sydow, includes eight species, three being from North Amer¬ 
ica, one from the Philipoines, one from Germany and three from 
South America. The following new genus is proposed: Bo- 
tryoconis Syd. nov. gen. Melanconiacearum — Acervuli primo 
subcutaeni (ut videtur), demum erumpentes, pulvinato-effusi. 
Conidia in capitula unita vel botryosoaggregata, colorata, con- 
tinua. — Drepanoconi Schroet. et P. Henn. vedetur affinis. 
Hoehnel, Franz v. 
“Mycologische Fragmente” von Prof. Dr. Franz v. Hoehnel 
in Wien, pertains to about eight species all of which have been 
critically studied. A new genus is proposed, namely, Unguicu- 
laria which unterscheidet sich von Pezizella und Dasyscypha, 
denen die Gattung am nachsten steht, durch die sehr dick- 
wandigen scharf spitzen Haare der Apothecien. 
