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DOASSANSIA INTERMEDIA Setch.—Doassansia inter¬ 
media Setch., Bot. Gaz. 19:185-6. 1894. Doassansia affinis Ell. 
& Dearn., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 22:364. 1895. 
Host: Sagittaria variabilis, Minn., N. H. (type), Can. 
(type D. affinis). 
TRACYA LEMNAE (Setch.) Syd.—Cornuella lemnae 
Setch., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. Sci. 26:19. 1891. Tracya lem¬ 
nae Syd., Hedw. Beibl. 40:2. 1901. 
Host: Spirodela polyrrhiza, Conn., Mass, (type), R. I., 
Wise. 
Conn. Agr. Exp. Station, September, 1902. 
NOTES ON FUNGI. 
JOHN W. HARSH BERGER, PH. D. 
The following notes are largely composed of observations 
made upon a variety of fungi and are based upon field and labora¬ 
tory study of the same during the intervals of a busy career of 
teaching. They are gathered together, therefore, in the hope 
that they may prove useful to other workers in the same field of 
inquiry. It is the intention of the writer to add to them from 
time to time, as the material collected and the observations upon 
the same seem to warrant their publication in serial form. 
Box Tortoises and Toadstools. — The common box tortoise 
(Cistudo virginica) of our eastern woodlands is extremely fond of 
a rather frequent toadstool, Russula virescens Fr. A number of 
caps of this fungus, found in the woods at Primos, Delaware Co., 
Pa., on August 7, 1901, were gnawed in a rather jagged manner. 
Later, a tortoise was found immediately in front of a large light 
green Russula. It stopped work upon the approach of the ob¬ 
server, and although it was watched for some time, it remained 
perfectly quiet and alert. An inspection of its horny beak, how¬ 
ever, revealed torn fragments of the toadstool smeared over the 
horny surface. I, therefore, succeeded in connecting the tortoise 
with the torn aspect of the fungus. 
The Culture of Monilia martini S. & E. var. incen- 
diarium E. & E.— The fungus in question grows on trees killed 
by fire, where it forms a superficial growth of a bright, orange- 
yellow color. It was distributed by Ellis in his North American 
Fungi (No. 1389), and I am indebted to that botanist for the 
identification of the plant discovered by me in great abundance 
on burned willow limbs in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia. 
It was found to be good material to demonstrate to botanical 
classes typical conidial formation. The following experiments 
