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Fungi, Myxomyceten, Pathologie. 
L’auteur appelle Ascomjmetes monocarpogones ceux dont le 
carpogone est forme d’une seule branche mycelienne plus ou moins 
differenciee. Les Papulaspo/a sont des Asco nycetes monocarpogones, 
les Ascodesmis sont des Ascomycetes monocarpogones gymnotheques. 
P. Vuillemin. 
Murrill, Win. A., The Collections of Fungi. (Journ. of the 
N. Y. bot. Gard. IX. 1 Jan. 1908. p. 1—9. 1 pl.) 
Under this head Dr. Murill teils of the fungus collections of the 
New York Botanical Garden. He teils how the collections are arranged 
and mounted or preserved. Photographs and colored drawings Sup¬ 
plement the specimens in many cases. The study collection of these 
plants consisting of about 160000 specimens occupies a room over 
forty feet long by thirty feet wide, where thirty new herbarium 
cases have been placed to receive it. A general idea of the arran- 
gement of the herbarium may be gained from the plan which accom- 
panies the article. 
The great collection of Mr. Ellis is housed here. The original 
collection of 80000 specimens was purchased in 1896. Since then 
8000 specimens have been obtained each year. This collection con- 
tains many of the types or original specimens of species named by 
Mr. Ellis. 
In the collections are found many field notes oi great value 
relating to the size, color, form, etc., of the fresh specimens. These, 
with photographs and colored drawings, are mounted on sheets 
near the specimens concerned. 
Several paragraphs 'are devoted to methods of preservation of 
fungi against insects. Naphthaline Hake of the best quality has been 
found to be very good for this purpose. Methods used for this pur- 
pose in various European herbaria are given. 
The importance of this collection is realized when it is remem- 
bered that it is to be the basis of nine volumes of the North Ame¬ 
rican Flora. 
For the purpose of recording the distribution of species a distri- 
bution chart has been made, copies of which are pasted on the 
inside of the species covers. A glance at this chart shows just where 
a particular species has been collected. Raymond J. Pool. 
Rehm, H., Ascomycetes novi. (Annales mycologici. V, 1907. p. 516—546.) 
Diagnosen neuer aus Nord-Südamerika, aus Deutschland, 
Oesterreich, der Schweiz, sowie aus anderen europäischen Län¬ 
dern, von den Philippinen und Südafrika stammender Schlauch¬ 
pilze (Fortsetzung zu Annales myc. IV, p. 336): 
I. Eutypella Longiana , Diatrype Utahensis, D. Fletcheri, Tricho- 
sphaeria citpressina, Sphaerulina Oxalidis, Massaria texana, Thyridaria 
Cajugae, Callovia atrosanguinea, Niptera Ellisii, Pezisella subcinerea, 
P. Faivmani, Lachnum jiiscofloccosum, Lachnea chrysotricha (Nord¬ 
amerika); II. Capnodium Usterii, Asterina Leopoldina, A. Loran- 
thacearum, Dimerosporium Adianti curvati, Zukaliopsis Paulensis, 
Meliola Usteriana, Peronentypella Noackii, Eutypa linearis, Physalo- 
spora sanguinea, Ph. obtegens, Phomatospora Paulensis, Botryo- 
sphaevia melioloides, Cryptosporella eupatoriincola, Anthostomella 
Bromeliaceae, A. Sequojae, Hypoxylon diatrypeoides, Rosellinia sub- 
verruculosa, Kretzschmaria stilböphora, Pensigia fusco-areolata, 
