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vy. “When a specific name is transferred to another genus, 
the original aut 
hor is cited in parenthesis (a practice earnestly 
be commended), while the author of the new combination is 
tO DC . 
iso to be cited. Example: Winter wrote Sphaerella con- 
iSO Be rae f Joe . >) 
rula (Schw.), omitting the author of the combination. But 
this is a misleading citation, as the reader can make of it either | 
Sphacrella convexula (Schw.) Wint. or Sphaerella converula 
Wint:: both citations are erroneous, as the proper one is 
Sphaerella convexula (Schw.) Thiim.” 
“Approved subject to the favourable reception of rules IX. X., 
XL, and XII. 
VI. “Names of systematic divisions should be written 
uniformly in the feminine gender, as the word p/antae is under- 
stood. This has the sanction of the best usage. We often find 
in succession: LEuthallophyta.. . Phycomycetes .. . Mucor- 
aceae. These would be much more correctly written: Euthal- 
lophytae.. . Phycomycetae .. . Mucoraceae.” 
Approved. 
VIL “The following terminology for the receptacles, Ht 
spores, &c., of fungi is recommended, in order that there may be 
as much uniformity as possible— } 
Hymenomycetae: pileus (whatever the form); basidia ; 
sterigmata ; sporae ; cystidia. 
Gasteromycetae and M yromycetae: peridium;  gleba; Hh 
capillitium 
sporae. 
Ustilaginaceae: sorus : sporae. Hi 
Phycomycetae : oogonia ; oosporae ; antheridia ; sporangia ; Hi 
Zygosporae ; azygosporae; zoosporangia; zoo- Ht 
sporae ; conidiophora ; conidia. Il 
Pyrenomycetae and Phymatosphaeriaceae: stroma; peri- 
thecium ; loculus; ascus ; sporidia; paraphyses. 
Tuberoideae: ascoma; gleba; ascus; Hi | 
Discomycetae and 
. sporidia ; paraphyses. | 
Schizomycetae : filamenta; baculi; cocci, endosporae ; Hh 
arthrosporae. | 
Sphaeropsidaceae : stroma ; pycnidium ; basidia; sporulae. 
Melanconiaceae : acervulus ; basidia; conidia (not gonidia, wilt 
which are 
Lichens). 
; flocci; sporae. | 
Uredinaceae: sorus; teleutosorus; uredosorus; teleuto- HH 
sporae ;  mesosporae ; uredosporae; pseudoperi- 
dium; —aecidiosporae ; caeomosporae;__ epiteo- | 


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