A.L. Guyot,Editors, ,Uredineana Tome 4 (28 December 1953) Paul Lechevalier,Paris 602 pp., plates and...
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Reviews 443 32 and 64 spores per ascus; one form of P. fimiseda has unusually large spores and in P. setosa the author found all intermediates between primary-appendaged spores and those without. Pleurage forms a transition genus: species having no appendages approach Sordaria, whereas in other characters the genus near Bombardia. Four sections are distinguished: curvula, anserina, decipiens and fimiseda. The genera Hypocopra, Delitschia, Sporormia, Pleophragmia and Sporormiella were also investigated, but in less detail. The conclusion is reached that they do not belong to the family Sordariaceae, that Hypocopra is one of the Xylariaceae and that the other four genera are related to Leptosphaeria and Pleospora. He therefore limits the traditional Sordariaceae to the two genera Sordaria and Pleurage, The final chapter is an examination of genera regarded as related: Gelasinospora, Neurospora, Coniochaeta, Bombardia and Triangularia, all of which belong to Nannfeldt's Ascohymeniales Sphaeriales and con- stitute, together with Sordaria and Pleurage, the author's conception of the family Sor- dariaceae, i.e, sensu Moreau. The family sensu auct, is regarded only as an aggregation of converging forms. Moreau's inclusion of Hypocopra with the Xylariaceae is in agreement with the work ofMunk whose latest paper 'The System of the Pyrenomycetes' in Dansk Bot. Ark., 1953, he was unable to examine. But the Danish author includes Sordaria, Pleurage, Bombardia and Coniochaeta with the Lasiosphaeriaceae of v. Hoehnel. The two authors differ also in their treatment of Delitschia: Moreau placing it in Pleosporeaceae and Munk regarding it as aberrant. The book, as all in this series, is well produced, has good figures but, like most French literature, is very highly priced. This is particularly regrettable as the work is an able and very important study which cannot be overlooked. F. L. BALFOUR-BROWNE Some South African Edible Fungi (35 pp., 8 coloured plates) and a companion volume-Some South African Poisonous and Inedible Fungi (3 I pp., 8 coloured plates). By E. L. STEPHENS and M. M. KInD (with an introduction by A. A. Pearson). [Longman's Field Handbooks.] (Cape Town: Longman, Green and Co.) Price 6s. each volume. These two small books present in a very clear and easily understood fashion an answer to the question 'Can this fungus be eaten?'. After a short introduction the general plan of both books is the same-description and comment for each species. In the case of the edible species some very useful and varied hints on cooking are added and for the poisonous species very full and valuable notes on symptoms and treatment. The clear and simple language used and the excellent coloured plates are highly commendable. These books should be invaluable to mycophagists and since the majority of the species mentioned are also European their use in this country can be recommended at least as an introduction. P. D. ORTON Uredineana. Tome 4. Edited by A. L. GUYOT. 602 pp., plates and numerous text-figures. [Encylopedie Mycologique. Tome 24.] (Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 28 December 1953.) Price Frs. 9000. This uredinologist's miscellany of original papers, abstracts, and bibliographical data is on similar lines to the previous volumes (see Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 35, 93, 1952). The longer papers include G. B. Cummins on the species of Puecinia parasitic on the Andro- pogoneae of the world (pp. 5-89, 1I plates), 1. J0rstad on the Pucciniastreae and Melampsoreae of Norway (pp. 91-123), and an account of rusts from the Ivory Coast by G. Viennot-Bourgin (pp. 125-228). There is also a further supplement to Guyot's Les Uridinees, I and 11 (pp. 505-522). G. C. A.
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Reviews 44332 and 64 spores per ascus; one form of P. fimiseda has unusually large spores and inP. setosa the author found all intermediates between primary-appendaged spores andthose without.
Pleurage forms a transition genus: species having no appendages approach Sordaria,whereas in other characters the genus near Bombardia. Four sections are distinguished:curvula, anserina, decipiens and fimiseda.
The genera Hypocopra, Delitschia, Sporormia, Pleophragmia and Sporormiella were alsoinvestigated, but in less detail. The conclusion is reached that they do not belong to thefamily Sordariaceae, that Hypocopra is one of the Xylariaceae and that the other fourgenera are related to Leptosphaeria and Pleospora. He therefore limits the traditionalSordariaceae to the two genera Sordaria and Pleurage, The final chapter is an examinationof genera regarded as related: Gelasinospora, Neurospora, Coniochaeta, Bombardia andTriangularia, all of which belong to Nannfeldt's Ascohymeniales Sphaeriales and constitute, together with Sordaria and Pleurage, the author's conception of the family Sordariaceae, i.e, sensu Moreau. The family sensu auct, is regarded only as an aggregation ofconverging forms.
Moreau's inclusion of Hypocopra with the Xylariaceae is in agreement with the workofMunk whose latest paper 'The System of the Pyrenomycetes' in Dansk Bot. Ark., 1953,he was unable to examine. But the Danish author includes Sordaria, Pleurage, Bombardiaand Coniochaeta with the Lasiosphaeriaceae of v. Hoehnel. The two authors differ alsoin their treatment of Delitschia: Moreau placing it in Pleosporeaceae and Munk regardingit as aberrant.
The book, as all in this series, is well produced, has good figures but, like most Frenchliterature, is very highly priced. This is particularly regrettable as the work is an ableand very important study which cannot be overlooked. F. L. BALFOUR-BROWNE
Some South African Edible Fungi (35 pp., 8 coloured plates) and a companionvolume-Some South African Poisonous and Inedible Fungi (3 I pp.,8 coloured plates). By E. L. STEPHENS and M. M. KInD (with anintroduction by A. A. Pearson). [Longman's Field Handbooks.](Cape Town: Longman, Green and Co.) Price 6s. each volume.
These two small books present in a very clear and easily understood fashion an answerto the question 'Can this fungus be eaten?'. After a short introduction the general planof both books is the same-description and comment for each species. In the case of theedible species some very useful and varied hints on cooking are added and for thepoisonous species very full and valuable notes on symptoms and treatment. The clearand simple language used and the excellent coloured plates are highly commendable.These books should be invaluable to mycophagists and since the majority of the speciesmentioned are also European their use in this country can be recommended at least asan introduction. P. D. ORTON
Uredineana. Tome 4. Edited by A. L. GUYOT. 602 pp., plates and numeroustext-figures. [Encylopedie Mycologique. Tome 24.] (Paris: PaulLechevalier, 28 December 1953.) Price Frs. 9000.
This uredinologist's miscellany of original papers, abstracts, and bibliographical data ison similar lines to the previous volumes (see Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 35, 93, 1952). Thelonger papers include G. B. Cummins on the species of Puecinia parasitic on the Andropogoneae of the world (pp. 5-89, 1I plates), 1. J0rstad on the Pucciniastreae andMelampsoreae of Norway (pp. 91-123), and an account of rusts from the Ivory Coast byG. Viennot-Bourgin (pp. 125-228). There is also a further supplement to Guyot'sLes Uridinees, I and 11 (pp. 505-522). G. C. A.
