F.H. Möller, ,Fungi of the Færöes Part II (1958) Ejnar Munksgaard,Copenhagen 268 With an Appendix...
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G.a.A. Transactions British Mycological Society 'Edible' (or 'Poisonous'). A photograph illustrates every species, and while these are first class the inclusion of some coloured plates particularly for the genera Lactarius and Russula would have facilitated the identification of these fungi. Over one-third of the species described in this book are not found in this country, conversely, many of our common species do not occur in the regions of America for which this book is written. Thus there is no mention of Amanitaphalloides which could be unfor- tunate for British mycophagists. While this seems an excellent book for use in America, collectors in Britain will find it of limited value. S. M. FRANCIS Fungi of the Ferses. Part II. With an Appendix to Part I. By F. H. MOLLER. (Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1958.) Pp. 268, 161 figures, I col. plate. Price: Danish Cr. 60. Part I of the Fungi of the Feroes, published in 1945, dealt with the basidiomycetes. Part II deals with the remaining groups and an Appendix gives supplementary records for rusts, smuts and larger basidiomycetes. In the preparation of this concluding volume the author has had the help of Dr A. Monk with the pyrenomycetes and ofProf.J. A. Nann- feldt with discomycetes, while Prof. N. F. Buchwald has been responsible for Fungi Imperfecti and other groups of micro-fungi. The main part is a systematically arranged check-list. New taxa are fully described and for many others there are partial descriptions and notes on biology and geographical distribution. There are no keys but various tabulations, host and habitat indexes and in conclusion a general index to the two volumes make it easy to consult a work which should provide a firm foundation for further studies on the mycology of the Feeroes, G.a.A. Advances in Genetics. Vol. IX. Edited by M. DEMEREc. (NewYork: Academic Press Inc.; London: Academic Books Ltd., 1958.) Pp. viii + 294. Price: $8.80. This latest volume in a useful series contains three articles of considerable interest to mycologists. In the first, by G. Pontecorvo and Etta Kafer on 'Genetic analysis based on mitotic recombination' (pp. 71-104), which is a sequel to the one by Pontecorvo already noticed in these Transactions (38, p. 96, 1955), the authors describe the principles of mitotic analysis based on the parasexual cycle. In the second (pp. 105-146) Etta Kafer provides a worked example of the method culminating in a set of chromosome maps for all eight chromosomes of Aspergillus nidulans, which is surely as historic an event as the publication of the first single chromosome map of a fungus (Neurospora sitophila) by Lindegren in 1936. The third article (pp. 41-69), by H. P. Papazian, is on 'The genetics of basidiomycetes' with emphasis on Coprinus and Schizophyllum.
Transcript of F.H. Möller, ,Fungi of the Færöes Part II (1958) Ejnar Munksgaard,Copenhagen 268 With an Appendix...
G.a.A.
Transactions British Mycological Society'Edible' (or 'Poisonous'). A photograph illustrates every species, and while these arefirst class the inclusion of some coloured plates particularly for the genera Lactarius andRussula would have facilitated the identification of these fungi.
Over one-third of the species described in this book are not found in this country,conversely, many ofour common species do not occur in the regions of America for whichthis book is written. Thus there is no mention of Amanitaphalloides which could be unfortunate for British mycophagists. While this seems an excellent book for use in America,collectors in Britain will find it of limited value.
S. M. FRANCIS
Fungi ofthe Ferses. Part II. With an Appendix to Part I. By F. H. MOLLER.(Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1958.) Pp. 268, 161 figures, I col.plate. Price: Danish Cr. 60.
Part I of the FungioftheFeroes, published in 1945, dealt with the basidiomycetes. Part IIdeals with the remaining groups and an Appendix gives supplementary records for rusts,smuts and larger basidiomycetes. In the preparation of this concluding volume theauthor has had the help of Dr A. Monk with the pyrenomycetes and ofProf.J. A. Nannfeldt with discomycetes, while Prof. N. F. Buchwald has been responsible for FungiImperfecti and other groups of micro-fungi.
The main part is a systematically arranged check-list. New taxa are fully describedand for many others there are partial descriptions and notes on biology and geographicaldistribution. There are no keys but various tabulations, host and habitat indexes and inconclusion a general index to the two volumes make it easy to consult a work whichshould provide a firm foundation for further studies on the mycology of the Feeroes,
G.a.A.
Advances in Genetics. Vol. IX. Edited by M. DEMEREc. (NewYork: AcademicPress Inc.; London: Academic Books Ltd., 1958.) Pp. viii +294.Price: $8.80.
This latest volume in a useful series contains three articles of considerable interest tomycologists. In the first, by G. Pontecorvo and Etta Kafer on 'Genetic analysis based onmitotic recombination' (pp. 71-104), which is a sequel to the one by Pontecorvo alreadynoticed in these Transactions (38, p. 96, 1955), the authors describe the principles ofmitotic analysis based on the parasexual cycle. In the second (pp. 105-146) Etta Kaferprovides a worked example of the method culminating in a set of chromosome maps forall eight chromosomes of Aspergillus nidulans, which is surely as historic an event as thepublication of the first single chromosome map of a fungus (Neurospora sitophila) byLindegren in 1936. The third article (pp. 41-69), by H. P. Papazian, is on 'The geneticsof basidiomycetes' with emphasis on Coprinus and Schizophyllum.
