Journal of Mycology, 1905, Vol. 2: Devoted to Study of Fungi, Especially in Their Relation to Plant Diseases (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

Sinopsis

Excerpt from Journal of Mycology, 1905, Vol. 2: Devoted to Study of Fungi, Especially in Their Relation to Plant Diseases

The laudable attempt to describe and illustrate uniformly all known species of the Uredineae, undertaken by P. And H. Sydow,* has progressed to the completion of the first volume. This volume contains 1226 species, all so far known under the genus Puccinia, and a much larger number than the size and complexity of the family would seem to warrant. But all criti cism regarding the accepted boundaries of the genus may well be laid aside in view of the successful manner in which the work of describing the species has been carried out. Nevertheless, one can not help regretting that the wholly unlike, and but distantly related, genus Uropyxis should have been engulfed in this mael strom of two-celled spores, after it had been so clearly shown by Magnus to be distinct. Except as part of the useful Sylloge by Saccardo, which attempted little more than to collate published accounts of the species, no systematic and uniform treatment of all known species of this large family has ever been undertaken. The present work has entailed an enormous amount of labor. In citation of literature, in collation of items regarding hosts and geographical distribution, and in verifying and unifying the diagnoses, evident care has been exercised, and a large degree of accuracy attained. Nearly half the species are illustrated with original outline drawings. The authors state that to accomplish this work they examined some specimens. We may well believe them when they say that wir haben mit voller Lust und Liebe an dem Werke gearbeitet; and the reward of well merited success should be theirs.

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