32 Rhodora [JANUARY 
ave A+ GLA. ! 
Mongaric,a species of the middle s ates, which is a Lepiota in every- 
thing but its spores. These are greenish. It is a species known only 
since the comparatively recent development of the knowledge of 
American fleshy fungi, that is to say since the beginning of the studies 
of Professor Peck. It is one of the hundreds of species named and 
described by him. It hz , already made its mark among mycophagists. 
Some have eaten it with impunity, others have eaten it and repented, 
others have urged friends or relatives to eat it and have been plunged 
in terrifying remorse. It is a fungus which like strawberries or fish 
seems to be a test of a certain gastronomic idiosynerasy, and which 
bears out the saying that what is one man’s meat is another man’s 
poison.! 
TWO MORE FOREIGN PLANTS FOUND ON WOOL-WASTE AT WESTFORD. 
—In May and June, 1914, I made my usual yearly visits to the 
dumps on some farms near here where the waste from the woolen 
mills is used as a fertilizer. I found only two plants which were new 
to me. These were later determined for me at the Gray Herbarium 
by Dr. B. L. Robinson and Mr. G. S. Torrey, and proved to be Chori- 
spora tenella (Pall.) DC. and Trifolium echinatum Bieb. The former, 
of which I found only two plants, is an annual crucifer with purplish 
flowers. It is a native of southern Russia and central Asia. "The 
Trifolium has pink-tinted white flowers, and the heads develop into 
burs with many firm sharp prickles. I found only two plants of this 
clover and they were prostrate forming a circular mat. "The species 
grows as a native in southern Europe and Asia Minor. No record 
has been found of either of these plants in this country.— Ewrrx F. 
FLETCHER, Westford, Massachusetts.. 
1 See also Chestnut: ''Poisonous Properties of the Green-spored Lepiota,” Asa 
Gray Bull., Vol. VIII, No. 5, Oct. 1900. 
Vol. 16, no. 192, including pages 201 to 226 and title-page of the volume, was 
issued 28 December, 1914. 
