Rhodora 
JOURNAL OF 
THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 
Vol. 16. March, 1914. No. 183. 
SOME FLESHY FUNGI OF STOW, MASSACHUSETTS,— II. 
SIMON Davis. 
Since my former article! I have diligently followed my favorite 
pursuit and herein give some further results of my work. Much to 
my regret no less than four traets of woodland that I have searched 
for twelve years past have been laid low by the owners thereof. "The 
only tamarack swamp in the town was stripped of every tree during 
the winter of 1911-1912. I cannot help a feeling of regret as I recall 
my collections therein in days gone by of rare species of the series 
Hyporhodii. 
Meteorological conditions have not improved until this fall of 1913. 
Between June 8 and September 1 of this year, less than .2 inch of 
ain fell in Stow. All summer crops either failed or gave the farmer 
a mere pittance for his expenditures of time and money. During 
September however rains were frequent and the precipitation nearly 
up to the monthly average and in October the rainfall was above the 
normal with consequences that made the heart of the toadstool col- 
lector leap with joyous expectancy. I have not seen so many nor 
such a variety of fungi in our woods since the fall of 1907. 
As usual I began my search May first of each of the years 1911, 
1912, 1913, and found many morels, especially during last May. It 
may be interesting to know that I find them frequently under the 
white ash. Best of all during May, 1912, I gathered two plants of 
Gyromitra esculenta Fr., not a common plant. I have found it just 
twice in twelve years. Dr. W. W. Ford of Johns Hopkins Medical 
School pronounced a portion of one of my plants non-poisonous. 
1 RHODØRA, Vol. 13, pp. 57—66. 
