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or plant pathology to get along without such a corrected 

 list. We shall want to move steadily towards an illustrated 

 manual of the Philippine fungi, and the present work is an 

 absolutely essential preliminary. 



It would have been impossible for me to bring the list 

 even to its present state of development without the friendly 

 suggestions and kindly assistance of a number of mycologists, 

 among whom special mention should be made of H. Rehm, 

 H. Sydow, N. Patouillard, and P. Hariot. I have also received 

 constant help in the matter of host determinations and ref- 

 erences, from E. D Merrill, E. B. Copeland, F. W. Foxivorthy, 

 and P. W. Graff. Bureau of Science material in these groups 

 has largely been determined by Hennings and Sydow. Of my 

 material, and that of my students, the Uredinales, Ustilagt- 

 nales, and Imperfecti have largely gone to Sydow and to Saccardo, 

 while the Ascomycetes have mostly been sent to Rehm, and to these 

 authorities the fullest acknowledgements are due. 



The provinces are not cited for well known localities. 

 Mt. Maquiling and Mt. Banahao in Laguna Province, have 

 become classical collecting ground in Philippine botany. The 

 many citations of Los Bafios, refer to the municipality of 

 that name, including the barrios of Los Bafios, San Antonio, 

 and the lower part of the domain of the College of Agri- 

 culture. This region, fronted by the great freshwater Laguna 

 de Bay on the north, and backed by heavily forested Mt. 

 Maquiling rising to 3600 feet, is one of the richest collect- 

 ing grounds of similar area, known to me in all my wander- 

 ing in tropical lands. I have never seen anywhere, so desir- 

 able a location for a botanical and mycological laboratory, 

 for a botanical garden, and for work along these lines. 

 Indeed, it is all one colossal and incomparable botanic garden, 

 just as it stands. 



The List of Philippine Fungi by Richer, published in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. I (1906), covering all groups, comprised 

 32 genera, and 45 species. The present list of the lower 

 fungi only, records 215 genera, and 638 species. It will be 

 noted that as yet no representatives are recorded for a good 

 many families that are certain to be well represented in 

 the Inlands. It means simply that no attention has yet been 

 given to these families in the field. 



