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THE OTTAWA NATURALIST "^^^ ^ 



Vol. XXIII. OTTAWA, JULY, 1907 No. 4 



FUNGI FROM THE KAWARTHA LAKES fAND A FEW 

 FROM TORONTO) INCLUDING SEVERAL NEW 



SPECIES. 



by Cephas Guillet, Toronto. 



During August, 1905, the present writer traversed the 

 Kawartha Lakes in a canoe between Stony Lake and Coboconk. 

 This beautiful region, lying in Peterl;oro and Victoria counties, 

 is about sixty miles north of Lake Ontario, and 800 to 900 feet 

 above the sea. The following August a less extensive trip was 

 made from Stom^ Lake to Deer Lake. During these outings a 

 large number of fungi were collected and dried, notes having 

 first been taken upon the specimens in a fresh state. The speci- 

 mens, with the notes, were sent to Dr. C. H. Peck, Nev; York 

 State Botanist, an eminent authority on fungi, who very kindly 

 identified those given below. Several species new to science 

 were found among them, which Dr. Peck has named. A few 

 fungi were also collected in or near Toronto. As comparatively 

 little has been published regarding the fungi of Canada, the 

 following list may be of interest to readers of The Naturalist. 

 One mav add that a little work of this kind, which anvone mav 

 do, greatly increases the interest o'f such outings, already de- 

 lightful, and adds a pleasing, if slight, altruistic motive. 



Lachnea scutel!ata (L.) Sou. (a cup-fungus). 



Thelephora willeyi, Clint. 



Clavaria gracilis, Pers. 



Clavaria m.uscoides, L. 



According to G. T. Atkinson, (in ''Mushrooms") all coral- 

 like or club fungi (Clavaria ceae) are edible, though a few 

 of them, and these mostly the small species, are rather 

 tough. All puff-balls likewise (Lycoperdacege) are 

 edible so long as they are quite white inside, though 

 some are better than others. 



Fomes leucophaeus, Mont. 



Polystictus hirsutus, (Wulf.) Fr. 



Polystictus pergamenus, Fr. 



Polyporus weinmanni, Fr. 



Polyporus elegans, Fr. 



