176 Kawartha Mushrooms. [December 



KAWARTHA MUSHROOMS. 

 By Cephas Guillet. 



In addition to the 71 species of fungi from the Kawartha 

 Lakes recorded in the July issue of The Ottawa Naturalist, 

 the writer found eleven species in September, 1907, all at Stony 

 Lake. These also were identified by Dr. Charles Horton Peck, 

 and are given below. One of them, the "fl}^ agaric," Amanita 

 muscaria, L. is very poisonous. According to Underwood the 

 decoction of this plant is used by the Russians in Siberia for 

 producing hilarious intoxication. It owes its name to its use 

 by country people as a fly-poison. Quite a number of these 

 brilliant yellow and pumpkin-colored mushrooms were found 

 on Horseshoe Island scattered about over the ground in open 

 "second growth." 



Lycoperdon gemmatum, Batsch. (A puff-ball). 



Boletus spectabilis, Pk. (Edible). 



Boletinus paluster, Pk. 



Boletinus pictus, Pk. (Edible). 



Hygrophorus conicus, (Scop.) Fr. 



Lactarius velleretis, Fr. 



Amanita muscaria L. Dr. Peck adds, "approaching A. 

 formosa G. and R., from which it appears to differ only in having 

 the centre of the cap orange color." 



Cortinarius pulchrifolius, Pk. 



Cortinarius coerulescens, Fr. 



Cortinarius mucifluus, Fr. 



Cortinarius rimosus, Pk. 



Four new species discovered by the present writer in the 

 Kawartha region are described bv Dr. Peck in the Bulletin of the 

 Torrey Botanical Club, 34; 1897,' ps. 97, 98, 345 and 346. 



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WAX WINGS AT GALT. 



Cedar waxwings are wintering around here in fairly large 

 numbers. On December 29th, several flocks were observed 

 feeding upon the berries of the wild holly (Ilex verticillata, Gray) 

 which borders our manv ponds, the fruit being very abundant 

 this season. When taking the fruit they would always carry it 

 to the higher trees to devour. Slate-colored juncoes were also 

 plentiful during the latter davs of December. None of our 

 irregular winter visitants from the north have been observed 

 so far. 



Gait, December 3rd, 1907. W. Herriot. 



