LOCALITIES EXPLAINED. 



Localities mentioned in this list are no doubt strange to many of the 

 readers of this epitome. The places mentioned are circumscribed areas 

 on the west and north of the Lehigh river for a distance of ten to twelve 

 miles. 



Koch'8 Island is an open woods, with oak trees, surrounded by 

 abandoned iron ore pits. This place is very rich in the growth of fungi. 

 Situated about a mile northeast of Trexlertown. 



Jungle. Situated near Trexlertown, consisting of about twenty acres 

 of a variety of vegetation, from the common alder to large oaks and 

 maple. A fruitful place for fungi. 



Dorney's Woods, within three miles west of Allentown, consists 

 principally of white oak 'timber. Very fruitful for the different species 

 of Boleti. I gathered at one time five different species of Boleti in a few 

 hours. 



Griesemer's Hill extends from Griesemersville to Seventeenth 

 street, Allentown. It consists of an undershrub grove of spruce, black 

 haw, etc. Very few large trees. Found a number of fine species. 

 Panus Iseve was found growing on an apple tree at the foot of the hill 

 along the roadside. 



Derolf Park, near Bethlehem, on the South Bethlehem electric road 

 from Allentown, is a splendid location for specimens. 



Fuller's Woods, near Catasauqua, where I found Amanita muscarius 

 and the different species of Russulse. 



Chaparral ridgewoods, or ** Krupsbuckel " of the Pennsylvania 

 Dutch. This is a continuous stretch of woods, at least three miles long 

 and two miles broad, situated about four miles west of Allentown, passing 

 a little west of the famous Cedar Creek. Such a variety of the different 

 species of timber as is here found, and surface elevations and depressions, 

 forms a fruitful section for the growth of fungi. 



Minesite Woods is situated southeast of Allentown, between three 

 and four miles west of the Little Lehigh river. The territory is covered 

 with chestnut, pine, maple, and oak timbers. These woods are noted 



219 



