The .hjaricaceac of Ohio. 4G3 



( iSjS-Kp/), collccU'il in tlic same rci^inn. lie ^really exleiuled 

 Lea's list (althouf^li lu' iliil iK't red j^Miizi' all the speeies ])re- 

 \ii)iisiy reported by 1 .ea ) and de>cril)cd a mimlici- nf new species. 

 W . S. Sullivant, an eminent lir\()logist of ('Dlumbus, sent a num- 

 ber i>f collections to Mnntaf^iu in Paris diirinj^f the early fifties, 

 some of them witli iha\\ing;s hy Mr. Sullivant or hy Mr. Robin- 

 son who worked with him. .\hintaj^ne described fifty-five new 

 species from these specimens. It seems remarkable that none 

 of these species have been certainly recognized since. Most of 

 them are probably to be referred to other species, or at least 

 are in'w ixcognized by other names. 



I'eck has described species based on specimens sent to him 

 bv Ohio collectors, Morgan. I.loxd. Kellerman and others. Some 

 of Peck's .\'ew ^'ork species have rdso been liinnd m • )hiii. Tlis 

 types arc all. oi- nearly all. pre-erved in the state luTliariuni at 

 .\lbany. Ilai-(1 collected in several ]:)arts of the state and pub- 

 lished his results in a well illustrated book. Professor .Atkin- 

 son, of Cornell T University, also described several species from 

 material >ent t(j him l)y Kellerman and Hard. 



The list at present includes approximately five hundred and 

 forty (540) species, .^ome of these are of doubtful dvterniina- 

 tion. In many cases the collections were not preserved, and it 

 is impossible at this rlatc to confirm or correct the determination. 

 The type specimens of Montague liave not been available to the 

 writer for study, and, except for a few species of Marasmius, 

 Morgan's types were not preserved. \\'heLher these will all 

 |)rove to be valid species must be left for future study to deter- 

 mine. 



Moreover, the list is not claimed to l)e complete. There are 

 doubtless many species occiu-ring in the state wliicli have not 

 yet been reported, for some sections have scarcelv been woiked 

 over at all. Before it is possible to have a fairly complete and 

 reasonably accurate state list, there must be a large number of 

 specimens from dififerent parts of the state assembled in acce.s- 

 sible herbaria, preferably, the state herbarium. If notes on the 

 fresh plants accompany each specimen, the collection will have 

 much greater value. 



