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in the vicinity of Xcw York Cit\-, never until 1937 was it col- 

 lected in great abundance. On May 23 while collecting near 

 his home in Elmsford the writer encountered an especially fine 

 group of fruiting bodies of this species. About 75 were collected, 

 filling an entire basket (FiG. 18), and more might have been 

 found had the writer I)een attempting to break any records. 

 The colored illustration accompanying this article was made from 



Fig. 18. A basketful of morel,-^, an uiui>Lial qiiaiuiix to be found 

 in one spot in the woods. 



this material (Plate 65). All these were dried and kept for 

 scientific purposes. The following week-end the place was again 

 visited with the hope of getting a fresh supply to be used for 

 culinary purposes. We were surprised, however, at this time 

 in not finding a single fruiting body, indicating that the fruiting 

 bodies occur in one great burst and then disappear for the season. 

 The following spring the writer again visited this ravine 

 hoping for a reoccurrence of the species in large numbers. Un- 



