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MUSHROOM GROWING AND SPAWN MAKING. 



Table IV. — Results obtained from Oiffereut species — Continued. 



Fungus. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 cul- 

 tures. 



Substratum. 



Result. 



Clitocy be illudens 



Clitocybe sp.? 



Clitopiliis pruuulus 



Colly l)ia platyphylla 



Colly bia raclicata 



CoUy bia velutipes 



Copinnus atramentarius . . 



Coprinus comatus — 



Copriuus flmetarius 



Coprinus micaceus.- 



Cortinar ius armillatus 



Cortinarius castaneus 



Cortinarius sp. y 



Daedalia quercina 



Hydnum caput medusae. . 



Hydnum coralloides- 



Hydnum erinaceum 



Laotarius corr ugis (?) 



Lactarius piperatus 



Lactarius volemus 



Do - 



Lepiota americana 



Lepiota morgan! 



Lepiota procera 



Lepiota rhacodes - 



Lycoperdon gemmatum . 



Lycoperdon wrightii 



Morcuella esculenta 



Gluteus cervinus . _ 



Pleurotus ostreatus 



Pleurotus ixlmarius 



Pholiota adiposa 



Polyporus betulinus 



Polyporus intybaceus 



Polyporus sulphureus 



Polystictus cinnabarinus 



Riissula adusta 



Russula emetica 



Russula sp 



Russula sordida 



Russula virescens 



Seeotium acuminatum 



Strobilomyces strobilaceus . 



Stropharia sp 



Ti-emella mycetophila 



Tricholoma personatum 



Tricholoma russula 



2 



2 



Pew. 



1 



Pew. 



oc 



oc 



Few. 



oc 



1 

 1 



Few. 



Few. 

 1 

 2 



2 



Few. 



oc 



1 

 oc 



1 



2 



cc 



Few. 



2 



1 



2 



Few. 



- oc 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



2 



2 



1 



oc 



Pew. 



Few. 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



Beans 



....do 



Beans, manure, etc 



Beans 



.__.do 



....do... _ 



Beans, leaves, manure, etc. 

 Beans, manure, leaves, etc. 



Beans, leaves ___ 



Beans, leaves, manure, etc . 



Beans 



do _ 



Beans, leaves, manure 



Beans, leaves, manure, etc. 



Beans 



do 



do - 



Beans and leaves 



do. _ 



Acid beans 



Beans 



do 



do 



Beans, leaves, etc 



do 



Beans 



Sod 



Beans and leaves 



do 



Beans, leaves, manure, etc. 



Beans 



Beans and leaves 



Beans 



do 



Beans and leaves 



do 



Beans 



Beans, etc 



Beans . 

 do. 



do 



do. 



do 



do.. 



do.... 



Beans and manure 

 Beans and leaves . . 



Some growth. 

 Rapid growth. 

 Some gi-ew well. 

 No growth. 

 Good growth. 



Do. 

 Rapid growth. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Contaminated. 



Do. 

 Good growth. 

 Rapid growth. 

 Good growth. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Slight growth, one. 

 No growth. 

 Some growth. 

 No growth. 



Some growth. 

 Rapid gi'owth. 



Do. 

 Good growth. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Some growth. 

 Rapid growth. 



Do. 

 No growth. 

 Slow growth. 



Do. 

 Rapid growth. 

 Good growth. 

 No growth. 

 Often contaminated 



but some grew. 

 No growth. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Slow growth. 

 No growth. 

 Conta minated . 

 No growth. 

 Good growth. 



Do. 



It is not to be understood that the faihires recorded in the forego- 

 ing table indicate that these species will not grow. The evidence is 

 that they did not grow upon the media used, and it is very probable 

 that most of these could be propagated in culture by this method if 

 a systematic attempt were made to determine what substrata are 

 desirable. The writer believes that this statement holds true particu- 

 larly in the case of certain species of Boletus. No attempt was 

 macle to cultivate Boleti in any other way than upon bean pods. A 

 few mycelial threads Avere developed in such cases, but these failed 

 to grow upon the bean, apparently dying before even the nutrients 

 in the fragment of tissue were exhausted. - 



It is interesting to note that many of the fungi which have given 

 good growth have not hitherto been grown in pure culture. Accord- 



oCostantin et Matruohot. Sur la production du mycelium des champignon 

 sui)erieurs. Extrait Compt. Rend. d. Seances de la Soc. de Biologic. January. 



