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immediately followed by dry weather suppressed the crop of morels. 

 The moderately warm and moist fall weather, however, gave oppor- 

 tunity for a crop of morels in a limited station near Boston, Mass. 

 Specimens were collected and some of them sent to me by Mrs U. C. 

 Sherman with the inquiry if it was not unusual for morels to appear 

 in autumn. An examination of them showed a very close relation- 

 ship to the conic morel. They differed in a few minor characters 

 from the conic morel, Morchella conica Pers., but most of 

 ;ill in their time of appearance. This is probably due to the peculiar 

 weather conditions of this season, nevertheless it seemed best in 

 view of the minor differences and the very unusual time of its 

 appearance to designate it by the varietal name which will be found 

 in its proper place in this report. 



Some seasons seem to be specially favorable to the development of 

 the species of certain genera. In one season species of Hygrophorus 

 will be abundant, in another many species of Lepiota will be seen 

 and in another, species of Lactarius will appetar to be unusually 

 common. This year specimens of more species of Tricholoma have 

 been received by me from correspondents during September, Octo- 

 ber and November than in any other previous year. This indicates 

 to me that the latter part of the season has been unusually favorable 

 to the development of species of Tricholoma. 



The custom of issuing generic monographs of New York species 

 has been continued. Revised descriptions of New York species of 

 the genera Clitocybe, Laccaria and Psilocybe have been prepared and 

 arranged as far as practicable according to the Friesian system as 

 given in Sylloge. 



To meet the requirements of the rules of the International 

 Botanical Congress of 1905 Latin descriptions of the new species 

 and varieties herein reported have been written. 



My assistant, Mr S. IT. Burnham, has performed his clerical 

 duties with noteworthy faithfulness, doing all the typewriting of the 

 office, attending to the arrangement, mounting and labeling of speci- 

 mens, aiding in the identification of specimens sent for that purpose, 

 and in (-(inducting the correspondence. In addition to this he has 

 improved his opportunities during holiday and vacation periods in 

 collecting specimens and in making many valuable additions to the 

 herbarium. 



Respectfully submitted 



( 11 ari.i-.s TT. Peck 



State Botanist 



.llbany, December 28, rpir 



