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BASIDIOMYCET^ OF CENTRAL IOWA. 



ALICE WARD HESS AND HARRIET VANDIVERT. 



A number of investigators have listed the Phanerogams in 

 different parts of the state. There are, however, only a few 

 lists of the Saprophytic fungi of the state. Bessey* under the 

 head of "Preliminary list of Carpophytes of the Ames Flora" 

 lists quite a number of species and Macbridef also makes a 

 contribution along this line, especially the species found by 

 him in eastern Iowa. 



Although Ames is in a prairie country, a number of 

 interesting species occur in the woods along the Skunk river 

 and its tributaries. The large woods along Squaw creek, west 

 of the college, afford a number of interesting species. We are 

 greatly indebted to Prof. Charles H. Peck, of Albany, N. Y. , 

 who has identified many of the species for us. Dr. Wm. Tre- 

 lease has identified some of the Lycoperdacea'. Our thanks are 



♦Bull. Dept. of Bot. la. Agrl. Coll. 1884:145. 



t The Saprophytic Fungi of Eastern Iowa. Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. 1 :30, 181. 



