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A second and more extended list was published by the Natural 

 History Society of ISTew Brunswick, in 1903, representing collections 

 made by Mr. J. Vroom, St. Stephen; J. Moscr, Haveloek; K. E. Gates, 

 Sackville; and G. U. Hay.^ This list included 168 species and varie- 

 ties, not before published in the province, chiefly Hymenomycetes, all 

 of which, except a few common and unmistakable forms, were submitted 

 in portions to well known specialists- The coniferous and mixed woods 

 about Ingleside, Kings Count}^ where most of the collecting was done, 

 proved to be a very interesting place for the higher fungi. The region 

 has jdelded three varieties new to science,^ besides several rare and 

 interesting forms chiefly of the genus Hydnum, which is so well repre- 

 sented there that fourteen species were identified. 



The late summer and autumn of 1902 proved to be unusually pro- 

 lific in fungi and there were many plants besides the 168 listed which 

 had to be rejected owing to the impossibility of preserving them for 

 identification before decay set in. This was especially the case with 

 some fleshy agarics and Boleti, which decay very rapidly. Many of the 

 plants sent to the specialists named above were not in a condition to 

 be identified with any certainty. Of two plants of the genus Boletinus 

 sent to Professor Peck, he says : " I believe both are undescribed species, 

 but in the absence of definite and exact knowledge of the colours and 

 characters of the fresh plant I think it will be well to wait the result 

 of the coming season to see if more definite information cannot be 

 gained of them before publishing." 



Eer. Dr. Campbell of Montreal, has published a list of 129 species 

 of fungi, chiefiy HjTnenomycetes, collected at Cap à PAigle, Quebec, and 

 in the vicinity of Montreal.* 



Professor John Macoun, Naturalist of the Dominion Natural His- 

 tory Survey, writes that he has collected, in the vicinity of Ottawa, 

 1100 species, with others from different parts of Canada. Of those 



* New Brunswick Fungi, by G. U. Hay. Bulletin Natural History Society 

 of New Brunswick, No. XXI, pages 109-119. 



* Dr. "W. G. Farlow of Cambridge, Mass., Professor Chas. H. Peck, State 

 Botanist of New York, and Professor Atkinson of Cornell University. 



' Cantharellus cibarius Peck, var. confertifolius Peck n. var. C. cibarius 

 Peck var. plicatellus Peck n. var. Irpex fusco-violaceus Fries var. lenzi- 

 toides Peck n. var. 



* Canadian Funsi, by Robert Campbell, D.D., M.A. Canadian Record of 

 Science, Vol. IX, No. 2, 1903. Dr. Campbell does not state whether or not 

 mycologists, other than himself, have been concerned in the identification of 

 the plants named in his list. It might be well for editors of lists to give 

 such information, as it will tend to make their data more reliable in a 

 study which is at best very recondite, and in which thej' are not aided as 

 yet by any complete and reliable text-book of the fungi of this continent. 



