Fungi of N(Wa Scotia: A Provisional List. — Bv A. H. 

 MacKay, Ll. D., F. R. S. C. 



(Presented, Sth JJeccmbcr, 190ii.) 



This list is partly a summation of the papers published 

 already in the Transactions ot* the Institute by the late John 

 Somers, M. D., with whom the author was collectinfr at 

 Pictou ; and the lists made by Mr. R. R. Gates of jMiddleton, 

 Annapolis county : by ]\Ir. J. M. Swaine at Truro and Antigonish: 

 and by Mr. C. Stanley Bruce at Shelburne. The general classi- 

 fication of M. C. Cooke is followed, mainly because nearly all 

 of the lists were made under the predominating influence of 

 his " Hand Book of the British Fungi." It is therefore to be 

 expected that future study may demonstrate some of the species 

 to be merely approximately named. 



Some of the genera are now being worked over anew, and 

 even sub-divided. There is no attempt here to indicate the latest 

 phase of the classification of our funoi. It is simply a compila- 

 tion to point out to our students who are now beginning to 

 interest themselves in the biological exploration of the Province 

 what has already been done. It will also serve as a basis for 

 the new work which we hope may henceforth progress more 

 rapidly than ever before, under the stimulus of a larger number 

 of observers who may be expected soon to test the accuracy of 

 the determinations already made while extending the list. The 

 future list based upon this provisional one should point out any 

 suspected inaccuracies of determinations, and conform to the 

 nomenclature and classification scheme of tlie latest generally 

 approved scientific work on the fungi. 



The papers of the late Dr. Somers referred to above are the 



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