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Pisces. 



Cyclopterus lunipns, Linnseus. 

 Mallotus villosus, Ciivier. 



Cetacea. 



Phoca Groenlandica. 



ALLUVIUM (shell-marl deposit.) 



Gastropoda. 



Anmicola porata, Say. 

 Conulus fulvus, Drapavuaud. 

 Hyalina ai'borea, Say. 



" indentata, Say. 

 Limnfea desidio.sa'? Say. 



" galbana, Biniiey. 



" stagnalis, Linneeus. 

 Mesodon albolabi-is, Say. 



" " var. dentifera, Binney. 



" Sayii, Binney. 

 Patula alternata, Say. 

 PLysa heterosti'oplia, Say. 

 Planorbis bicai-inatus, Say. 



" campanulatus, Say. 



" parvus, Say. 



Valvata tricarinata, Say. 



EDIBLE AND POISONOUS FUNGL 



Prof. John Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., F.RS.C., Botanist to the 

 Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. 



Bead 31st January 188 Jf. 



The title of my paper needs but little explanation, as I only apply 

 it to those fungi which by common consent are admitted to be edible 

 or suspicious or poisonous. These may be found in abundance in our 

 woods and fields, or by our roadsides at various times during the 

 summer. 



I may say with truth that Canadian fungi are almost unknown as 

 regards their numbers, their value as food or their injurious effects on 

 the human system. It is therefore with some ditiidence that I 

 «.pproacli a subject which to me is less familiar than any other branch of 



