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lacking the volva at the base of the stem and, like 
Amanitopsis, quite harmless. Several species of Lepiota came to 
our hands. Of the genus Pleurotus which includes the oyster 
mushroom and other plants highly prized for their edible quali- 
ties, we found at least six species. P. sapidus, a large, fleshy, 
attractive looking mushroom, though classed with the Leucos- 
porae, has beautiful lilac-tinted spores. 
Collybia is a distinct genus of this group; we found four 
species, of which C. radicata, with the deep, tapering, root-like 
projection of the stem, seemed the very commonest among the 
mushrooms; it was found growing in all sorts of places. 
Among the pink-spored Agarics,Pluteus cervinus was com- 
monest and usually easily recognized by its ball and socket joint 
between cap and stem. Claudopus, Entoloma, Leptonia, and Cli- 
topilus were other genera found. 
The genus Pholiota, distinguished among the ochre-spored 
agarics by its distinct ring on the stem, was abundant in several 
species. Late in Autumn, a large cluster of the bright yellow 
P. adiposa was found growing on a decaying stump at Dorwin’s 
Spring. Species of Naucoria, Inocybe, Tubaria, Crepidotus, 
Galera, and Cortinarius were frequently found. The violet Cor- 
tinarius is a beautiful plant and one easily recognized in that dif- 
ficult genus. Paxillus, found in two species, proved very inter- 
esting as presenting a transition state from gills to pores. 
Owing to the long weeks of rain in the early part of the 
spring and summer, this past season of I901 was remarkably fav- 
orable to mushroom growth. Species new to us appeared at 
every turn; in groves and pastures, on grassy hillsides and sandy 
banks, by roadside and street, in lawn and garden—almost any 
where one might catch glimpses of fresh Agarics peeping up. 
Mushroom hunting has this decided advantage over collecting 
flowering plants, that the same locality may be visited day after 
day and yield each time fresh plants whose existence was not 
before hinted at—or if so, the hint was imperceptible. So while 
a wide range of territory is not to be disdained, a very limited 
hunting ground will often yield fresh material indefinitely. 
Kimber’s Springs, Dorwin’s, the woods near the Sugar 
