Ohio Mycological Bulletin No. 5. 



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A Note for Students — Space precludes the possibility of giving 

 here directions for exhaustive study of the fleshy fungi ( A-gar-i-ca-ce-ae) ; 

 therefore a separate slip has been prepared for systeniatic study and 

 record of the characters of these plants. A package stapled to a stif? back 

 for convenient field use will be sent to those who furnisii address, with 

 five cents, or two two-cent stamps. A sample for inspection may be 

 obtained upon request accompanied by a 1-cent stamp. 



A Good Place for Mushrooms — At Sandusky, Ohio, there is a 

 lot, several acres in extent, the former site of a cooperage plant, largely 

 recovered from Sandusky Bay by filling up with saw-dust and lumber- 

 Avaste such as small pieces of slabs, sticks and bark. This wooden soil 

 is several feet thick and all the time moist below the surface. Therefore 

 it is an excellent place for the plants in which we are interested. _Wm. 

 H. Spencer tells me that last year he collecied here "forty-three varieties, 

 mostly Agaricaceao, one Clavariaceae, two Phallaceae, several Lycoper- 

 daceae a"d Pojyporaceae." 



Those are ^^rtunate who have such a variety of favorable localities 

 as in the region of Sandusky. Cedar Point is not to be forgotten in this 

 connection. It is a narrow, wooded sand-spit about seven miles long, 

 the famous pleasure resort located near the northwest end. Southeast 

 from this place, one mile, is located the fine Lake Laboratory, just com- 

 pleted, where a summer school in Botany (and Zoology) is carried on 

 by the Ohio State University. It may not be amiss to state that courses 

 of instruction in Mushrooms and other groups of plants are this season 

 offered to the choice of everybody, the work beginning June 29th and 

 continuing six weeks. Anyone interested should write to the Ohio State 

 University for the Circular which gives details of this Biological Labora- 

 tory, the courses of study, the charge for tuition, etc. 



Fig. 2.3. Myr-i-o-sto'-ma col-i-for'-mi.s. Pepper-bo.x Earth-star. Differs from the 

 common Earth-star ( Cie-as'-ter) in having several openings through the upper portion 

 of the inner wall for the escape of the spores. Rarer than the Geasters; the latter 

 have but one mouth at apex. (Greek words — ."l/vn'oi means many, and stoma sig- 

 nifies mouth.) 



