Ohio Mycological BuUetiri No. i. 



$5.00. It is 7yixlOy2 inches, and 3 inches thicl\. Pages 729. There are 

 figures of 278 species. Many of the plates are colored. This book 

 especially (and indeed all of the above) should be purchased by your Public 

 Library; and it is hoped too that many books will be ordered by the 

 members of the Club. 



It has been arranged to give the Members of the Ohio ^Mycological 

 Club a considerable rebate on all or any one of the above, provided pay- 

 ment is sent to Mr. L. S. Wells, bookseller, Columbus, Ohio. He will 

 deliver the books, prepaid, as follows: on the Mushrootii Book ($3.0U) , 

 a rebate of 20 cents ; on Musliroonis Edible and Poisonous ($3.00j , a rebate 

 of 40 cents; and on One Tiiousand American Fungi ($5.00), a rebate of 

 20 cents. 



SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS. — It is urged that every teacher 

 of Botany devote several lessons at regular intervals in the course, to the 

 Mushrooms. Have the pupils bring in ample quantity of all kinds that 

 can be found — unfortunately they are not so abundant in early spring 

 as later — and in the class room sketch the plants and name the parts; 

 if feasible, use water-colors, and paint the figures true to nature; 

 contrast the several species found, take full and neat notes including 

 the exact habitats, it being desirable to state always the environment of 

 the specimen — woods, grove, roadside, pasture, on wood, stump, rotten 

 logs, in sandy or wet soil, in shade, etc. Then try to use the keys or 

 apply the diagnoses that will be given in successive numbers of the 

 Bulletin or in available books. Discuss the mode of life. By this plan 

 real botany is possible and worth the while! If any good paintings of 

 Mushrooms are kindly sent to the State University, they will be grate- 

 fully received, and awarded a permanent place in the Botanical Depart- 

 ment. 



In case teachers wish to supply pupils with the Bulletins for regular 

 class work, it might be preferable to send the requisite number of copies 

 in one package to the teacher's address instead of mailing them separately 

 to the several pupils. 



NATURE STUDY. — Those live teachers who are attempting to cul- 

 tivate and strengthen the child-mind in its sympathy with nature, invoking 

 her aid in their sacred charge, whether working in primary room or 

 grammar grade, are invited to use the Ohio Mycological Bulletin, if per- 

 chance it may assist in such important work. The cliild will gladly study 

 these interesting plants. 



"And Nature, the old nurse, took 

 The child upon her knee. 

 Saying: 'Here is a story book 

 Thy Father has written for thee.' " 



GILL-FUNGI. — These Mushrooms form an exceedingly large 

 group.^ They are also called Ag'-ar-ics, an English word formed from 

 A-gar'-i-cus which is the botanical (or Latin) name and the one used long 

 ago for a genus (that is, a group of similar species). These Mushrooms 

 bear "spores" on the surface of the gills. Sf'ures might be called micro- 

 scopic seeds; they are simpler in structure but correspond in function to 

 seeds in the higher plants. Curiously enough when a sufficient quantity 

 of the spores is accumulated so that the mass is visible, it is found 

 that the color may be either zchite, hroivn, rusty {or ochre-like) , pink, 

 or black. We must determine the color of the spores in order to classify 

 the kinds and to find the correct name in the books on Mushrooms. 

 Therefore the necessary thing to do as soon as a fresh specimen is found, 

 is to make a "spore-print." as the collected mass of spores is called. 

 How to do this will be fully explained and illustrated in Bulletin No. 2. 



