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NOTES FROM ^lUSHROOM LITERATURE. II. 



jr. .1. Kcllcrnian. 



The Veteran American Mycologist, Frofessor Charles H. Peck, 

 Albany, N. Y., describes several nc7U species of Mushrooms, in the 

 February No. of the Bullelin of the Torrey Botanical Chtb (1905). They 

 are as follows : 



Lepiota niaciilans Peck; found in September at St. Louis, by Dr. N. 

 M. Glatfelter. Prof. Peck adds : 1 his is a small but pretty species, easily 

 known by the flesh of both pileus and stem changing to a reddi.'^h color 

 where wounded and by the lamellae assuming a reddish or pink color with 

 ago cr in drying. 



Mycena denticulata Peck; St. Louis. August, Dr. Glatfelter. Pileus 

 ]:^S() nm. broad' stem .J-7 cm. long, 1-2 mm. thick. 



Pleiirotus unibonatus Peck, on the ground, Kittanning, Pa., D. R. 

 Smi-stii e. 



Lactarius suinslinci Peck; grassy places in open woods, Kittanning, 

 Pa., Prof. Peck says this is related to such species as Lactarius fnligin- 

 osus, L. gerardi and L. ligiiyotits; but it may be separated from the first by 

 its nrchangeable milk and its more distant lamellae, and from the others 

 by its r.crid taste. 



Marasmius stitliffae Peck; collected on lawn in shady places, Sacramen- 

 to, Califcrria, by I\'iss M. L. Sutliff, who says that in a test of its edible qual- 

 ities, she found that cooking seemed to intensify its bitter flavor and make 

 it rival that of quinine. 



Panns meruliiceps Peck; on trur.ks of elm trees, collected l>y Dr. 

 Glatfelter, St. Louis, Mo. 



Flamnnila mnliifolia Peck; on decaying wood in ravines. Dr. N. M. 

 Glatfelter, St. Louis, Mo. 



Cortiiiarius Ivaendlci Peck; among fallen leaves in woods, Washing- 

 ton, D. C., collected by F. J. Braendle. 



Cortinaiiits nwrrissii Peck; moist shaded places imder hemlock trees, 

 at Ellis, Ala^s., August to October; collected by G. E. Morris. 



Stropharia schraderi Peck; in sandy, grassy soil about stumps, Wash- 

 iifton, D. C. ; collected by F. F. Schrader. 



Psathyra vniltipedata Peck; densely ce.spitose, forming tufts of many 

 individuals, in grassy ground, St. Louis, Mo., N. M. Glatfelter. 



Geopyxis nebulosiodes Peck ; on decorticated wood, Canada, J. 

 Macoun. 



The North American species of Marasmu'S. — Prof. A. P. ^lorgan 

 has printed in the Journal of Mycology a monograph of this genus which 

 studeits find very useful. The author is one of our leading mj'cologists 

 .-"1(1 he has for some time devoted much attention to the .species of 

 Marasmius. lie enumerates 162 forms and also adds 6 species of 

 Hclionivces. The latter are trcmelloid when fresh and growinr. b-t 

 dry they have the appearance of species of Marasmius. No doubt ( Prof 

 Morgan says) some tropical species of Mycoia and Marasmius de-cribed 

 from the dried specimens belong properly in Heliomyces. The spcci' s of 

 Marasmius are grouped under several sections, and ur.dcr these divisions 

 are made in a synoptical manner, so that the student who undertakes the 

 slndy of this interesting group has his labors lightened by the reason of 

 t'''e descriptive head -lines, 'i'he monograph can be obtained in pamplilel 

 form as a reprirt from thi' .Journal of Mycology. 



