August, I'JUtJ.J 



Myculogical Bulletin Xus. G3 and 64. 



251. 



:.T.TES FROM MUSHROOM LITERATURE. IL 



JV. A. KcUcrman. 



Mushroom Report From Switzekl.vnd. — In tie report of the Botani- 

 cal Garden and Museum of Zurich, Switzerland, for 1904, an account is 

 given of the sale of Mushrooms in the market of that city. Sale can 

 be made only upcn authorization, : nd C06 permits were granted during 

 the season. The greatest sale was on the 27th of September, on which 

 day 40 permits were granted for the sale of H .species. Si.x interdictions 

 were served on sellers w'ho offered the folowing poisonous or spoiled 

 Mu.shrooms; Amanita muscaria, Lactarius rugis, Lactarius piperatus, 

 r.oletrs edulis and Clavaria flava. 



The amount sold reached .5, ()()() k. 'I he species were the following: 

 Lactarius deliciosu.s, Amanita cassarea, Agaricus campestris, Hydnum 

 coralloides, Boletus badius ( ?), Boletus aurantiacus (?), Boletus edulis. 

 Lactarius volemus, Lactarius piperatus, the Morelle, Lepiota procera, 

 I Uiteus cervinus (?), Polyporus sulfureus, Russula sp., Lycoperdon sp., 

 llydnum repandum, Craterellus cornucopioides and Tuber ci! arium. 



The reviewer who furnished the above items says in sub.stance the 

 following by way ofi general comment: It would 1:e v:ry useful to have 

 similar statistical tables systematically made in c.il the more important 

 cities. One would then have data for a report on the geographical dis- 

 tribution of the edible Mushrooms, aiul at the same time information 

 as to the quantity consumed. It may be remarked also that it is im- 

 perative in reports of this kind, to designate the species by their Latin 

 names as well as by their ccmmon names; foreigners could then 

 without difficulty identify the species— often a task, or impossible, if only 

 the common name is given. 



Mu.sHROOMS Sold at Nantes. — A liFt of species of Mushrooms sold 



I'iL'. l!t(). Maras'-mi-i's ra-me-a'-lis. One of the many beautiful spcci.s of an 

 intcrcstinu; srcnus of jilants. Tlii' specimens were collected by Supt. Hard, Chillicothe, 

 Ohio. 



