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difl'erences between tliem so that they could be recognized. I think [ 

 reflect the wish of e\ery American mycologist wlien I express the hope that 

 1 e may undertake A Manual uf Xcw York' J.^arics. I used the word 

 "New York' I)ecause it is the New York species that Professor Peck knows, 

 and fungi are such widel\- spread plants that it would serve as a manual 

 for the entire country. American mycology is embarrassed with a lot of 

 "dried specimens' descriptions of agarics which for the most part are nihbis'i 

 and should be crossed ofif the 'literature.' It is impossible for a man In 

 draw up live characters from dead ])lants that lose the most of tlu-ir real 

 characters in drying. Such work only confuses the facts and should In; 

 ignored in any work that wishes to be of real service. 



"Xot counting Boudier, the best illustrations of the agarics of Europe 

 in n^y opinion are the old works of Bulliard. Sowerby. and Greville, and in 

 the Mora Danica. The most useful series is Cooke's plates because it 

 embraces all common species and for the most part is fairly well done. 

 If you have funds to buy but one series of illustrations, by Cooke's. They 

 cost about one hundred dollars. With all Cooke's fauUs. he did a great 

 deal to popularize mycology in England, and 1 wish we had a Cooke in 

 .\nierica. 



i-JK. :.'(i!». Ki s'sL-i..\ E-MKi'-tA.. I'oisoNous. Oil the ground in thin moist for- 

 ests, where tlicrc is much (ltcayiti}» and .disintegrated wood. The photograph from 

 which tlie cut was made, is of specimens collected in the I'aint Creek regioii tuai 

 C'hillicothc, ill .\ugust, 1!»00. 'riic cap is pink or rosy, darker in age. It is v ry 

 acrid in taste, said to be an emetic, and is poisonous, according to "authoritiis."' but 

 Macllvaine says he eats it. 



