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any disagreeable results. Writers differ in their estimate of the 
qualities of Agaricus melleus and Lactarius piperatus. The 
former is said by some to be disagreeable and nauseons and the 
latter has even been classed with the poisonous species. Aware that 
tastes differ in such matters, I simply express my own views, after 
a fair trial of these species, in saying that the former, when well 
cooked, is decidedly good, and the latter is not only harmless, but 
scarcely inferior in edible qualities to the much lauded Lactarius 
deliciosus. The unpleasant or acrid taste of these species when raw 
is perhaps the occasion of hostility to them. Agaricus ostreatus, 
Cantharellus cibarius and Lycoperdon giganteum attord a very 
palatable dish, but “/elvella esculenta and Hydnum coralloides have 
to me a somewhat strong fungoid flavor, but they produce no bad 
effects, and perhaps by different preparation might furnish agreeable 
tood. 
The species of the genera Clavaria and A‘cidium are not in all 
eases sharply defined, and they therefore present some difficulties to 
the student. With a view to aid students in their discrimination of 
the species already found in the State, a synopsis of them is given in 
a paper marked (5). 
The plan of making colored drawings of the fleshy fungi has been 
followed and in some instances extended so as to include micros¢opie¢ 
species. The number of species and varieties thus figured the past 
season is one hundred and sixty-three. The figures will be placed on . 
the species sheet with the dried specimens, and though not especially 
artistic, being often of necessity hastily made before the plant should 
wither, they serve to show the essential characters of the plant, and 
will be of great aid to those studying the specimens. 
The condition of the specimens in the Herbarium is unimpaired. 
The specimens of fleshy fungi, though especially liable to the attacks 
of insects, have in no instance, so far as I can see, been at all affected, 
a good indication of their having been well poisoned. The prepara- 
tion used consists of the following components: 
Corrosive sublimate........... Ris. fat 4 drachms, 
SU DLTLEG: CEMET Sc oat <teMare tle vias ede 3 ounces, 
Mix and add: 
Spirits of turpentine............ ... 2 ounces, 
PME OUOL Succ Sete as ants slaees ae tee 3 ounces. 
The method employed in drying specimens of fleshy fungi differs 
somewhat from that laid down in books. They are dried as soon as 
