74 TWENTY-SEVENTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
A classified statement of New York State species collected 
and contributed is given below. 
PLANTS COLLECTED. Reraricins | Btate |. | he eeeeaem 
Flowering Plants ..... oN 3 1 
Club Mosse8: % +r.) ows er - x 1 
MOSSES acc Maes eke 5 5 
ICE ORES ac sdkels dew sts wt 5 5 
MACNONE heed aicton sickrd otele i) 9 
RORY vince hdc ei doe! Sr: nacenha 97 97 39 
120 118 39 
PLANTS CONTRIBUTED. 
Flowering Plants ....... 9 7 
ELEC 15 Ce a Tae Be Ug 2 2 
Moases masks 284 Jo.visas a t 
Sa er are eee ge Pee 1 1 
Pinca roistioves. Frees. de 18 18 4) 
A list of previously unreported species, descriptions of new 
species, new stations of rare plants, etc., is marked (4). 
The plan of making colored sketches of fleshy fungi, as 
fast as collected, has been continued. Experiments have also 
been continued with the purpose of increasing the list of 
species known to be edible. I have no hesitation in adding 
Coprinus micaceus and Agaricus naucinus to this list. The 
former should be taken while young, before the lamelle have 
changed to a black color, for this change spoils the attractive 
character of the dish. This fungus has not the filthy habits 
of some of its congeners as indicated by the generic name. It 
grows in tufts or clusters upon decaying wood or stumps. It 
is not rare even in cities, springing from decaying stumps and 
roots of shade trees that have been cut down. It has, there- 
fore, the advantage over most others of being procurable in a 
fresh condition at our very doors. It appears in successive 
crops in favorable seasons from May to November. 
The other species, A. naucinus, grows in grassy places and 
on lawns, and has the advantage of being free from the 
attack of insects. The presence of insect larve detracts 
