New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 191S, at the Post Office at Albany, New York, 

 under the act of August 24, 1912 



Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 



Xos. 205-206 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



jAxr ary-February i 9 i 8 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Homer D. House, State Botanist 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1917 



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Introduction 5 



Plants added to the herbarium ... 8 

 A small collection of plants from 



central New York, collected by 



Dr Asa Gray 10 



Notes on local floras V 14 



Two plants new to the flora of 



the United States 31 



New or interesting species of 



fungi V 32 



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New or Noteworthy Species of 

 Fungi. John Dearxess and 

 Homer D. House 43 



Collybia campanella Peck, and 

 Its Near Relatives in the East- 

 ern United States. George 

 F. Atkinson 61 



The Species of Poria Described 

 by Peck. L. O. Overholts. . . 67 



Explanation of plates 121 



Index 167 



Mii4r-Oi8-i500 



ALBANY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

 1919 



