NATURAL HISTOKY, TORONTO REGION 



tries. I have been informed, however, by persons 

 in the United States to whom I have sent specimens 

 that the following are rather rare plants there: Poly- 

 porus squamosus, Pleurotus dryinus, Tremella fron- 

 dosa, and Gyrocephalus rufus. 



On the other hand, from what is said in popular 

 handbooks, I should judge that there are elsewhere 

 quite a number which are considered common species, 

 but which I have met with either rarely or not at 

 all. For example, the Beef -steak fungus (Fistulina 

 hepatica), the edible qualities of which are so enthu- 

 siastically and tantalizingly lauded in the books, 

 Clitopilus prunulus, Agaricus gambosus, Agaricus 

 rubescens, Lepiota rachodes, Hygropliorus virgineus, 

 Cliiocybe illudens, and Armillaria mucida I have 

 never seen ; and Pleurotus ulmarius, Lactarius vole- 

 mus, Russula virescens, Clitocybe nebularis, Clito-. 

 cybe clavipes, Clitocybe media and most species of 

 Tricholoma, Volvaria and Cortinarius are rarities. 



PARTIAL LIST OF FUNGI TO BE 

 FOUND NEAR TORONTO. 



BASIDIOMYCETES. 

 HYMENOMYCETES. 



I AGAEICACEAE. 

 Leucosporae. 



Amanita muscaria, Linn. 



" phalloides, Fr. 

 Lepiota gracilenta, Krombh. 

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