PARIS, July, 1906. 



DEAR SIR, I am sending you by this mail a copy of " The 

 Tylostomeae," a complete account of the known species of the world. 

 -I trust it will arrive safely. 



I hope I am not imposing on you in asking that you will send to 

 me this season such specimens of the Polyporii as may come to your 

 notice. There are no special directions for collecting Polyporii ex- 

 cepting that ample specimens should be collected (not little frag- 

 ments), and if moist they should be well dried. If growing on wood 

 it is well to enclose a ticket with each, giving the name of the wood, 

 as "oak," "maple," etc., on which you find them. Also make a 

 memorandum on the ticket if you note any decided odor when fresh, 

 as " fragrant," "anise," etc., or if you note any change of color when 

 touched or in drying. There are species of Poria that are yellow 

 when fresh, but change to red when dry ; also those which are white 

 when fresh, and change to red when bruised. 



While I expect to devote the next few years to a study of the 

 Polyporii, I shall be glad to receive from you any specimens of a 

 hard, firm nature, such as Corticium, Stereum, Thelephora, or of any 

 fungi of a firm, cartilaginous, or woody nature. I do not claim to 

 know all these plants now, but any specimen that preserves its char- 

 acters when dry will be gladly received and preserved in our museum 

 for the benefit of future study. 



I ask, however, that you do not send specimens of the fleshy 

 fungi such as Agaricus, Boletus, Clavaria, etc., unless they are of a 

 tough nature and preserve their characters when dried, as Lentinus, 

 Panus, etc. 



I hope you will lay aside such specimens as you may note the 

 present season, and at the close of the season seud them to my ad- 

 dress as below. I expect to remain in Europe during the collecting 

 season, but shall return to America at the close of the season, where 

 I trust I may find a shipment from you. It is well to number your 

 specimens and keep a duplicate to correspond, and when they come 

 into my hands I will advise you the names as far as I may know them. 



Yours truly, 

 C. G. LLOYD, 



Court and Plum Sts., 

 K. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



