TRUE, DR. H. L., Ohio: 

 Xylaria polymorphum. 



WALDRON, L. R., North Dakota: 

 Fomes fraxinophilus, Poria. 



WALKER, MISS I. M., Canada: 



Bulgaria rufa, Pyrenomycetes (?, genus unknown to me; black 

 spores imbedded in the tissue). 



WHETSTONE, DR. MARY S., Minnesota: 



Leotia, Polystictus (pores very minute), Helvella, Polystictua 

 pergamenus, Favolus europaeus, Daedalea confragosa, Peziza, Craterellus 

 cornucopoides, Schizophyllum commune, Cantharellus cinereus, Lycoperdon 

 gemmatum, Stereum, Polyporus arcularius, Polystictus perennis, Lenzites 

 betulina, Polystictus versicolor, Thelephora, Polyporus brumale, Lentinus 

 cochleatus, Geoglossum, Thelephora Schweinitzii, Panus rudis, Polystictus 

 obesus (?), Reticularia Lycoperdon, Polystictus versicolor (?), Geoglossum, 

 Geaster triplex, Panus stipticus, Scleroderma, Polyporus gilvus, Hydnum 

 adustum, Schw., Pterula multifida, Fr., (Thelephora filamentosa, B. & C.), 

 Polyporus dichrous, Lycoperdon polytrichum, Polystictus cinnamomeus. 



WILDER, MRS. CHARLOTTE M., California: 



Geaster fornicatus (this is the third time the plant has ever been 

 found in the United States), Bovistella dealbata (the spores distinctly 

 rough), Scleroderma cepa. 



REMARKS. 



The copy for this letter w&s put in the printer's hands in June, but it 

 was slow in getting through, and it was not issued until August. In the 

 meantime a large number of additional specimens have been received, which 

 will be acknowledged in the next letter. 



I often get letters from correspondents who state they do not know 

 the species, and do not send specimen because they fear they may send only 

 common species. I trust no one will hesitate on this account. While the 

 greater part of the specimens I receive are common plants, any one who 

 picks up the fungi he finds is likely to gather something rare. As a matter 

 of fact, I seldom get a package of specimens that I do not find in it something 

 that I am glad to get. 



We have an abundance of room to preserve all the specimens that may 

 be sent, both common and rare. A new building is under construction that 

 will be devoted entirely to books, and three floors of the old building, each 

 twenty by eighty feet, will be used solely as a museum of fungi. There is 

 ample room in this building to preserve a half-million specimens, so I hope 

 no one will be backward about sending specimens for fear they wilf not 

 be acceptable. Every specimen will .be preserved, whether it be common 

 or rare, and will be labeled with the collector's name and locality. 



C. G. LLOYD, 

 Court and Plum Streets, 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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