MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 



Issued by C. G. LLOYD. 



224 West Court Street. - - CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. A little personal interest on the part 

 of the recipient in picking up and sending to my address, specimens of 

 the larger fungi. All are desired excepting specimens of fleshy Agarics. 

 Simply dry the specimens and send them in. 



DR. J. BARTON CLELAND. 



We present this month the photograph of Dr. J. Barton Cleland, 

 probably the most active worker in the Australian mycological flora. 

 In a private letter he writes that it is very difficult to reach definite 

 conclusions regarding the Australian fungi, particularly the fleshy 

 agarics. Literature concerning Australian species, and particularly 

 Cooke's Handbook of Australian Fungi, is so inaccurate and imper- 

 fect, as to make research in that direction exceedingly discouraging. 

 Species of polypores, puff balls, tremellaceous plants and other fungi 

 that retain their characters, when dry, can be identified by sending 

 them to some one who has made comprehensive and comparative 

 studies in this direction, but it is not possible to classify agarics from 

 dried specimens. The only practical thing for Dr. Cleland to do with 

 the Australian fungi, in our opinion, is to determine as many as 

 possible from Fries' Hymenomycetes and the illustrated books of 

 Europe, describe as new species those he has been unable to deter- 

 mine, and then issue a practical handbook of the Australian species, 

 on the plan of Peck's monographs. This method will at least give 

 the Australian workers names for their agarics, which is the first step, 

 and one of great advantage. General workers, such as myself, may 

 help with advice, but the real work on a local flora must be done by 

 local observers. Dr. Cleland is a very liberal contributor to the 

 Lloyd Museum, and we feel that the publication of many notes, 

 based on the specimens received from him, has added much to our 

 knowledge of Australian fungi. Such publications, however, do not 

 have the practical value of a systematic work based on field observa- 

 tion, such as we hope Dr. Cleland will publish. We are very glad to 

 help in the development of local fungus floras, but the real work must 

 be done on the ground. We are particularly glad to see Dr. Cleland 

 taking such an active interest in the study of the Australian myco- 

 logical flora. He is exceedingly active in his work, and has written 

 numbers of articles. He has worked over the phalloids of Australia, 

 and so far as Australia is concerned, has brought the subject of phal- 

 loids into very good condition. 



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