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of Xorth American Fungi, and contains specimens of tlie 

 majority of the species found in this country, including 

 many of the species published by De Schweinitz, as well as a 

 large part of those collected by Curtis and Ravenel, and 

 type specimens of all the species published by J. B. Ellis, 

 either alone or in connection with others (Cooke, Everhart, 

 Martin, Kellermann, Langlois, Holway, Dearness and Gal- 

 loway), many hundreds of new species, the most of which 

 are not found in any other collection. On account of the 

 more general interest now felt in the study of mycology, 

 specimens have been sent for determination from all parts 

 of the country, from Alaska to Texas and Florida, and from 

 Maine to California, so that the collection contains a greater 

 variety of forms than anv previously made here. Amono; 

 the collectors who have contributed S23ecimens are Dr. H. 

 W. Ravenel, of South Carolina ; Dr. John Macoun, Botanist 

 of the Canadian Geological and Natural Historical Survey ; 

 Mr. John Dearness, County School Superintendent, London, 

 Canada ; Rev. F. D. Kelsey, F. W. Anderson, and ]\Ir. and 

 Mrs. H. ^I. Fitch, of ^lontana ; the late AVilliam C. Car- 

 penter, from Oregon ; AV. N. Suksdorf, from "Washington ; 

 Dr. H. AV. Harkness, from California; Mr. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, from Colorado ; Dr. W. A. Kellermann, from 

 Kansas ; Rev. C. H. Demetrio and Dr. B. T. Galloway, from 

 Missouri ; Rev. A. B. Langlois, from Louisiana ; Professor 

 S. M. Tracy, from Mississippi ; Dr. George Martin and 

 Colonel W. W. Calkins, from Florida ; Mr. Commons, from 

 Delaware ; Mr. Benjamin ]\L Everhart, from Pennsylvania ; 

 Professor C. H. Peck, from Xew York State; E. W. D. 

 Llolway, from Iowa, and various others from other parts of 

 the country. Besides the Xorth American species, the 



