ie8} ON COLLECTING AND PREPARING FLESHY FUNGI r73 
practical methods of doing this work so that it may afford results 
and collections of permanent scientific value.’ 
Contecrinc.— For collecting fleshy fungi, 1 have seen noth- 
ing better than a common splint basket with hinged cover ( fig. 
t),such a basket as is often used for a lunch basket at picnics or 
saworkman’s dinner basket, and is to be obtained for twenty 
to thirty cents, My preference is for a size about 14 X g™X 11 
deep. Such a basket is much lighter than a tin box; it is pro- 
vided with a pair of handles by which it may be carried suspended 
from the arm; the cover protects the contents from injury by 
direct sunlight and, in going through woods and thickets, from 
mury by branches. The convex cover is thrown back while one 
“tops to make a collection and it forms a receptacle 3'" deep, 
"sy convenient for the temporary arrangement of the material. 
7 Fleshy fungi find too close an atmosphere ina tin collecting 
box aad rot down much sooner than in the basket. 
It iswell to carry in the basket a chisel for the removal of 
— towing on wood, and a trowel-like knife for those 
owing deep in the ground or for those which it is desirable to 
q “ay home in the original clusters. One or two small tin or 
.. boxes should also be provided to hold the more del- 
thin ean species. The basket should contain a package 
Mees aie 4 and tough, uncolored paper—a heavy weight 
Rood og Which does not become too tender when moist 1s 
‘aryin This paper should be cut into squares and rectangles 
~ 718 iM size from 6 Square to 1° x 2*. 
Whiiag oe a species that is to be saved is found, it should 
’ ™ Possible, in sufficient quantity for several ample 
both youn , being taken to obtain’a full series of stages, 
iNjur oo, mature, and to take up each plant with as little 
sclerotoig ‘a vt in order to show the base of the stem and any 
“Nough for the sale parts present. A sheet of paper aii 
‘Spread out x . ection is then selected from the package an 
ie € open cover of the basket. The plants are 
aie. stant The preparation of agarics for the herbarium. Bor. Gaz. 
Specimens, 
