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adhesive matter, giving a spore print from which the spores will 
not be rubbed away. 
More elaborate methods of collecting spores have been pro- 
posed.* The above simple method has been found to work well 
and to require but a small amount of labor and no bell-glasses 
to protect from currents of air. It has also the great advantage 
of keeping all the plants of a collection together. 
DETERMINATION OF THE SPECIES.— In this connection, a state- 
ment which I made at our meeting of last year may be repeated: 
“When material is plenty, it is not usually worth while to deter- 
mine for the first time dried specimens of the fleshy fungi. After 
one knows a species and has it in his herbarium, it is not difficult 
% fecognize the species in dried specimens; but first determina- 
tions of fleshy Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes are best made 
fresh plants.” During the night spores will fall on the paper 
disks in sufficient quantity to show their distinctive color. On 
the second day, therefore, one should proceed with the study 
and determination of as many as possible of his collections, and 
te can do so with the assurance that the unbiased observations 
ota the positive knowledge thus far gained will materially 
nthe labor of his further study and contribute to the accu- 
"acy of his final determinations. 
is any of the collections will be traced through to their spe- 
ig but little trouble — this is especially true for the better 
.. of world wide distribution or of economic impor- 
Sitation, Fo will feel sure of the correctness of his deter- 
addition . . such cases it is perhaps only necessary to add in 
Bot o. usual data of specific name, date, locality, and 
Ste etapa or habitat, a concise ata tease? of the 
Of the flesh : : ich the plant is referred to the particular species, 
— Woundeq and - color, taste, odor, and change of color when 
If the cain ‘a the characters already noted in the field notes. 
the species x ave been found to agree with a reliable plate of 
se ‘e Cord should also be made of the plate. In most 
8 55163, ita Centralblatt —:78, 1889. Translated in Jour. of Mycol- 
