Japanese species of this family and to publish an article 

 on the collection, with descriptions of several new species 

 which it contained. A later collection, exclusively from 

 Formosa, was also studied and reported upon. All of the 

 Philippine, Japanese, and other oriental species of this 

 family have been arranged together for the present in the 

 mycological herbarium, the North American and European 

 species forming two other distinct groups. 



During a vacation of two weeks in July, I visited Mountain 

 Lake, Virginia, and collected nearly a thousand specimens 

 of fungi, mostly large and fleshy species. The fungi of this 

 region had been almost entirely neglected up to this time. 

 On my return, the local species claimed my attention far 

 into November. Large collections were also sent me by 

 Mrs. C. E. Rider from Chappaqua, New York, and by Pro- 

 fessor Bruce Fink from Ohio and Kentucky. 



On December 2, with your permission, I left New York 

 for southern Mexico to collect and study the fungi of certain 

 selected localities. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. A. MURRILL, 



Assistant Director. 



