(377) 
Ariminens?s Historia, in which he used at least twenty generic 
names for different groups of the gillfungi. Agaricus is not 
one of them. Neither did he follow Linnaeus in confining 
himself to the use of a single word for specific names, since 
he used binomials and polynomials indiscriminately. The 
genera that are accompanied by binomial specific names must 
certainly be considered as properly published, since they are 
subsequent to the arbitrarily chosen starting point of 1753, 
are fully described, and are for the most part fully illustrated. 
Many of Battara’s species have been recognized and cited by 
Fries and other writers, but always under other generic names 
of their own choosing, Otto Kuntze in 1891 seems to have 
been the first to have recognized Battara’s genera, and 
even he takes up but a small portion of them. A part of 
these names were clearly not established according to the 
provisions of the code, but twelve of them seem to be valid 
since they are accompanied by binomial species that are as 
certainly identifiable at the present day as are any other of 
the older names for which no type specimens are in existence. 
A certain element of doubt must always exist in regard to 
the identity of most of the older species of these fleshy fungi 
where herbarium material is so unsatisfactory and so difficult 
to preserve. Published plates are more or less useful, but 
after all we must largely rely on the traditions handed down 
by citation from one author to the next. It is only where 
these traditions can be verified by the study of living material 
from the type locality that anything approaching certainty 
can be reached. 
Haller (Aistoria Sivrpium indigenarum [felvetiae tnchoata, 
1768) seems to have been the first post-Linnaean author to take 
up Dillenius’ generic name, Amanita. He uses it as the 
equivalent of Linnaeus’ Agarzcus to include all of the gill fungi 
whether central-stemmed or not. He did not follow what he 
evidently considered the passing fad of binomialism, but since 
he includes and cites all of the species of Agaricus in the second 
edition of Linnaeus’ Speczes Plantarum, the genus is clearly 
published according to the provisions of canon 10 of the code. 
