PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NATURAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 
OF STATEN ISLAND, 
Vout. VIII. No. 10. 
DECEMBER 14th, 1go1. 
The regular meeting of the Association 
was held at the residence of Mr. Lester W., 
Clark, New Brighton, with the president in 
the chair. 
The following were elected active mem- 
bers: 
N. B. Day, New Brighton. 
John De Morgan, New Brighton. 
Norman S. Walker, New Brighton, 
Wn, Y. Wemple, New Brighton 
Walter Durbrow, West New Bzighton. 
W. B. Hayward, Tompkinsville. 
J. P. Lough, Tompkinsville, 
The Secretary presented the following 
paper: 
LIST OF FUNGI, COILECTED AT TOTTENVILLE, 
ocT. 4th., r8go. 
The specimens listed were collected on 
the occasion of a field day excursion by 
the members of the Torrey Botanical Club, 
and subsequently transmitted by Mrs, N. L. 
Britton to Dr. S$, E Jelliffe, to whom we are 
indebted for the identifications. 
Dr. L M. Underwood, of Columbia Uni- 
versity, kindly attended to the final revision 
and systemetic arrangement of the species 
BASIDOMYCETES. 
Armillaria mellea Vahl. 
Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. 
Clitocybe laccata Scop. 
Coprinus comatus Fr, 
Hypholoma sublateritium Scheaft. 
Russula emetica Fr. 
Schizophyllum commune Fr.* 
Tricholoma personatum Vr. 
Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr* 
Polyporus oblectans Berk, (P. splendens Pk.) 
Strobilomyces strobilaceus B. &: C. 
Boletus chrysenteron Fr. 
Irpex fuscescens Schw. (I cinnamomeas Fr.) 
Thelephora Schweinitsii Pk. 
Stereum hirsutum (W-) Fr, 
‘¢  spadictum Fr, 
‘« versicolor ( Schw. Fr.) 
Clavaria argillacea Fr. 
S inequalis Mull. 
‘© pulchra Pk. 
Tremella mesenterica Retz. 
Lycoperdon pyriforme Scheaff, 
a Wrightii Bol 
Scleroderma Bovista Fr. 
o Geaster Fr. 
as vulgare Hornem. * 
Crucibulum vulgare Tul 
Puccinia argentata (Schultz) Wint. 
3 graminis Pers, 
Uromyces lespedezae (Schw ) Pk. 
Ustilago maydis (D. C,) Wint. (U. Zeae 
( Berkm. ) Magn. ) 
Coleosporium solidaginis (Schw.) Thum. 
( C. sonchi-arvensis ( P ) Lev. 
ASCOMYCETES. 
Leotia lubrica ( Scop. ) Pers, 
Rhytisma solidaginis Schw. 
“s acertnum ( Pers, ) Fr. 
A former list was published as special No. 
11 of our Proceedings, in August 1890, which 
included the names of all the fungi in our col- 
lection at that time. 
Those above marked with an asterisk * are 
also included in this previous list. 
MINOR NOTES, 
Dr. Arthur Hollick exhibited a collection 
of petrified wood obtained from Arizona, Cal- 
ifornia and the Yellowstone National Park. 
The specimens comprised both exogenous 
and endogenous wood and showed all stages 
from partial to complete silicification. 
