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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
Professor William C. Coker spent a part of August at the 
Garden in the study of the literature and herbarium material 
relating to the higher fungi of North Carolina. 
Professor A. Le Roy Andrews was at the Garden for nearly 
of mosses 
two weeks in August pursuing studies of 
in preparation for publication in North Annee Flora. 
orth American Flora, Volume 34, Part 2, was issued July 28. 
tions by ‘Bivtesae H. M. Hall of the University of California. 
r. W. A. Murrill, Assistant Director, spent the last week in 
August at Camp Kanosa on the Upper St. Regis in the Adiron- 
ee collecting fleshy fungi, which were unusually abundant: 
there this season ith the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. 
Luttrell and here guests, he secured aa 500 numbers, many 
of them of special scientific interest. obtained 
ed ee 
being tried. One dish was entirely spoiled by a few plants of 
Collybia maculata, which proved to be very bitter even after 
thorough cooking. A dish of escalloped Clavaria was mu 
enjoyed. 
Species Used for Foo 
Boletinus pictus cedar lignyota 
Ceriomyces scabe; ai bdulcis 
and several other species pea several other species 
Chanterel infundibuliformis Lepiota clypeolaria 
‘hanterel umbonatus ycoperdon gemmatum 
Clavaria, several species Lycop pyriforme 
lybia acervata Lycoperdon Wrightit 
Collybia dryophila Paxillus involutus 
Collybia radicata Rostkovites granulatus 
