On arriving at Mill City, I first climbed to 1,200 feet, north of 
the town, and spent the forenoon among the ancient red firs that 
afforded a partial shelter from the snowstorm that continued 
without intermission all day. The fungous flora here was not 
extensive, owing to the cold, but was quite different from that 
of the Willamette Valley. A large and handsome new species 
of polypore was found growing on a rich bank beneath one of 
these old firs 
The low, dense forests along the river were visited in the after- 
these collections. An excursion with Professor Jackson was 
arranged for Saturday, but an unusually heavy snow:and a cold 
wave interfered, followed by a cold rain lasting all day Sunday. 
n Monday, November 13, I crossed the Willamette River 
east of Corvallis and explored the low mixed forest in the river 
bottoms, giving attention chiefly to the dead logs and branches 
left by the lumbermen. n the under side of these logs, where 
the cold had not penetrated, a number of interesting timber- 
destroying species occurred. second visit was also made to 
Hyatt’s woods, south of town, where a few additional species 
had appeared since the heavy rains beg 
On the afternoon of November 13, T sealed the daily train 
for Newport, situated on the coast at the mouth of Yaquina Bay 
seventy-five miles west of Corvallis. For some distance, the 
railway crosses the prairie valley of the Willamette and then 
begins the ascent of the Coast Range, following the windings of 
a rapid mountain stream. All of the timber between Corvallis 
and the coast near the railway has been burned off in the past 
and there seems little chance to collect except in some of the 
small wooded flats along this stream. Just before reaching Sum- 
mit, the conditions seem fair. Again, at Elk City, beyond the 
Coast Range, another stream joins the one the railway follows 
and this flows through good timber several miles above Elk City. 
At Yaquina, passengers for Newport cross the bay in a small 
steamer, arriving about 6 o'clock at the little seaside resort built 
along the bay front and protected from the ocean winds by steep 
