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contrast with the dark green of the coniferous trees did much to 
brighten and beautify the mountain scenery. Although the 
nights were cool, the air was clear and the temperature rose 
quickly in the morning so that in the middle of the day it was 
often uncomfortably warm, and on the whole the weather was 
ideal for collecting. 
Fic. 42. A mountain cabin. Home of Mr. E. Sullivan, a homesteader and 
mine operator. The cabin is surrounded by aspen trees 
As would naturally follow from the small number of different 
kinds of deciduous trees and shrubs found in these mountain 
canyons, the number of wood-inhabiting fungi are relatively 
few. Several of the larger woody fungi which occur on coniferous 
trees were very common but here again the number of such 
species is restricted by the comparatively small number of dif- 
ferent kinds of host plants. The smaller fleshy fungi which 
occur in moist soil, leaf-mould and mossy banks were quite 
abundant. The large flesh fungi were, judging from reports, 
not so abundant as usual on account of the dry season. 
