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(1878-1907), collected in the same region. He greatly extended 

 Lea's list (although he did not recognize all the species pre- 

 viously reported by Lea) and described a number of new species. 

 W. S. Sullivant, an eminent bryologist of Columbus, sent a num- 

 ber of collections to Montagne in Paris during the early fifties, 

 some of them with drawings by Mr. Sullivant or by Mr. Robin- 

 son who worked with him. Montagne described fifty-five new 

 species from these specimens. It seems remarkable that none 

 of these species have been certainly recognized since. Most of 

 them are probably to be referred to other species, or at least 

 are now recognized by other names. 



Peck has described species based on specimens sent to him 

 by Ohio collectors, Morgan, Lloyd, Kellerman and others. Some 

 of Peck's New York species have also been found in Ohio. His 

 types are all, or nearly all, preserved in the state herbarium at 

 Albany. Hard collected in several parts of the state and pub- 

 lished his results in a well illustrated book. Professor Atkin- 

 son, of Cornell University, also described several species from 

 material sent to him by Kellerman and Hard. 



The list at present includes approximately five hundred and 

 forty (540) species. Some of these are of doubtful determina- 

 tion. In many cases the collections were not preserved, and it 

 is impossible at this date to confirm or correct the determination. 

 The type specimens of jMontagne liave not been available to the 

 writer for study, and, except for a few species of Marasmius, 

 ^Morgan's types were not preserved. Whether these will all 

 prove to be valid species must be left for future study to deter- 

 mine. 



Moreover, the list is not claimed to be complete. There are 

 doubtless many species occurring in the state which have not 

 yet been reported, for some sections have scarcely been worked 

 over at all. Before it is possible to have a fairly complete and 

 reasonably accurate state list, there must be a large number of 

 specimens from difi^erent parts of the state assembled in acces- 

 sible herbaria, preferably, the state herbarium. If notes on the 

 fresh plants accompany each specimen, the collection will have 

 mucli greater value. 



