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The final installation of these remarkable mushroom models, 

 was completed only a few days prior to his death, which occurred 

 on July 10, 191 7. The models, fifty-seven in number and 

 representing fifty-five species of edible and poisonous mushrooms, 

 are the work of Mr. Henri Marchand, an artist and sculptor of 

 rare ability. The models are made of wax from casts in the 

 field and reproduce with perfect fidelity to nature, the form, 

 coloring and habitat of each species. 



Space need not be taken to enumerate the entire list of species 

 represented by the models, but the variety of form and color may 

 be suggested by the following species, which are represented in 

 the collection. 



Poisonous 



Amanita phalloides Russiila emetica 



muscaria Inocybe asterospora 



Clitocybe illudens 



Edible and Harmless 



Amanita caesarea Morchella deliciosa 



Tricholoma sejunctum Gyromitra esculenta 



personatum Russula virescens 



Russula cyanoxantha Strobilomyces strobilaceiis 



Lepiota procera Pleurotus ostreatus 



naucina Fistulina hepatica 



Agaricus campester Armillaria mellea 



arvensis Boletus cyanescens 



Coprinus comatus Polyporus sulphureus 



The services of Doctor Peck in the field of mycology is sur- 

 passed by no other American student of fungi. His work, 

 although not confined to the fleshy fungi, is best known by the 

 hundreds of species which he has described in the fleshy and 

 woody groups of fungi (Agaricaceae, Boletaceae, Polyporaceae, 

 Hydnaceae, and Clavariaceae) . 



Without the advantages of European travel and study and 

 frequently working without access to the older European litera- 



