Some Mushrooms found in Canada. 157 



Some Mushrooms Found in Canada l 



By Mary Van Horne. 



A few years ago an article written by William 

 Hamilton Gibson, on Mushrooms and Toadstools, 

 appeared in Harper's Magazine. This article created 

 such an interest in the subject, or met a need so long 

 felt, that the author was induced to publish a book, 

 which came out a little later under the title of " Our 

 Edible Mushrooms and Toadstools," and proved a most 

 delightful introduction to the study of this form of 

 plant life. 



The book is well illustrated with many colored 

 plates, the descriptions are carefully written and are 

 very clear. As the species described are comparatively 

 few, and those which are quite common, abundant and 

 widely distributed, we were enabled to identify a num- 

 ber of them very quickly, which added keenness to our 

 interest. 



Gibson also gives a long list of works on the various 

 forms of fungi, most of which were published years 

 ago in England, Erance and Germany, and which 

 describe plants peculiar to those countries, but as the 

 same or nearly allied species are often found in 

 America, these books are of some use to the student 

 in this country. 



Some articles on the American species had been 

 written previous to this time, but as most of them 

 were published in the reports of the Natural History 

 Societies of various States, they were available to the 

 few only. 



Professor Peck, the State Botanist of New, York, 

 has made extensive research in this branch of 

 Botanical Study, and is reported the best authority on 

 the subject of the American species. 



In his various reports, particularly in that for 1895, 

 are many descriptions and illustrations. 



-, 1 Being a communication to the Natural History of Montreal by the late Miss 

 Mary Van Home, April 2, 1902. 



