74 TWENTY-SEVENTH REPOET ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 



A classified statement of New York State species collected 

 and contributed is given below. 



PLANTS COLLECTED. 



New to the 

 Herbarium. 



New to the 

 State. 



New to 

 Science. 



Flowering Plants 



Club Mosses 



3 

 1 

 5 



5 



9 



97 



1 

 1 



5 



5 



9 



97 



39 



Mosses 



Liverworts 



Lichens 



Fungi 



PLANTS CONTRIBUTED. 



Flowering Plants 



Ferns 



120 



9 



2 

 1 

 1 



18 



118 



7 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 18 



39 



5 



Mosses 



Algae 



Fungi 



i 



151 



147 



44 



A list of previously unreported species, descriptions of new 

 species, new stations of rare plants, etc., is marked (4). 



The plan of making colored sketches of fleshy fungi, as 

 fast as collected, has been continued. Experiments have also 

 been continued with the purpose of increasing the list of 

 species known to be edible. I have no hesitation in adding 

 Coprinus micaceus and Agaricus naucinus to this list. The 

 former should be taken while young, before the lamellae have 

 changed to a black color, for this change spoils the attractive 

 character of the dish. This fungus has not the filthy habits 

 of some of its congeners as indicated by the generic name. It 

 grows in tufts or clusters upon decaying wood or stumps. It 

 is not rare even in cities, springing from decaying stumps and 

 roots of shade trees that have been cut down. It has, there- 

 fore, the advantage over most others of being procurable in a 

 fresh condition at our very doors. It appears in successive 

 crops in favorable seasons from May to November. 



The other species, A. naucinus, grows in grassy places and 

 on lawns, and has the advantage of being free from the 

 attack of insects. The presence of insect larvae detracts 



