﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST, 
  1 
  897 
  269 
  

  

  plants 
  and 
  ferns 
  for 
  this 
  report 
  and 
  to 
  complete 
  it 
  in 
  another, 
  or 
  

   else 
  to 
  prepare 
  the 
  whole 
  for 
  a 
  later 
  report 
  or 
  bulletin. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   course 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  better. 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  edible 
  mushrooms 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  

   has 
  continued 
  to 
  receive 
  attention. 
  Those 
  species 
  that 
  were 
  unusu- 
  

   ally 
  abundant 
  last 
  year 
  have 
  been 
  unusually 
  scarce 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  

   common 
  mushroom 
  has 
  scarcely 
  appeared 
  except 
  in 
  single 
  and 
  very 
  

   rare 
  examples. 
  With 
  these, 
  as 
  with 
  some 
  cultivated 
  plants, 
  there 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  what 
  are 
  commonly 
  called 
  off 
  years, 
  which 
  follow 
  fruit- 
  

   ful 
  ones. 
  In 
  such 
  years 
  the 
  conditions 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  unfavorable 
  to 
  

   a 
  full 
  crop. 
  Other 
  species 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  remarkable 
  for 
  their 
  

   abundance 
  last 
  year, 
  have 
  been 
  plentiful 
  this 
  year. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  

   have 
  been 
  tested 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  considered 
  worthy 
  of 
  admission 
  into 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  edible 
  species. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  1 
  1 
  of 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  marked 
  E. 
  The 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  illustrated 
  

   by 
  figures 
  of 
  natural 
  size 
  on 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  dimensions 
  as 
  those 
  

   previously 
  published 
  in 
  illustrating 
  our 
  edible 
  and 
  poisonous 
  

  

  mushrooms. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted 
  

  

  Charles 
  H. 
  Peck 
  

  

  State 
  botanist 
  

   Albany, 
  December 
  29, 
  1897 
  

  

  