﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  IOX>7 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  of 
  1907 
  has 
  been 
  singularly 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  1906 
  in 
  its 
  

   unfavorable 
  influence 
  on 
  the 
  mushroom 
  crop. 
  Frequent 
  rains 
  with 
  

   prevailing 
  low 
  temperature 
  occurred 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  These 
  

   were 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  long 
  period 
  of 
  dry 
  weather 
  which 
  was 
  exceed- 
  

   ingly 
  unfavorable 
  to 
  mushroom 
  growth. 
  Notwithstanding 
  these 
  

   adverse 
  conditions 
  about 
  25 
  species 
  of 
  fungi 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  

   list 
  of 
  already 
  known 
  New 
  York 
  species. 
  Of 
  these, 
  seven 
  appear 
  to 
  

   be 
  new 
  or 
  undescribed. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  eight 
  species 
  of 
  

   flowering 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  flora, 
  but 
  four 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  introduced 
  plants. 
  One 
  alga, 
  one 
  hepatic 
  moss 
  and 
  10 
  

   lichens 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  flora. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  addi- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  interest 
  and 
  activity 
  of 
  correspondents. 
  Speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  plants 
  of 
  various 
  kinds, 
  representing 
  125 
  species 
  not 
  new 
  

   to 
  the 
  herbarium, 
  have 
  been 
  collected. 
  These 
  serve 
  to 
  illustrate 
  

   better 
  and 
  more 
  completely 
  the 
  range 
  and 
  variation 
  of 
  their 
  respec- 
  

   tive 
  species. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  these 
  and 
  of 
  those 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  

   herbarium 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  Tests 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  edibility 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  mush- 
  

   rooms. 
  Eight 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  approved 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  

   of 
  edible 
  fungi 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  bringing 
  the 
  whole 
  number 
  up 
  to 
  191. 
  

   Descriptions 
  and 
  colored 
  figures 
  of 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  accordance 
  

   with 
  the 
  plan 
  recently 
  followed. 
  

  

  In 
  answer 
  to 
  requests 
  for 
  information 
  concerning 
  plants 
  either 
  

   personally 
  or 
  by 
  letter, 
  891 
  identifications 
  of 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

   for 
  86 
  applicants. 
  

  

  Stewart 
  H. 
  Burnham, 
  assistant, 
  has 
  disinfected 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  

   1906 
  which 
  needed 
  such 
  treatment, 
  labeled 
  and 
  arranged 
  them 
  in 
  

   their 
  proper 
  places,' 
  assisted 
  in 
  conducting 
  the 
  correspondence 
  of 
  

   the 
  office, 
  in 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  specimens 
  and 
  in 
  giving 
  to 
  inquirers 
  

   the 
  desired 
  information 
  concerning 
  them. 
  He 
  has 
  continued 
  the 
  

   work 
  on 
  a 
  card 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  fungi 
  described 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Bot- 
  

   anist 
  and 
  prepared 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  for 
  publication. 
  

  

  Species 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  

  

  New 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  

  

  Ajuga 
  reptans 
  L. 
  

  

  Biatora 
  prasina 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Biatorella 
  simplex 
  (Dav.) 
  B. 
  & 
  R. 
  

  

  Boletus 
  niveus 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Centaurea 
  solstitialis 
  L. 
  

  

  Cetraria 
  glauca 
  (L.) 
  Ach. 
  

  

  Chaetomium 
  sphaerospermum 
  C. 
  & 
  E. 
  

  

  Cladonia 
  bacillaris 
  (Del.) 
  Nyl. 
  

  

  Clitocybe 
  subcyathiformis 
  Pk. 
  

  

  Clitopilus 
  subplanus 
  Pk. 
  

   Crataegus 
  anomala 
  Sarg. 
  

   C. 
  plana 
  Sarg. 
  

   C. 
  suborbiculata 
  Sarg. 
  

   Cronartium 
  ribicola 
  Dictr. 
  

   Diaporthe 
  parasitica 
  Murr. 
  

   Flammula 
  pulchrifolia 
  Pk. 
  

   Galium 
  erectum 
  Huds. 
  

   Hygrophorus 
  coloratus 
  Pk. 
  

  

  