COLLECTIONS OF ALABAMA LICHENS. 263 
Geographical distribution of the fungi of Alabama—-Continued, 
South- | North. 
ern. ern 
is . Austro nore Suk 
eB, Rami en-| Spe | ripa- inian ther 
Order Family. era. | cies. tinh or] and Burape. . countries. 
Louisi-| Alle- 
anian ghenian 
area. | areas. 
Cass BAsIDIOMYCETES— 
Continued, i 
Hymeniales ........-........- Hypochnaceae.... 1 
Thelephoraceae. . . 8 
Clavariaceae...... 2 
Hydnaceae ....... 8 
Polyporaceae . . 15 
Agaricaceae......' 39 
Phaalesy <ccce saseenoascesc Phallaceae. -- 2 3 
Clathraceae....... 1° 
Hymenogastriles .......-.... Hymenogastra- 3 
ceae. 
Lycoperdales ..............-. praoperdacese see 9 
Nidulariales -| Nidulariaceac..... 3 
Sclerodermatales Sclerodermataceae 4 
(FUNGI IMPERFECTI.) 
Moniliales ::..: sssstessncaeeee Moniliaceae - 13 
Dematiaceae 19 
Stilbaceae .. 3 
‘Tubercularia -| 10 
Molanconiales................ Melanconiaceac...| 10 
Sphaeropsidales ........---.- Sphaeropsidaceae 18 
Zythiaceae ....... 1 
Leptostromataceae, 6 
Excipulaceae ..... 3 
SUMMARY. 
Classes, 4. Orders,30. Families, £0. Genera, 352. Species, 1,385. Of amore southern distribution 
from the Louisianian to the Carolinian area, 761 species. Of a more northern distribution to the Alle- 
ghenian area, 507 species. In common with Europe, 212 species. 
LICHENS. 
Thanks to the efforts of the late Messrs. Thomas M. Peters of Moul- 
ton and Joseph I’. Beaumont of Conecuh County, the lichens of north- 
ern Alabama and of the upper part of the Maritime Pine belt in the 
southern section of the State have become well known. These enthu- 
siastic explorers of its cryptogamic flora communicated the results of 
their field work to Professor Tuckerman. In the Genera Lichenum 
(1872) and in the Synopsis Lichenum (1882), this author credited 223 
species and 2 varieties to the above collectors. Fully one-half of this 
number are contained in the collection of lichens made by the Honor- 
able Judge Peters, which be presented to the University of Alabama. 
The lichens collected by the writer in Mobile and Baldwin counties 
(early in the seventies) have been identified by Mr. Henry Willey of 
New Bedford and Miss Maria Wilson, and the collections made in later 
years in the different parts of the State have been examined by Miss 
Clara E. Cummings of Wellesley College, who has also kindly under- 
taken the revision of the catalogue of Alabama lichens, for which 
assistance the writer expresses here his thanks. Lately an interesting 
contribution to our knowledge of Alabama lichens has been made by 
the biological survey of Alabama, consisting of 74 species, mostly from 
