causa of the University of Copenhagen, and he was decorated with 

 Danish, Norwegian and Swedish orders. All these wellsdeserved di* 

 stinctions were the outer signs of the great respect he had gained in 

 all circles; Rostrup himself was a most modest man who sought in 

 no way to obtain such distinctions, but there is no reason for diss 

 believing that he was not pleased to receive such official proofs that 

 both Science and Governments appreciated the great and unselfish 

 work which Rostrup performed for his own country and for the neigs 

 bouring realms. Still I believe that he was much more pleased with 

 the tribute of the practitioners expressed by the everincreasing nums 

 ber of inquiries which were submitted to him as Chief Consulting Pathos 

 logist and the everincreasing number of fungi from Denmark and 

 from foreign countries which were submitted to his determination. 



In his herbarium of Danish fungi all the mycological interests of 

 Rostrup were concentrated; there he collected all the parasitic fungi 

 he found on his summerexcursions and botanical trips; even from 

 excursions with his pupils from The Vet« &. Agricult. College or 

 from a lecture trip to a provincial town or from an exhibition some* 

 thing was always brought back for his herbarium. The numerous 

 inquiries from practitioners all over the country supplied some mates 

 rial to the herbarium. "My patients are sent to me by letters," Rostrup 

 once said to a doctor, "that is not the case with yours." And Rostrup's 

 many friends all over the country sent him all that they could find, 

 seeking information concerning them and so pleasing the man hims 

 self, for it was a particular characteristic of the late mycologist that 

 he always granted everybody all the help he could afford, making it 

 appear as if it was a great pleasure to himself — which was also very 

 often the case. It caused him sincere joy every time he was able to 

 include in his herbarium a rare fungus which might not have been 

 found before in this country — whether it be he had found it him* 

 self or whether it had been sent to him by another person. 



It is difficult to tell how many specimens are found in the herbas 

 rium of Rostrup, but I think about 30,000, most of them collected by 

 himself. Of the common species only a few specimens are found; it 

 was only the fungi that seemed to be of particular interest which were 

 included in the herbarium. The fungi which were too big to be kept 

 in this manner (Polyporus etc.) or which must be kept in alcohols 

 spirit (Isaria, Entomophthora) are to be found in the phytopatholos 

 gical collection of the Vets <S>. Agricult. College. Rostrup's marked 

 sense of order is also seen by his having not less than two written 

 lists of the fungi in the herbarium. 



All the fungi which Rostrup found in foreign countries or procured 



