MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI 
photographs of nearly three hundred specimens which 
I have not been able to identify with confidence. 
Besides these, there are many which I have not 
attempted to do anything with, and no doubt there 
are many which I have not fallen in with or have not 
noticed. It would seem, therefore, that there is an 
abundant field for study in this district. 
Eprste Funer nEaR Toronro. 
In regard to the edibility of the species which I 
have collected, I have not experimented much; but 
I have tried twenty-nine species, twenty of which 
have met with sufficient approval to be always gath- 
ered for the table, when found conveniently and in 
sufficient quantities at a time. 
While there are to be found near Toronto many 
edible species, comparatively few species occur in 
sufficient numbers at a time to make them worth 
while gathering. Edible Russulae, for instance, in 
most places come up scarcely a dish at a time in 
any one place. The same may be said of the Boleti. 
There are, of course, exceptional places, such as De 
Grassi Point on Lake Simcoe, where, in the extensive 
groves of oaks, Russulae are extraordinarily plentiful 
in July and August. On the other hand, in about 
September any one who finds the Honey-coloured 
Mushroom (Armillaria mellea) and the Brick-top 
(Hypholoma sublateritiwm) good eating will have 
no difficulty in obtaining an ample supply. Large 
quantities also of the Fairy Ring Mushroom (Maras- 
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