I2 NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 
Curtis, Moses Ashley. 
196. On the esculent fungi of America. Jour. 
Roy. Hort. Soc. II. new ser. 71-79. 1870. Also 
Gard. Chron. 9 Oct. 1869. p. 1066. 
Gives in a letter to Berkeley the results of experiments on 
a ber of species, especially from Carolina, with remarks 
on taste and value as food. Substance of this article to be 
found in “ Fungi, their nature and uses,” p. 88 e¢ seg. Seo 
CooxE and BERKELEY. 
N.B. In Am. Jour. Sct. Arts, KLII. 2 eer. p. 129, it is 
stated that Curtis is about to publish a work on edible fungi, 
but the contemplated work was never issued. 
and Berkeley, M. J. 
197. United States Exploring Expedition during 
the years 1838-1842, under the command of Charles 
Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. XVII. Botany. 4° Phila- 
delphia. 1862. 1874. Fungi. pp. 195-203. Pl. 1. 
. Thirty-one species named, of which 3 are from Oregon; 
 Cantharellus aurantiacus, Polyporus vellereus var. and 
Batarrea phalloides. For other i of Wilkés' Expedition, 
see BERKELEY and Curtis, no. 48, above. Extras distributed 
in 1862. Volume issued 1874. 
Day, David Fisher. Buffalo, 11 June, 1829. 
198. A catalogue of the native and naturalized 
' plants of the city of Buffalo arid its vicinity. Bull. 
Soc. Nat. Sct. Buffalo, IV. 65-152, 1882; 153-290, 
1883. Reprint. 8° pp. 215, with chart. Buffalo. 
1883. 
The fungi, pp. 174-235 (110-171), were determined by C. 
H. Peck from specimens collected by G. W. Clinton; 869 
species are enumerated, with their habitats and, in some 
cases, synonymy and critical notes. Some of the species 
previously mentioned in Reports N. Y. State Museum Nat. 
Hist. See Peck, C. H. 
Demetrio, Carl Hermann. Eisenberg, Saxony, 
24 Dec. 1845. See Winrer, G. 
199. Department of Agriculture of the 
United States. See AcricuLTuRAL Reports. 
Desmaziéres, Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph. 
1796. fLambersart, near Lille, 23 June, 1862. 
See Berxeey, M. J. 
. Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. Poitiers, 28 Aug. 
1784. tBellevue, near Angers, 12 July, 1856. 
See Pexsoon, C. H. 
200. Observations sur quelques genres 4 établir 
dans la famille des champignons.  Desvauz's 
Journal de Botanique, II. 88-105. Paris. 1809. 
On p. 94 the genus Calostoma is described, founded on 
Scleroderma calostoma, P., Mitremyces cinnabarinus, Schw. 
Duby, Jean Etienne. Geneva,1798. Geneva, 
24 Nov. 1885. 
zor. Mémoire sur la tribu des Hystérinées de la 
famille des Hyporylées (Pyrénomycétes). 4% 
pp. 58. Pl.1,2. Geneva. 1861. Ext. Mém. 
Soc. Phys. et Hist. Nat. XVI. 15-70. Pl. 1, 2. 
Geneva. 1862. 
Includes descriptions of 19 American species, 8 new, 
principally from collections of M. A. Curtis, H. W. Ravenel, 
and Schweinitz, with figures of some of them. For revision 
of species in this work, see Reum, H., and Briuines, J. &., 
title no. 68>. _ 
Dudley, Plimmon Henry. Freedom, Portage 
Co., O., 21 May, 1843. 
202. Fungi inducing decay in timber. Trans. 
Acad. Sci. New York, V. 110-118. Jan. 1886. 
Gives a list of 17 species, Yy known by the 
writer to cause rotting of timber in the Eastern States, 
Lentinus lepideus being the most destructive. Also notes 
on the action of other species named. 
203. Fungi which cause decay in timber. 
Jour. N. ¥. Micros. Soc. Il. 36, 37. Feb. 1886. 
Account of the growth of Lentinus lepideus. 
204. Woods and their destructive fungi. 
Pop. Sci. Monthly, XXIX. 433-444, 604-617. 
Fig. 23. Aug.—Sept. 1886. 
Account of observations on the action of fungi on timber 
and the remedies, with descriptions and figures of a number 
of species, principally Polyporei. . 
Earle, Franklin Sumner. 
Co., Ill., 4 Sept. 1856. 
205. Notes on the North American forms of 
Podosphaera. Bot. Gaz. 1X. 24-26. Feb. 1884. 
( oe of different forms referred to P. Oxyacanthae 
Dwight, Grundy 
2055. Fungoid diseases of the strawberry. 
Rept. Kansas State Hort. Soc. XIV. 133-137. 
Topeka. 1885. Also Rept. Am. Hort. Soc. for 1884. 
See next title. , 
206. —— Fungoid diseases of the strawberry. 
Fruit-Growers’ Jour. Cobden, Ul. 29 Jan. 1885. 
Also Trans. Miss. Valley Hort. Soc. III. 47-54. 
Account of Ramularia Tulusnei, Gloeosporium Poten- 
tillae, and anew Bacillus. 
Eaton, Amos. Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., 
17 May, 1776. fTroy, N. Y., 10 May, 1842. 
207. A Manual of Botany for the Northern 
States, comprising generic descriptions of all 
phaenogamous and cryptogamous plants to the 
north of Virginia, hitherto described; with refer- 
ences to the natural orders of Linnaeus and Jus- 
sieu. 12% pp. 164. Albany. 1817. 
This volume, which has on the title-page ‘‘ By the mem- 
bers of the botanical class in Williams College, from a manu- 
script system compiled by the author of Richard’s Botanical 
Dictionary,” is the first edition of the following work. 
208. —— A Manual of Botany for the Northern 
and Middle States. Part 1, containing generic 
descriptions of the plants to the north of Virginia, 
with references to the natural orders of Linnaeus 
and Jussieu. Part 2, containing descriptions of 
the indigenous plants, which are well defined and 
established; and of the cultivated exotics. 12% 
Albany. 1817. pp. 524. 2d ed. 1818; 3d ed. 
1822; 4th ed. 1824; 5th ed. 1829; 6th ed. 1833; 
7th ed. 1836; 8th ed. 1840. ; 
The Ist edition has 3 pages, with 22 genera of fungi, each 
illustrated by a a species, compiled by the author mostly 
from Turton and Linnaeus. The 2d edition has the same 
enera, pp- 117-119 El oa 1, but they are repeated alpha- 
etically in the second part, and several species described 
under them, pve 3 some not given by Muhlenberg. The 
generic‘ characters of fungi of this edition are said to be 
taken from Linnaeus. In the 3d edition, 54 genera of fungi 
are given from Persoon’s Synopsis, and the list of species 
corresponds with Muhlenberg’s Catalogue. Editions 4 and 
5 have the same fungi. The 6th edition has the genera of 
fangi, pp. 6-13, part 2, rearranged from Loudon on Fries’s 
system, the species the same as before, with some additi- 
ons. In editions 7 and 8, fungi the same as before. 
209. Observations on the Boletus igni- 
artus, showing its analogy to animal substances in 
closing its several parts. Am. Jour. Sct. Arts, 
VI. 177. Jan. 1823. 
Account of the union of cut surfaces in this species. 
Edwards, A. M. 
210. Note on fungi. Torr. Bull. II. 39, 40. 
Oct. 1871. ; 
Mention of § Uredineae from New York, determined by 
M. C.:‘Cooke. 
Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried. Delitzsch, 
19 April, 1795. +Berlin, 27 June, 1876. 
211. Fungos a viro clarissimo Adalberto de 
Chamisso sub auspiciis Romanzoffianis in itinere 
circa terrarum globum collectos enumeravit no- 
vosque descripsit et pinxit Dr. C. G. Ehrenberg. 
Horae Physic. Berolim. pp. 79-104. Pl. 17-20. 
f. Bonn. 1820. : 
Includes descriptions of 7 species from Unalaschka, 2 from 
St. Lawrence Island, 4 new, with figures. 
Ellis, Job Bicknell. Potsdam, N. Y., 21 Jan. 
1829. See Britron, N. L. See Cracin, F. W. 
See -Cooxz, M. C. See Journa Myco.oey. 
See Macoun, J. See Pecn, C. H. See Sac- 
caRDo, P. A. 
