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the Storrs Experiment Station. Dr. Thorn has aided much in 

 the determination of species and in manuscript reading. Mr. 

 C. C. Hanmer of East Hartford has also shown a deep interest 

 in the work, and has heartily cooperated in every way possible. 



The writer spent several weeks in the laboratories of Pro- 

 fessors Atkinson, Peck, and Underwood, studying their type 

 specimens and consulting the excellent American and foreign 

 literature in their libraries. 



The photographs for illustration were taken by the writer 

 from specimens collected in Mansfield during the past summer, 

 with the exception of Plates III and VI, which were loaned by 

 the Connecticut Experiment Station, and Plates V, VII, XII, 

 XXIV, XXV, and XXVI, loaned by Professor G. F. Atkinson, 

 and for these additions the writer feels deeply grateful. The 

 keys which are used have been largely compiled and revised 

 to suit Connecticut genera. 



As it has not been possible to prepare original monographs 

 of any of the genera, this report is to be regarded as prelimi- 

 nary to further investigations. It would be highly desirable, 

 in the event of the State Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 vey being continued for a number of years, if each year addi- 

 tions were made to the list already published, and some group 

 or groups monographed. Reports of this nature would rap- 

 idly increase the literature of the Connecticut species of fleshy 

 and woody fungi. 



