SOME NEW HAMPSHIRE FUNGI* 



L. 0. OVERHOLTS 



The state of New Hampshire, and in fact most of New Eng- 

 land, has been an important collecting ground for considerably 

 more than a half century. Notwithstanding this fact the botan- 

 ical - literature of the region contains only a meager amount of 

 information dealing with its crypt ogamic flora. For the state 

 of New Hampshire the writer is aware of but a single paper 

 treating to any extent the fungous flora of the state. This was 

 an eighteen page article by the late Dr. W. G. Farlow, appear- 

 ing in volume 3 of Appalachia, published in 1884. Here are 

 listed a total of 107 species distributed through 63 genera, repre- 

 senting collections made in the vicinity of Shelburne, Mt. Wash- 

 ington, etc., in 1882 and 1883. Of this list, there are 13 species 

 of Myxomycetes, 2 of Phycomycetes, 33 of Ascomycetes, 16 of 

 Fungi Imperfecti, 6 of Smuts, 20 of Rusts, and 17 of Hymeno- 

 mycetes. 



Aside from this paper the literature contains only incidental 

 reference to fungi collected in or described from the state, 

 although abundant material probably exists in a number of dif- 

 ferent herbaria. Dr. Farlow, himself, had a summer home at 

 Chocorua, and undoubtedly collected a wealth of material in that 

 locality. Many other botanists have also visited the White Moun- 

 tain region, and if all this material could be brought together a 

 fairly complete list of the fungi could probably be made up. 



In 1 91 8 the writer spent about twenty weeks, from April to 

 September, in New Hampshire, as an employee of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. During this time head- 

 quarters were established at North Conway on the edge of the 

 White Mountains, and not many miles distant from Dr. Farlow's 

 home at Chocorua. This location gave access to an excellent 



* Contribution from the Department of Botany, The Pennsylvania State 

 College, No. 26. 



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