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of which is corked up, in truly modern, pure-culture style, with 

 a plug of some fibrous material (PL 29). It was not until 167 

 years later that a similar observation was made, by Dr. Farlow. 

 In 1881, this eminent mycologist published an interesting account 

 of the growth of a Coprinus on the surface of water contained 

 in a glass jar that had stood for two months in his laboratory 

 (1881c). To my knowledge, these two cases are the only ones 

 on record where Basidiomycetes were found growing in or on 

 water. 



But, to continue. Micheli's " Nova Plantarum Genera " was 

 followed by Battarra's " Fungorum Agri Ariminensis Historia " 

 (1755), a work that fell short of the standard set by Micheli. 

 To quote Persoon (1818), "In Battarra's time, the science of 

 mycology had not yet acquired the impetus it exhibited later," 

 that is, during his own time, at the end of the eighteenth and the 

 early part of the nineteenth centuries. In Germany, during the 

 years 1762 to 1774, Jacob Christian SchaefTer was issuing that 

 milestone of illustrative mycology, his " Fungi of Bavaria and 

 the Palatinate " (1762) . The plates (hand-colored copper-engrav- 

 ings) are not particularly good, but important as one of the orig- 

 inal sources for the figures of many well-known species. Per- 

 soon, in 1800 (1. c), re-issued the work without change. 



1 761 saw the beginning of the extensive "Flora Danica" 

 (1761) in which Vahl, Miiller, and others described and figured 

 new species. This work, and the " Flora of the Netherlands " 

 (the "Flora Batava," 1800a), are performances, by small coun- 

 tries, which few larger ones have imitated. 



In 1788 appeared James Bolton's "An History of Fungusses 

 growing about Halifax" (1788), a work with wretched, hand- 

 colored engravings, but with much historical significance, as is 

 proven by the appearance, only last year, of Sartory and Maire's 

 interesting and learned paper on the " Interpretation of Bolton's 

 Plates" (1920Z?). 



A veritable flood of illustrated mycological works was let loose 

 from then on. In France, from 1786 to 1798, we have Pierre 

 Bulliard's colossal " Herbier de la France" (1780), with 602 

 admirably executed, color-printed (!) engravings; and Paulefs 



