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Mycologia 



The services rendered by Doctor Peck in the field of mycology 

 are surpassed by no other American student of fungi. His work, 

 although not confined to the fleshy fungi, is best known from the 

 hundreds of species which he has described in the fleshy and 

 woody groups of fungi ( Agaricaceae, Boletaceae, Hydnaceae, 

 and Clavariaceae). 



Without the advantages of European travel and study, and 

 frequently working without access to the older European litera- 

 ture upon fungi, his work stands out with conspicuous indi- 

 viduality. That he has apparently described, in some cases, 

 species already described by the older mycologists of Europe is 

 no reflection upon his remarkable ability in the discernment of 

 specific and generic characters of our native species. 



His work will stand for all time as the foundation upon which 

 later students of the fungi may build with safety a more elaborate 

 morphological and systematic revision of the fleshy and woody 

 groups of fungi. 



Those friends, admirers, and fellow botanists who have con- 

 tributed toward bringing into existence this testimonial exhibit 

 of mushroom models, may well feel that there is no more suitable 

 memorial possible. There are few pages of modern literature 

 dealing with the fleshy and woody fungi that do not reflect in 

 some degree the individuality of Doctor Peck's work, and look- 

 ing at these models in the State Museum, with their exquisite 

 variety of form and color, one may imagine with what pleasure 

 and appreciation they would be viewed by him whom they 

 memorialize. 



Education Building, 

 Albany, New York. 



