JANUARY, 1902. CONTRIBLTION TOWARD LIST OF MILWAUKEE CO. lUXGI. 45 
Contribution Towards a List of Milwaukee County Fungi* 
By CHAS. E. BROWN and VALENTINE FERNEKES. 
Since the fall of 1899, an effort has been made by ourselves, 
assisted by other members of the Wisconsin Natural History So- 
ciety, to establish at the Milwaukee Public Museum for the pur- 
pose of public instruction, a collection of the more common species 
of Milwaukee County fungi. The seasons of 1900 and 1901 be- 
ing particularly favorable to such growth, a considerable number 
of these and of the less frequently occurring forms were collected 
in various parts of the city and county, and many of these have 
been prepared, determined and placed upon exhibition in the mu- 
seum halls. 
In Milwaukee as elsewdiere, the number of persons, who' are 
learning to appreciate the worth of fleshy fungi as a welcome ad- 
dition to our table delicacies, is on the increase and such a collec- 
tion, as we have attempted to institute, has already been, we have 
reason to believe, of material aid to many in this respect. 
Of the number and distribution of our local species but little 
is known, and it is hoped that the present work may be continued 
and that the material thus assembled may prove of value in case 
the publication of a complete list of Wisconsin fungi is ever at- 
tempted. 
In the preparation of the present list, the works of Peck and 
other authors have been freely consulted. 
To the Messrs. E. E. Teller, Ernest Brunckcn, J. A. Brandon, 
W. J. Bennetts, A. F. Laue and other members of the Wisconsin 
Natural History Society, we are indebted for assistance in collect- 
ing, and to Rev. Chas. J. McNeill and Dr. R. A. Harper of Mad- 
ison, for determining certain doubtful forms.. 
Of the 100 species listed, 44, or numbers : i, 4, 5, 6, i r, 13, 14, 
15, 20, 23, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 
60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, 80, 85, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 
96, 98 and 100 have been previously recorded from other parts 
of the state in W. F. Bundy's ^'Partial List of Wisconsin Fungi," 
published in Vol. I. of the Geology^ of Wisconsin, 1873-76. 
*i. Agaricus campestris. Linn. Common Mushroom. Appears 
as early as May and occurs in the greatest abundance in 
September and October. Common on lawns, lots and 
parks all over the city. Sometimes in patches of consid- 
erable extent. 
