ARTICLE III. 
THE FUNGI OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
Bv G. U. Hay. 
The seasons of 1906 and 1907 were widely different in their 
relative productiveness of fungi. The late summer and autumn 
of 1906 were very dry and, in consequence, the out-growths of 
these moisture-loving plants were much less abundant than 
usual, many familiar forms being entirely absent. The abnor- 
mally wet season of 1907 produced an abundant and varied crop, 
beginning early in July and extending to late in the season. 
The woods and fields, literally speaking, were full of them. 
Repeated rains and a continuous moisture-laden atmosphere 
brought successive growths of spore-bearing forms that seemed 
toward the end of the season to exhaust the supporting mycelia; 
or, perhaps, the paucity of forms then may have been the result 
of early frosts which played havoc among growths more water- 
soaked and less hardy and persistent than usual. Especially 
abundant were the slime moulds or Myxomycetes forms, which 
revel under extremely damp conditions. Many of the species 
in the subjoined list belong to this class. Others were found 
which, owing to their tendency to speedy decay and the insuffi- 
ciency of literature on the subject, were not satisfactorily 
determined. 
The Boleti, a genus allied to the Polypori but mushroom-like 
in form and habit, were very abundant throughout the season. 
Some of these, as the Boletus edulis and kindred species, have 
the reputation of being good for food; others, like the Boletus 
luridus, which change colour quickly on being bruised or broken, 
are looked upon as poisonous. The doubtful appearance of the 
greater part of the members of this group, and the masses of 
grubs which infest them, warn the fungus-eater to avoid them 
et hoc genus omne. 
The Cortinarii, probably the most interesting in their varied 
colors and forms, certainly the most abundant of the larger 
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