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roads/* one can take for example a trip of about five miles 
around Ifrohns’ Lake and pass through a region rich in species 
of fungi and other plants. Near McDonald’s boat-house the 
growth of cedar which elsewhere borders the lake is replaced 
by a strip of “bottom lands” with rich, black soil and here and 
there a clump of alder or birch. As the ground rises abruptly, 
the usual fringe of hard woods is found. 
In this undisturbed region the old trunks of hemlock and 
cedar lie strewn all about and are in just the state of decay for 
the growth of fleshy fungi. At the head of the lake one comes 
to the more open swamp lands with Chara, Drosera, Sarracenia, 
Conocephalus and species of heath. Beyond this is found a 
stand of tamarack, and finally the large woods, the “Otto’s 
woods” frequently mentioned in these notes. 
To aid in further critical study of the fungi of Wisconsin, 
to indicate variations, and to assist in the identification of the 
species, I have included certain field notes made at the time of 
collection, and references to descriptions and figures which rep¬ 
resent especially well the forms as found here, or which differ 
characteristically from these forms. Specimens of the species 
listed have been placed in the herbaria of the University of 
Wisconsin and the New York Botanical Garden. 
The work of listing the Wisconsin fungi was begun by Bundy 
(Geology of Wisconsin, 1876). This list is widely quoted but 
cannot be regarded as reliable, and the author left neither de¬ 
scriptions nor specimens. Trelease (Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci., 
6: 106-144) in 1886 published a list of 286 parasitic fungi of 
Wisconsin. The first work of describing the species of fleshy 
fungi of the state was done by Trelease in 1889 in a bulletin ora 
the morels and puff-balls of Madison (Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci. ? 
7: 105-120). Davis (Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci., 9: 154—188; 11: 
165-178 ; 14:83-106 ; 16 : 739-772) has continued the work of 
listing the parasitic fungi, so that we have now over 600 species 
authentically reported for the state. Another list of the higher 
fungi was prepared 'for Milwaukee County bv Brown and 
Fernekes (Trans. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc., 1902). Denniston has 
published descriptions of about twenty species of the genus 
