Boston Mycological Club. 
Bulletin No. 4, 1897. 
Prizes for Mushrooms. September nth is the last day on which 
prizes are offered by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society ($4, $3, $2). 
On other Saturdays, however, until the end of the season, the Club will 
offer, each day, a prize of $1.00 for the best collection (of at least five 
kinds) of edible mushrooms, and a prize of 50c. for the best plate of a 
single species. Exhibits must be on the table by n o’clock. 
In awarding these prizes particular attention will be paid to the condi¬ 
tion of specimens, and those that are incomplete, dirty, or decayed will 
not be accepted. 
The name of the sender should be affixed to all consignments by mail 
or express, whether they are sent to the Secretary or to the hall, for when 
several packages arrive at one time notice by mail is often insufficient. 
All fungi brought in, whether for competition or not, should be 
gathered and handled with care, in order that they'may reach the hall in 
good condition. 
Afiscellaneous collections of damaged fungi zvill not receive-attention. 
Colored labels of five kinds will hereafter be used, as follows : Edible 
and harmless species will be marked by white cards ; poisonous by red ; 
deleterious by pink ; and those of unknown quality by blue. 
Exhibition at Mechanic’s Building. In connection with the House¬ 
hold Institute of the Boston Food Fair on October 8th there will be a 
lecture by Mrs. A. P. Doughty and also an exhibition of mushrooms. It 
is hoped that members who are interested in extending the educational 
work of the Club will volunteer to supply an abundance of such things as 
may be common at that season. Less common kinds, and specimens in 
poor condition, will not be serviceable for the purpose in mind, which is 
to make a striking exhibit of a few attractive mushrooms that can be 
recommended, and also of those poisonous or deleterious sorts that may 
be mistaken for them. 
Bulletins. Members who have not received previous bulletins are 
requested to notify the Secretary at once, for the supply is running short. 
No. 1 can no longer be furnished. All who have not received Bulletin No. 
53 of the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture are requested to send in their names 
without delay, in order that they may be included in the list about to be 
sent to Washington. 
Excursions. On Friday, Sept. 17th, to Lynn Woods. Leave Union 
Station at 12.40. Package tickets will be provided. Short walks. Expense 
small. 
At some time to be selected in the week beginning Sept. 27th, the 
Secretary will conduct one, and possibly two, excursions. Those who 
wish information about them are requested to send word to him. 
Several of our members are also members of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, which so kindly extends to us its hospitality 
every Saturday. It seems well to call attention to the fact that member¬ 
ship in the Society gives, among other privileges, access to a fine collection 
of valuable works on fungi, most of which contain colored plates. The 
other botanical works in the library are exceedingly helpful to students 
of botany, and many of them, like those on fungi, are much too costly 
for private ownership. The Secretary of the Mycological Club will be 
glad to hear from any members who may wish to be proposed for 
membership in the Horticultural Society. 
