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A regular meeting will be held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 
Saturday, June 12th, at 3; Executive Committee at 2.30. 
Mushrooms will be on exhibition every Saturday. Members are 
urged to bring in specimens for identification, and to contribute anything 
of interest. Consignments for exhibition should reach the Hall by 
9 a. m. If sent by mail or express they may be addressed, in care of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, to Miss E. W. Rumrill, who will 
bh on hand to receive them and see that they are properly displayed. 
Specimens for identification may he sent at any time to the Secretary 
at Cambridge. The following precautions should be observed : 
As specimens are frequently received with the ring and other 
characters destroyed by handling, or with broken stem, care should be 
used in collecting to get the entire plant uninjured. 
Young as well as mature specimens, and if possible spore prints 
should be sent. The prints may be made by laying the cap, gills down¬ 
ward, on paper; by placing over it a cover of some sort, to keep out 
draughts of air; and by leaving it thus fora few hours. If the spores 
are suspected to be white, black or blue paper must be used. 
Perishable specimens should be sent without delay, and separately, 
that they may not by decay spoil others. 
Each specimen should be wrapped loosely in soft paper, around which, 
if necessary, something stiffer may be put; and crumpled paper or some 
equivalent should be freely used in packing to prevent injury on the 
way. 
Each specimen should be numbered and check specimens similarly 
numbered should be kept. Notes as to habitat and manner of growth 
should be given, for identification is often materially assisted by the 
knowledge at the outset that a fungus grows on or under a certain kind 
of tree, in a certain sort of soil, in a damp or dry place, etc.; or that it is 
solitary, or in clusters, or caespitose, ( 7 . e. with stems having a common 
base). 
In the case of perishable plants information about the fresh state, 
particularly the color of the young gills, the character of the veil, the ring, 
and other evanescent features should be mentioned. 
A particular request is made that specimens of anything unusual be 
forwarded to the Secretary, for it is desired to get as complete a knowledge 
as possible of our native fungi. Blank forms for field notes will soon be 
sent to those who request them. 
The following species, edible, unless otherwise noted, are among 
those reported. 
Morchella conica, was abundant from the first week in May. Sandy 
soil under apple trees seemed to be the best place to look for it, according 
to Messrs. Bates and Whittle. It has been found within a week. 
Information is wanted as to whether any spot furnishes definitely more 
than one crop in a season. 
M. esculenta is sparingly reported. 
Gyromitra (Ilelvella) esculenta was found in Lowell. 
Coprini, as usual, have been abundant. Coprinus micaceus (often 
reported as C. congregatus) in thick bunches has appeared on stumps 
