Boston Mycological Club. 
Bulletin No. 8. (i ssued, November, 1898). 
Hollis Webster, Sec'y and Treas., P. O. Box 21, Cambridge, Mass. 
Notices. The second monthly evening meeting for 1S98-99 will be 
held on Monday, Nov. 14th, at 7.45 p. m., at the rooms of the Boston 
Society of Natural History. It is hoped that members will provide a 
supply of fresh fungi as a basis for discussion. If time permits there 
will be a short talk on the genus Pleurotus with special reference to cer¬ 
tain noteworthy species. Members are urged particularly to bring 
specimens of Pleurotus ulmarius , P. sapidus, P. ostreatus, P. serotinus , 
P. porrigens , and P. (now Claudopus ) nidulans , all of which may 
possibly be found on stumps or trees in a growing state even as late in 
the season as this. Contributors should be ready with notes as to habitat 
(kind of tree) etc., and should try to procure specimens which illustrate 
the variability of each species. Spore prints, dried specimens, sketches, 
and photographs of Pleurotus will also be of use. Some plates will be 
shown. 
Regular meetings will be held at the same hour and place on the 
second Monday of each month until further notice. 
Dues and Membership cards. In accordance with a vote passed 
July 16th last, with this bulletin are distributed cards of membership 
equivalent to a receipt for dues for the current year, which will end 
May 1st, 1899. Some members already have their cards. Others who 
fail to receive them with this bulletin, and who find a mark against 
this notice will understand that their dues for the current year remain 
unpaid and are requested to send $1.00 to the Treasurer. By the vote just 
mentioned no more bulletins (there will be three more) will be sent to 
delinquents in the matter of dues. 
The Subscription Fund. The response to the recent circular of the 
Executive Committee requesting additional funds to enable the club to 
extend its work has been generous from a number of members. The 
total amount so far is $97.00 of which $87.00 has been paid. Of this 
' amount, liotvever, $28.00 is in the form of a gift, leaving $69.00 as the 
sum actually pledged for three years by twenty-two members. The 
thanks of the club are due to these members and to the three who have 
given the sum above mentioned. 
For the benefit of those who have joined since the circular was sent 
out, as well as for those others, no doubt many, who will yet subscribe, 
a few words are in order as to the use of this fund. 
It is primarily to meet in this and the next two years the expense of 
rental for club meetings, of the herbarium work, and of an assistant for 
the Secretary. As was shown by the Treasurer’s report, last year’s 
receipts were not quite sufficient to meet the expenses, the deficit being 
made good from the surplus of the year before. An estimate of the 
larger items of expense for the current year will show that the dues will 
not amount to enough to allow the work of the club to be enlarged: 
for printing and postage, $200.00; herbarium expenses, 75.00; assistant, 
12400; expenses of exhibitions, 30.00; rental, 60.00. Allowance for mis¬ 
cellaneous expenses would carry this estimate well above $500.00, and it 
is not yet certain that the paid up membership will nearly approach that 
sum. No charge is here included for the present quarters of the her¬ 
barium, which is now dependent on the hospitality of the Cambridge 
Botanical Supply Co. 
The collection, as it grows, will need to be suitably housed, in order 
that it may be of use for consultation. When the Club has quarters of 
