MYCOLOGICAL NOTES. 
eV O. O. LLOYD, 
ClflCIflNftTI, O. flovembep, 1898. 
1—INTRODUCTION. 
The generous appreciation that has been bestowed on 
my recent pamphlet the “Volvae” by mycological workers 
in all parts of the country, evidences the growing interest in 
this branch of botany, and encourages me to further efforts 
in this line. 
We have three practical methods of making record of 
fleshy agarics, and we will enumerate them in the order of 
value that we attach to them. 1st, Photographs; 2nd, Alco¬ 
holic Specimens; 3rd, Dried Specimens. Each is of value 
in preserving a record of an agaric, but neither is sufficient 
in itself (nor all together for that matter.) Agarics should 
be studied fresh. If you are acquainted with an agaric, have 
studied it as it grows and know it, you will probably recog¬ 
nize either a dried specimen, an alcoholic specimen, or a good 
photograph of it, but in my opinion, for the purpose of study , 
pictures or preserved specimens are at the best only aids. 
Abont two years ago I began to have photogravures 
made of a few of my negatives of fungi and distributed them 
to a limited number of correspondents who have aided in the 
collection of a mycological museum. The expense attend¬ 
ing this process of reproduction is considerable, the edition 
necessarily limited, and the issues few. Many persons have 
applied for sets and are willing to pay for them, but I now 
find it impracticable to make any additions to the list of re¬ 
cipients and I have been forced to deny not only these appli¬ 
cants, but besides a number who wish more frequent issues 
of these plates. 
By means of the present pamphlet I shall record de¬ 
scriptions drawn from growing plants, and those who desire 
can obtain photographs from me at the actual cost of print¬ 
ing. These photographs will be sent unmounted with 
the descriptions pasted on the back, and so indicated by let- 
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