MYCOLOGICAL NOTES 
BY C. G. LLOYD 
Do .63 
CINCINNATI, OHIO. MAY, 1920; 
THE FINEST PLATES PUBLISHED IN UNITED STATES 
A\ popular article on the common: mushrooms of the United 
States? by Mr* Louis C* C. Krieger, appears in the May issue of the 
National Geographic Magazine* It is published with sixteen, colored 
plates and thirty-six excellent photographs. Such perfection of 
illustration has never been reached by any one else in this country, 
and in Europe only by Boudier. 
We hope the National Geographic Magazine will arrange to 
issue these articles separately for there will certainly be a great 
demand for them among mycologists* We trust also that arrangements 
may be made to continue the publication of these beautiful plates 
as illustrations of future articles. 
We have kept in touch with Mr. Krieger f s work for a number 
of years^ and have always hoped it might find a publisher and see the 
light of day* We understand it is through the generosity of Dr, 
Howard A, Kelly, the eminent surgeon of Baltimore, that Mr. Krieger 
has been able to devote his time to this work, to which we will add 
that the mycological world at least will surely appreciate Dr. Kellys 
aid in the matter. 
Bor many years Mr. Krieger was employed by Dr. Barlow., large 
numbers of his beautiful plates being found in Dr. Barlow's private 
collection. May we not express the wish that Dr. Kelly can by some 
means also arrange to have these published? It is an open secret 
that Dr. Barlow always planned to give the world the benefit of these 
plates, but like many other things begun but not completed, it was 
put off too long and Professor Barlow died without accomplishing 
this object. 
Another gratifying feature in connection with the work is 
that Mr. Krieger has employed the established names for fungi, entire¬ 
ly ignoring the flood of cheap name juggles with which American 
mycology has been weighted, we came near saying cursed. 
In looking through the plates and cuts, there is not a single 
plate that is not simply the perfection of excellence - not the 
slightest error either in figure or coloration has crept into any of 
them. As to the photographs reproduced, the same may be said of all, 
with one unworthy and unfortunate exception. The cut of Sparassis 
Herbstii is a crude affair and in addition Sparassis Herbstii is not 
the correct name, for it is not a Sparassis but a Stereum and is 
called Stereum spathulaturn by Schweinitz* I have always regretted 
the truth regarding this error as it was a well-intended compliment 
to my old friend Dr. Herbst, on the part of Professor Peck.. 
The introductory announcement in the heading cf the article 
