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Correspondence of Charles Peck and G. W. Clinton March 4, 2011 |
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The
Correspondence of Charles
Peck (1833-1917) and George
William Clinton (1807 1885) 1870 part 1 Vol. 6 (129) [L 84] My Dear Sir, I regret that I am unable to give the specific names of the
specimens: No 1 Iopex [Irpex?] - No. 2 Sporidesmium - Should you meet with these again I would be glad to see more of them
and will try to make them out; especially of No 1 is more desirable. I shall be glad to see you Thursday morning. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton (over P. S. A discovery better than that of the C.H.P. Received Jan. 11 Vol. 6 (132) [L 82] My Dear Sir, The fungus on the leaf of Callistemon lanceolatum is not sufficiently developed
to show what it is, but it looks to me as if it would be a species of Uredo. I can get no clear
spores. "A" is a bark louse - Aspidiolus - species unknown to me. "B" Not in determinable condition. "C" Stereum purpureum Fr. This differs some from the specimen I furnished you - still it is quite like a form
we have, authenticated by Dr. Curtis. Fries also says of some varieties "Hymenium etiam
fuscescens" "B [Beta] + + " subtus fuscopurpurea" etc. "D" I can not say what it is. "3 - Jan 17" I think is Hypoxylon fragiforme Pers. Do not be discouraged
because I fail to recognise so many of your specimens. About one half of the microscopic
specimens that I collected last summer lie
unnamed because of their imperfect condition. Some are too young, some
too old, some sterile. Dr. Curtis writes me that this is one of the trials of the student of
Mycology. Still we must work on and keep collecting, trusting at length to find more and
more of the imperfect ones in good
condition. I have put up a specimen of the "Carex alata" and will
send to Dr. Torrey. I considered it
"alata" because of the shape of the perigynia, the stipitate achenia and the longer 3-nerved
bract at the base of the lowest spike.
I will communicate Dr. Torrey's opinion when I get it. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 19 Vol. 6 (134) [L 80] My Dear Sir, I have looked at the specimens on leaves from greenhouse and report
thus; On Hedera. There is no fruit with this but I do not hesitate to
pronounce it Septoria Hederae Desm = Sphaeria Hederaecola Fr. The spots on
matrix answer very well to Fries' description. Please send me more if you
find the spots containing clusters of little black pustules. On Haya leaf. Sphaeropsis. Finely fruiting but being without full descriptions I
can not determine its species or tell whether it is described or not. If it (the leaf) does not
rot before it dries I think I will send it to Dr. Curtis. On Viburnum [Jinus]. Polycystis. Mostly sterile, still I find two or three spores
which makes it so far determinable, but alas! for
the species! No means of determining
it. That part of the "English Flora" containing descriptions of the microscopic
species referred to in Camellia leaves. Probably a Septoria or Depazea. No fruit. Geranium leaves (large ones) Looks like Uredo but no spores. Geranium leaf (small one) Looks like Cystopus candidus but there are
no spores. Rose leaves. No fungus Begonia. No fungus Tropaeolum No fungus Cypripedium No fungus After a little practice, with the aid of a lens you will be able to tell pretty
accurately whether there is a fungus present or whether the spot is a mere discoloration. Spots that
are really fungoid like those on the Hedera and Camellia are often
produced by the embryo fungus, so to
speak, i.e. the mycelium but for some reason the perithecia and spores
fail to develop. In such cases great familiarity with the species is
necessary in order to determine them with safety. Some claim, not merely that the spores develop differently in
different niduses, but that they are
quite different in different stages; for
instance, they claim that all the Uredos are only states of the
Puccinias, for example that Uredo
rubigo is only one state of Puccinia graminis. I have never been able to verify this,
although it is admitted by some very
good authorities. I was only crowded for time while making up my report, since I had
to have it ready for the annual
meeting of the Regents, and did not make
sufficient allowance for what I had to do. I now hold myself in readiness to
examine whatever is sent to me. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 29 Vol. 6 (135) [L 79] My Dear Sir, All of Miss Wilsons specimens are fungi. No. 1 Peziza citrina Batsch. " 2 Appears to be a
young Stereum, possibly S. cinereum but I am not sure. 3 A Hyphomycetes but I find no characters sufficient for determining
the genus and species. I have never seen the description of Buellia myriacarpa. Prof.
Tuckerman so named my specimens without reference to the description. Prof.
T. is now engaged in writing a work on lichens and it is possible he may not
yet have published the species. Thelephora pallida [crossed out: as all of that
genus including T. pergamenea] is a fungus, quite a common one. I send a sample of Manilla paper, from Van Benthuysens. You will probably want
heavier than this which is medium. The weight per ream of the qualities they
have is marked on the sample and the price per pound. It comes 24 X 36 inches
but can be cut here for your purpose. I have not yet purchased any genus wrappers, as Prof. Hall volunteered to get
some last spring. It has not yet made its appearance, however, and if he does not
get it ere long I shall have to. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 23 Vol. 6 (138) [L 76] the first one or two sheets of this letter are
not in place - are missing, as is probably a last sheet] [ [My Dear Sir, x
100 Don't know this. Leaf fungi most often fruit on the under side of the leaf; sometimes
on the upper, sometimes on both. Occasionally holes come in the affected
parts of the leaf, but not always. x
101 Looks like Polyporus adustus Fr. but the specimens are badly broken. x 102 No fungus x103
Appears to be the same as the Sporidesmium you sent a short time ago. x104
Exidia cinnabarina B & C ? [sic] x201 Too old to identify x202 & 203 Some poor starved lichen, can't say what x204
Cyathus crucibulum Pers. x205
& x 206 Too old to identify. x207
Exidia cinnabarina B. & C. ? [sic] 208 Polyporus versicolor Fr. x209
Leptogium chloromelum Nyl. A lichen. x211 & x212 Exidia glandulosa Fr. x210 Undeveloped 300-307 I find nothing here that I know or
can now determine. The fresh water alga from ground in Conservatory I do not know. The specimens get
badly mixed with dirt in transportation else I would send a little to Mr. Van Brunt or Mr. Wood to see
if they know it. It certainly ought to be looked after and if
undescribed, named and published. Can not a little be glued to paper or fixed
in some way so that a clean piece may be sent to Mr. Van Brunt or Wood? [ Very truly yours [ Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 27 [1870] [Perhaps one might presume some nurturing of
Peck, laboring alone on taxonomical problems that someone should be so
interested so often,
providing material constantly. Peck can organize his thoughts because [There are no
letters to Van Brunt] Vol. 6 (139) [L 75] My Dear Sir, I last night received a letter from Mr. S. T. Olney of "Doct. Torrey writes me that you had the presumption to send
him a Carex for
identification when the King of Caricography was still reigning and that you asked him whether it was C.
alata or a large form of C. straminea. He writes that if I (Olney) were out of the way
I (Torrey) should
tell him to decide the case by tossing up a copper. I have written to him as follows: "You are a loyal a subject to your own elevated King of
Caricography as is the Pacha of Egypt
to the Sultan of Turkey. Forsooth! flip up a
copper whether a plant be Schk. C.
straminea or your own bantling C. alata. I'll institute a high court of Indicature
and bring you, old as you are, before
it, on the grave charge of not supporting your family. If that man
Peck did commit so heinous an offence
as to seek information where he could not
obtain it, how much more abominable is yours, that after creating
species without number, you have lost
all memory of their names or comprehension of their characters? Carex, Riverhead, Thus it seems Dr. Torrey does not think it much matter whether
our Carex be called C. alata or C.
straminea, but sent it to Mr. Olney, for his
opinion and he prefers C. alata. Mr. O. is now giving special
attention to the
Carices. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 27 [No letters to
John Carey] Vol. 6 (140) [L 74] [Apparently a previous sheet of No. 138] [ [My Dear Sir, 1 2 3 4 5 6 x7
Hypoxylon Clypeus Schw. x8 Exidia glandulosa Fr. x9 Exidia glandulosa Fr. x10 = 9 11, 12, 13, x14 Panus stypticus Fr. x15 = 16 16 = Polyporus versicolor Fr. x17
Polyporus luridus B. & C. 18 x19
Hydnum ochraceum Pers. x20 Polyporus versicolor Fr. x21
Polyporus luridus B. & C. x22 Stereum complicatum Fr. 23 x24 Schizophyllum commune Fr. x25 Panus stypticus Fr. x26
Glaeoporus nigropurpurascens Schw. x27
Agaricus (Pleurotus) salignus Pers. x28 Panus stypticus Fr. x29 = 28 x30.
Polyporus versicolor Fr. x31
Lenzites betulina Fr. with gills. Polyporus versicolor Fr. with pores. x32
Polyporus laceratus Berk. 33 x34 Daedalea cinerea Fr. x35 Polyporus versicolor Fr. x36 Polyporus hirsutus Fr. x37
Glaeoporus nigropurpurascens Schw. x38 Polyporus versicolor Fr. 39, 40 x41
Erineum fagineum Pers. x42
Dicranum palustre Brid. new to the state. 43, 44 x45 Thelephora pallida Schw. poor specimen x46
Polyporus giganteus Fr. probably. 47, 48, 49 x50 Stereum complicatum Fr. x51 Exidia glandulosa Fr. x52 Stereum complicatum Fr. x53 Stereum fasciatum Fr. x54
Buellia parasema Koerb. A lichen. x55
Pylaisaea intricata Hedw. Moss. x56
Peziza citrina Batsch. 57 x58 Hypoxylon fragiforme Fr. (Old) x59
Pyrenula nitida Ach.? A lichen. 60 x61
Hypnum laetum Brid. var. A moss 62, 63, 64 x65
Anomodon attenuatus Hartm. The moss. Pannaria lanuginosa Ach.
the white lichen Leptogium lacerum Fr. the brown lichen. 66 x67
Agaricus (Omphalia) Campanella Batsch. 68 Calicium x69 Stereum complicatum Fr. 70, 71, 72, 73 x74 Panus stypticus Fr. x75 Polyporus versicolor Fr. x76 Polyporus Boucheanus Fr. 77, 78, 79, 80 I dislike to leave so many numbers vacant but this is the best I can
do now. I may
work out a few more, but you must not expect me to know everyting in this untrodden field of
botany. It is, however, fortunate for me that I do not, else I should lose
the pleasure of learning. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 27 Vol. 6 (141) [L 73] My Dear Sir, I have examined part of the specimens you have sent and lest you
should think me negligent will report such as are determined. Many of these
microscopic fellows can not be safely named without microscopic examination
and that requires time. Some of the specimens are not in good condition for
Herbarium purposes and you will get better ones next summer. xA
Agaricus Not determinable. B xC
Agaricus (Pleurotus) salignus Pers. Too old. You will find better next season. xD
Hypoxylon ustulatum Bull. (Old.) (The young plant looks quite different). xE
Stereum species doubtful. F. G. Calicium
I wish to send specimens of the Calicia to Prof. Tuckerman. xH.
Buellia parasema Kierb. A lichen. xI
Lecanora cinerea Fr. Poor specimen. A lichen. xJ
Hydnum erinaceus Bull. The dark coating is Cladosporium herbarum Lk. K, L xM.
Physcia obscura Wallr. var.
erythrocardia Tuck. A lichen. Fries says "Omnes hujus speciei formae ab affinibus
dignoscuntur voracite, qua Insecta eas commedunt." You see evidence of
this in your specimens. [All forms of
this species are distinguished from their relations by the voracity by which
the insects eat them.] xN
Buellia myriocarpa Tuck.? [sic] O xP
Dichaena faginea Fr. A fungus. xQ
Trypethelium virens Tuck. A lichen but poor specimen. R xS
Sphaeria ? [sic] xT = S Of the specimens from Greenhouse. On Heliotrope is Cladosporium herbarum Lk. On dead
spots but it is not the cause of the spots. These are probably produced by
some Septoria or Depazea. On Correa is also Cladosporium herbarum Lk.and on Callistemon the
black is the same - the white is an insect. [ Very truly yours no ending] [ Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 27 Vol. 6 (142) [L 72] My Dear Sir, None of the specimens just received (from Greenhouse) have any well
developed fungus on them. On one of the Ivy leaves there seems to be an attempt at the
formation of perithecia but there are no spores. I find by examining the gemmae of the Lunularia that their point of attachment is
marginal. They probably have the power under favorable circumstnces of developing into
fronds. I return Dacrymyces stillatus Fr. found among your specimens scraped from
fences. It is possible the two specimens referred doubtfully to Exidia cinnabarina
may be the same thing. xNo
80 is Sphaeria Stigma Hoffm. = Hypoxylon operculatum Bull. 44 is probably Sphaeria coniformis Fr. or Sphaeria doliorum Pers.
but the specimens are without spores.
Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 28 Vol. 6 (143) [L 71] My Dear Sir, 1000 - I can make nothing of it. 2001 The yellow one is
Placodium aurantiacum Nyl. The brown one with white rim is Lecanora subfusca
Ach. 2002 = 2001 The lighter yellow form is young P. aurantiacum. What glorious weather. I
almost want to be out botanizing. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Jan. 29 Vol. 6 (144) [L 70] My Dear Sir, There are no well developed fungi on the leaves received this
morning, though
two or three look very much as if they would make some Uredo if properly developed. I have written to Mr. Cowles that I consider his Carex a very
slender form of C. vaginata. The perigynia had nearly all broken off when it
reached me so that the specimens had lost their beauty. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 1 Vol. 6 (147) [L 67] My Dear Sir, I consider Miss W's specimens thus; 1. W. Physcia stellaris Wallr. 2. W. Physcia stellaris Wallr. var., near tribracia, - probably safe
enough to call it that variety. 3. W. Pannaria lanuginosa Ach. (Parmelia lanuginosa in Fries
Lich.... [tiny writing in margin] I do not know that this has ever been found
fertile in this country. The little works on Fungi by M. C. Cooke I think you will find
interesting and worth all they cost; though not strictly and scientifically
descriptive, there are some species described in one and a synopsis of
generic descriptions in the other. I have been able after much delay to procure the following by
ordering through one of our booksellers Lichens "Lichenographia Europaea Reformata" by E. Fries. 8 vo. No
plates. 1831 $5.20 "Synopsis Methodica Lichenum: by Both Latin. Fungi "Outlines of British Fungology" by M. J. Berkeley, 8 vo.
Colored plates - contains descriptions of "Decent" Fungi only and a
mere list of the Microscopic ones of "Systema
Mycologicum" by Fries. 8 vo. 3 vols. No plates. $10 The last vol. is
dated 1832. Latin "Fries Epicrisis" or Epicrisis Mycologici Systematis is an
essential work on the Hymenomycetes - (Agaricini, Polyporei, etc.) but with
all my efforts for two years I have not yet been able to get it and have even
been told that it is out of print, though a later work than the
"Systema." Mr. Gerard procured a copy through the Naturalist Book
Agency ($6) I have tried them since, but so far in vain. At the suggestion of Mr. Holmes of the State Library I have also
ordered it of F. W. Christern The works on lichens came through Westermann & Co. I can scarcely give an approximate guess as to the number of species
of fungi in the vicinity of Buffalo but you may safely put it at hundreds,
say 400 microscopic and 300 "decent." Curtis' Catalogue of Plants of N.C. contains 1,873 Flowering plants
& 2392 Fungi of which about 1,3000 are
microscopic. The species of fungi probably will equal in number those of the
flowering plants, in any locality. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. I am glad you purpose to follow up these fleeting fungi and
wish I could tell how they might be preserved in all their oriignal beauty,
but hat is a problem yet to be solved. Perhaps Glycerine would do it but it
is somewhat expensive and is pretty sure to plaster the gills together. C. H. P. Received Feb. 2. Feb. 3 wrote
to Mr. Christern [Christern, F. W.
Vol. 6 No. 151, one letter, typed in somewhere(bookseller);
see letter 138 Vol. 6 above, Peck to Vol. 6 (148) [L 66] My Dear Sir, A. & B. = Hypoxylon fragiforme Fr. The other one (returned)
is resupinate form of Polyporus
hirsutus Fr. which makes it appear very different from the usual form. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 3 Vol. 6 (149) [L 65] My Dear Sir, You are authorized to say to Miss Wilson that I shall be pleased to hear
from her directly in regard to those beautiful lichens she is finding and to
give her any aid in their examination that I may be able, though as far as I
can judge she will be quite as likely to aid me as I her, for she appears to
have a pretty good knowledge of them already and will doubtless find some in
her locality that I have not found this way. Thus the benefit will be mutual
and I trust she will not hesitate to send me any specimens she may wish to
and give me any interesting facts she may notice or observations she may
make. Miss W. was right in supposing the Calicium of the sumach, C.
curtisii. I return this and two or three other things which I sent to Prof.
Tuckerman for authentication. He desires specimens of the singular form from
board fence. I am just now trembling in my boots. Some spirit, excessively
economical or otherwise, has stricken out the appropriation for Botanist from
the Annual Appropriation Bill. Prof. Hall will try to have it restored by the
Senate Committee. Whether he will succeed or not is uncertain. I greatly
dislike the prospect of being thus suddenly shut out from a field of labor in
which I had hoped to do some good and make myself generally useful, but the
fates at present appear adverse. The Prof. will have a hearing next Tuesday,
so I suppose the thing will soon be decided. I send you another independent Polyporus which is sometimes
resupinate though I have no good specimens of it in that form at present. The 22nd Report is out. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 6 Vol. 6 (150) [L 64] My Dear Sir, No. 999 looks as if there had once been a Hysterium or an attempt at
one, but it is not to my mind a satisfactory or determinable species. I this morning received a copy of Prof. Wood's new botany -
"Botanist and Florist" - with which I am much pleased. He
recognises Elatine Clintoniana. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 8 Vol. 6 (152) [L 62] My Dear Sir, The appropriation for Botanist has been restored and I feel good
again. Thanks for your expression of sympathy and aid. I trust the matter
will go through all right, the rest of the course. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 10 Vol. 6 (154) [L 59] My Dear Sir, No 1 is not fertile but I do not doubt it is a Xylaria, possibly,
from the fact that the larger ones are branched, X. digitata. This is a
species we have not yet found and you would do well to keep your eye on this
fellow. I would like a branching specimen, but do not "exhaust the
locality" until the plant has had a fair chance to fruit. It is quite
certain that it grows from wood. Nos 2 & 3 I consider one species - Polyporus versicolor Fr. -
notwithstanding their differences of hairiness and [torn] pores. No 4 is small Agaricus (Lepiota) cristatus Fr. I shall let you know if there should be any more trouble with the
appropriation. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. I inclose list of names to whom the Cab. Rep. has formerly
been sent, (save a few names that I have just added) that you may revise it.
Some I have never heard from and their address may have been changed, some
may have given up botanical pursuits as I think you wrote of Mr. Booth and
Fish. Please add, subtract, correct and return. C. H. P. Received Feb. 16 Vol. 6 (155) [L 58] My Dear Sir, x No. 4 Diatrype stigma Fr. x
5 & 6 appear to be the same but are both sterile, hence doubtful. x7 Very old Roestelia lacerata Sow. 8 Polyporus salicinus Fr. x9
Hypoxylon multiforme Fr. Very young. It becomes almost black with age. x10
Agaricus (Mycena) corticola Schum. 1,2 & 3 I am not able to name at
present. The list of names is received. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 18 Vol. 6 (156) [L 57] My Dear Sir, Thanks for the Xylaria which I think is safely enough X. digitata. The fungus on the leaves has the appearance and spores of Septoria. Still I do
not
find any issuing spore-tendrils, probably because of the immature state of
the plant. The one on the stem is without spores and so "in cog." I have not sent Miss Wilson a copy of the Cab. Rep. expecting that
you would
supply her with one. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Reb. 20 Vol. 6 (158) [L 55] My Dear Sir, I have sent a little of the Greenhouse alga to Mr. VanBrunt who is
said to
have given special attention to fresh water algae. The 21st Cab. Rep. is not yet printed, the 22nd having for some
reason got
the start of it. I return a few of the specimens such as I could name. I have no idea
of pitching the others into the fire, but shall endeavor to find them out, at
least such as have developed characters to work upon, and the others may in
time be pretty nearly located when by longer study I shall have become more
familiar with the intricacies of fungi. I do not remember seeing any Merulius
in the specimens you sent last Fall. The specimens of Ag. atrocoeruleus agree
with ours, so named by Dr. Curtis, except in size, yours being a little
larger - a difference of no consequence. I have not seen fresh growing
specimens and as it is well to be cautious with these fellows which change so
in drying. I quote Frie's character by which you may confirm or refute if you
should find the plant growing. "Ag. atrocoeruleus, pileo carnoso
villoso atro-coeruleo, strato superiori gelatinoso, lamellis albidis." The color of the lamellae in the dry state does not agree with the
"albidis" and excites my suspiciouns. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 22 ["Ag. atrocoeruleus, with pileus fleshy, villous, blackish or
dark sky-blue, with the upper layer gelatinous, with whitish lamellae."] Vol. 6 (159) [L 54 ] My Dear Sir, There is no reason why I hesitated to send the Cab. rep. to Miss Wilson
except that I thought you might prefer to supply her with one. I shall
add her name
and that of Mr. Frost to the list. I do not like the idea of your having to wait
for your copies and so send one to you forthwith. I consider the Irpex to be Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. Credit shall be given to Miss W. for the Cyathus striatus. Received Feb. 23 [There are two
letters from Charles C. Frost Vol. 6 No. 173, and Vol. 10: 98.] Vol. 6 (161) [L 52] My Dear Sir, I was sorry to learn that you were not well and glad again to learn that you were
better. I send a very small dose of Anodus donianus hoping it may complete
your recovery. I got but little of this small rival of your Seligeria and so can furnish but
little; just enough to show that there is
something of it. It grows on the perpendicular ledge among the bluish or glaucous
confervoid filaments which may be its beginning or early state. "A" is what I have described in my last report under the
name Agaricus (Psilocybe)
Albaniensis. It is related to Ag. (Psilocybe) spadiceus Schaeff. but
did not agree quite closely enough to suit me. "B" is the same X. digitata unbranched. "C" tends more to Xylaria Hypoxylon. It is young and must
be marked doubtful. "D" Too young for satisfactory determination. The one from "mushroom bed in the dark" affords nothing
that I can get hold of. Hoping for a speedy return of your health I remain, Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [No date of receipt given.] Vol. 6 (162) [L 51] My Dear Sir, I am not able to guess what the delicate Agaricus is you describe,
though it seems to be some Mycena if the gills remain white. I certainly am pleased with the remarks of Mr. Foote. That Fragaria
ought to be looked after by all means even if the Darwinians should not admit
it to be a species. I have just received a note from Prof. Gray in which he says "I
wish you had let Rubus neglectus remain neglected; but it is as good as many
European species. I hope to examine the Elatine Clintoniana when I can get
time." He also inquires after you, hoping you are well, etc. (The Morchella, if it was in the package of last summer's Fungi, I
did not notice or recognise.) This should have been in the answer to a
previous letter. I have received a note from Prof. Tuckerman in which he speaks of
the Report in terms of commendation and expresses surprise [sic] at the
progress made with the Cryptogams. These favorable and commendatory words do
me good and were it not that so much of it is due to the aid and cooperation
of others it might almost make me vain. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 1 Vol. 6 (164) [L 49] My Dear Sir, The box of specimens came safely. "A" from mushroom bed - sticky pileus I think is Agaricus
(Psalliota [sic]) semiglobatus Batsch. The one with brown cap, black gills and dark stem appears to be Ag.
(Panaeolus) campanulatus L. The one with white bulbous stem I do not know. It is new to me and
so is
the minute white one. I have planted the dirt of this in a flower pot and
hope to raise fresh specimens and to find out what it is. I have been examining the "Lemanea fluviatilis" anew and
am confirmed in my opinion that it is a true Lemanea and in all probability "fluviatilis"
as I before concluded. I have not the specific description of that species but named mine from
comparison with European L. fluviatilis.
The European is taller than mine and the central cavity more filled with the moniliform
strings of spores, but the structure so far as I see is essentially the same. It is simple, and not quite right in color for L. torulosa nor do I
see the "radiant" "colored" cells mentioned by I have just received a letter from Mr. Austin in which he says
Dr. Torrey found Lemanea fluviatilis
on the Catskills 30 or 40 years ago. He also claims to have found it in
Orange Co. also in Herkimer Co. but send no specimens. So that it is probably
less exclusive than my remarks in the Report would lead one to infer. "Subterranean sticks" is the habitat given by Dr. Howe for
his specimens
of Ag. semicaptus and which I take to mean simply
sticks slightly covered with earthy matter. Had he meant in caves etc. I
think he would have expressed it differently. We have no specimens of Petalonema and Scytonema and I wish you
might find them. I suppose the only way to collect them is to scrape them en
masse from the surface on which they grow, rinse them in clean water and dry
or press them on the paper on which they are to remain in the Herbarium. No doubt you have the Nostoc at It gives me pleasure to answer your inquiries so far as I can and
I only regret that I am so often
obliged to say "don't know;" it is well for us to be thus reminded of our ignorance and
stimulated to further acquisitions. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Feb. 3 [sic] [ letters] Vol. 6 (166) [L 47] My Dear Sir, Bolton is sometimes cited, a half dozen or more species being attributed to
him in Mr. Gerard wrote to me that Mr. Van Brunt, a resident of Po'keepsie
and one of the oldest members of the Microscopical Society, had given special
attention to the Fresh Water Algae, was well posted in them, had Hassall's
work on them (which by the way I have long been trying in vain to get) and an
excellent instrument for their examination. So I concluded to get his aid.
But he appears to have some urgent business as he is long in answering
letters. A Mr. Wood of The Cab. Rep. for 1868, i.e. the 21st is still behind. Not yet out
of the hands of the printer. There are very few Agarici that have not the alternate shorter outer
gills. The black spored species, if the gills do not dissolve, belong to
the subgenera Panaeolus and Psathyrella. The description that comes nearest your delicate, thin capped, black
spored specimen is this, Ag. conocephalus Bull. "Pileo conico
stricato livido-pallescente, lamellis liberis fusco-nigrescentibus, stipite
longo albo, basi incrassato. **** In domesticis, pinguibus, &c. (v.v. Lundae in horto
Retriano)." I am not sure that it agrees as closely as it ought. This is a black
spored species. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 4 Vol. 6 (168) [L 45] My Dear Sir, No. 1 is a puzzler; too much for me, though I am half inclined to
think it vegetable. 2 Peziza Theleboloides A. & S. probably, but it does not agree
as well with the description as I would like. 3 Specimens like these were named for me by Dr. Curtis "Peziza
cochleata L." but I have always thought there was some mistake about it.
It seems to me to come nearer P. cerea Sow. but is not quite dark enough even
for that. The spores are not mature enough to give any character. In my
humble opinion the genus Peziza needs revision and more prominence given to
the characters derivable from the spores. 4 contains No. 2 in part. The other looks
as if it would develop into No. 3. I hope to overhaul the Pezizus a little
the coming season in the mean time leave the names herein given as doubtful. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 6 Vol. 6 (169) [L 44] My Dear Sir, I return the specimens desired. No 1 Probably Physcia stellaris - a lichen
- and gum spots. 2 Has no spores, hence indeterminable 3 Dacrymyces tortus Fr. 4 Polyporus hirsutus Fr. The green color is foreign to the fungus 5 = 4 6 A Polyporus but too old to be good, probably same as 4 & 5 "On Ptelea" is only the beginning of a fungus. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. Ag. conocephalus belongs to subgenus
Psathyrella - series Coprinarius or black spored Agarics. These differ from
the black spored Coprini in gills not melting. C. H. P. Received May 8 [Again, Vol. 6 (171) [L 41] My Dear Sir, You certainly are unsurpassed in botanical activity and enthusiasm. Dr.
Howe is far behind you and I am nowhere. These little fellows are beautiful
when once worked out and fully comprehended but until then, perplexing, for
nothing can be affirmed of them without careful microscopic examinination,
which of course takes time. It is my desire to go through the microscopic
specimens of the State Herbarium and make a drawing of the magnified plant
and essential characters to put with the specimen so that some tangible idea
of the plant can be obtained by inspection with the naked eye. I regret that
I am unable to give the names of more of your numerous specimens but so it
is. 1 Tubercularia vugaris Tode [?] 2 Unknown - looks Alga-like.
"2" on Elaeagnus" = 1 "3 On Eleagnus" - No fungus. Pretty substellata scales. "3 On ground" Pannaria lanuginosa Ach. A
lichen. "4. Hort." Cladosporium herbarum Lk. On one piece is also
Exidia cinnabarina B. & C. 4 On ground. Unknown. '5,'8,'9, 13 & 15 "Hort." Seem to be all the same thing,
masses of aggregated or compound cells, probably the mycelium or a state of
Cladosporium herbarum as I find a little of this mixed in some of the
specimens. '6,'7,''10 & '11 "Hort." are alike but unknown to me. 12 & 14 "Hort." Imperfect. 5 & 6 "Tamarix" are the same but I get no clue to its
character. 7 Some effete Hypoxylon or Diatrype. 8 No fungus A No fungus 'B A state of Pertusaria velata Nyl. A lichen. C. Nemaspora crocea Pers. 'D Unknown - Not good. E. A lichen. Perhaps something; will look after it more. F. Some very poor lichen. G. Some very poor lichen. probably an
Opegrapha. 'H Biatora chlorantha Tuck. A lichen. 'I Tubercularia vulgaris Tode. [?] 'J Nothing tangible. 'K Buellia parasema Koerb. A lichen 'L Some effete Hypoxylon or the like M Not good 'N = M. I have received word from Mr. Van Brunt that the algae sent him are
not yet settled. The specimen from aquarium "has the character of
Cladophora glomerata but a different mode of growth." The one from Green
house he still leaves entirely in the dark. I have sent Mr. Frost the Report.
I once undertook a correspondence with him but his business is sometimes
pressing and makes his correspondence drag. I have recently written to a
mycologist in Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 9 Vol. 6 (172) [L 40] My Dear Sir, I am unable to determine satisfactorily any of the papers W, X, Y, Z
&c. X, Y & Z are infertile. If you will send some more of W like the one returned I think we can
get something out of it. It is fertile and appears to be a Dipladia. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 10 Vol. 6 (175) [L 37] My Dear Sir, Last week I received a note from you saying that you inclosed an Oxalis leaf with
something growing on or from it, but I found no leaf in the letter. You may have omitted it or it may
have slipped out before sealing. O In sheets on splinters etc. is only gum. Leaves of Rhus Tox. have nothing tangible
on them. Q It is the green one with whitish points that I consider Pertusaria velata -
young state. It would probably be the var. multipuncta if fully developed. I can not think you so
dreadfully abhor lichens after all and so send Pertusaria velata as it should
be when in good condition. I also enclose Buellia parasema and Biatora
atropurpurea as they are species
liable to be confused. If I had good duplicates would send Biatoria chlorantha
and Lecidea enteroleuca, as I do not understand Prof. Tuckerman to consider
them the same. What I understand as Biatora chlorantha has the thallus more green and the apothecia less black than Lecidea
enteroluca does. They are however not so markedly different that they may not
be confused. The Peziza that I called P. Theleboloides is sparsely hairy on the
exterior, which puts it in the section Lachnea and makes it separable from P.
citrina. If you chance to find more of it, please send it again as I would
like to have Dr. Curtis's opinion of it. The moss is our old friend Hypnum orthocladon Beauv. Fungus on Rubus leaves is Uredo luminata Schw. It is given in
Ravenel's Fungi Exsiccati' as Aecidium luminatum, but I think it is an undoubted
Uredo. On Fagus leaves, Erineum fagineum Pers. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 14 Vol. 6 (177) [L 35] My Dear Sir, I have been disappointed in the Oxalis leaf fungus. When I first
looked at it I was quite sure there was some Uredo or Lecythea on it, but the
microscope, horrible instrument, reveals no spores and so we can only say
Uredo or Lecythea. "Nemaspora" is the correct word, it being from the Greek
[nema spelled in Greek notation], a thread, and [spora, again in Greek
notation] Dr. Howe I think has depended mainly on Dr. Curtis for the
determination of his Fungi. Please banish your apprehension about your sendings interfering with
my comfort. It does me good to work at these things. I learn thereby as well
as yourself and with every new acquisition receive,
of course, new stimulus and pleasure. My business and my enjoyments run
parallel - a fact that can not be truthfully affirmed by everyone. Indeed
were I independently rich so as to have no care of what I should eat or what
I should drink I believe I should continue right on in the course I am now
pursuing, studying out and searching for the beauties of and the wisdom
displayed in these lowly but lovely little works of the Creator. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P.S. I forgot to say that the little fungus you spoke of, that is at
first filled with a milky fluid and when old is irregularly ruptured, can
scarcely be a Sphaeria. It is probably one of the Myxogasters like Lycogala
[sic], Diderma, etc. C. H. P. Received March 17 Vol. 6 (178) [L 34] My Dear Sir, "A" Graphis scripta Ach. Lichen "B" Unknown "C" Tubercularia granulata Per. The small black pustules
seem to be a Sphaeropsis but I do not know the plant. "D" Nectria cucurbitula Fr. There is some Tubercularia granulata
mixed with it, I therefore return the Nectia. "E" Sporidesmium? "On bark of living Osage Orange" Nothing good. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 18 Vol. 6 (179) [L 33] My Dear Sir, I have a few things to send to Dr. Curtis and will send some of the
Osage Orange specimens with them for his opinion. Cyathus and Nidularia are synonymous. I am entirely at a loss to know where to locate the
"Perenospora." When you sent it before I thought might be some
Fresh water alga, but the spherical heads (which are scarcely to be seen when
the plant gets here) seem to put it among the Fungi. I return the lady's specimen but without name, as it is too old for recognition.
"B" "Mountain Ash" A scale insect, Apsidiotus Harrisii if
I remember
rightly. Nothing on the leaflet of Oxalis. "The hopeless little fellow from
mushroom bed" seems to be Coprinus but what species I can not say.
Neither can I do anything with the minute fungus. It refuses to grow in my
flower pot where I planted it. I have never put any postage account in my bill for contingent expenses, thinking it would be a difficult
matter to keep my general
correspondence distinct from that which pertained strictly to my
public duties, still I do not want you
to think you are crowding me at all in the
matter of postage. I think it no hardship to pay postage, and do it cheerfully. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 19 [Note that due to the awkwardness of nibs
nines are written to look
like fours sometimes. Vol. 6 (180) [L 32] My Dear Sir, I can not say with any degree of satisfaction what the Agarici are except No. 1
with sticky or viscid pileus, which is undoubted Ag. semiglobatus. I suspect the one from Fays [Jays?] is Ag. albaniensis
Peck but there is nothing certain about it. "No. 4 Mar. 18" Sphaeria morbosa Schw. is not in good
condition - too old. "3 Mar. 18" is the same as you sent on Mountain Ash - an
insect. "B 3" So far as I can see is only the common Cyathus
campanulatus. "B 2" On Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P.S. "B 4" is not in determinable condition, neither is
"B 1" Received March 20 Vol. 6 (183) [L 29] My Dear Sir, The "Rosa I" is the only specimen in to-day's inclosures
that has spores and in this they are
so exceedingly minute that with all the power
of my microscope I can not make out the structure and mode of
growth sufficiently to tell where the
plant belongs. I have to day sent to Dr. Curtis, with sketches, those things in your two or three
last sendings that were in proper condition for analysis. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 22 Vol. 6 (184) [L 28] My Dear Sir, x"C6" is Diatrype stigma Fr. - the white one is some
effete Stereum x"C 7" Nothing. "C 8" Undetermined. x9
& x10 Omitted. x"C 11" Sphaeria Verbascicola Schw. "C 12" No fungus. x"C 13" Diatrype hanstellata [?] Fr. [transtellata?] x"C 14" x & "15" Sterile "Sphaeropsis? on Eranthum [?]" No
spores. x"c 17" Stereum striatum Fr. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 23 Vol. 6 (185) [L 26] My Dear Sir, x"C 1" & "C 2" have spores but I do not know the
species and will send to Dr. Curtis with drawings. "C 3" "C9" & "C 18" are not
determined x"C 4" & "C 10" too old. x"C 5" Opegrapha varia Pers. (Lichen) x"C 16" Appears to be Physcia obscura", the fungus is
sterile and not determinable. x"C 19" Schizophyllum commune Fr. "C 22" Two or three poor things not known to me. Blackness 1 & 2 have nothing tangible. x March 22 Not determined "Cyathus" is C. campanulatus, which is quite variable as
you will see by Fries description, a copy of which I send - also his list of
Synonyms. ossibly a rigid separation might, as Fries
says, make more species of this one, but I have not sufficient material to
undertake it at present. The Lemanea of Rev. Mr. Fowler is smaller even than my Catskill
specimens and has a somewhat different appearance because growing in water
charged with lime - at least I judge so from the specimens. The European
specimens that I have seen are six inches or more long. The Cyathus grows on wood, ground and dung. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received [no notation given - see the following] [Another sheet No. 185 [L 27] with no heading Received March 24 is apparently a
second sheet to the same letter above: "N. campanulata, campanulata, villosa,
cinereo-fusca, intus laevis plumbeo-nitida + + + + Junior clavato-cylindrica,
dein obconica, extus tomento griseo floccoso denso obducta; epiphyagmate
tenui, floccoso, p0lano, albo, lacero-rumpente; intus albida, mox plumbea
nitens, demum spadicea nitida, margine repando. Sporangia orbiculata, laevia,
mature spadicea. In plures species dividi posset. b.
bulbosa, late campanulata, bulbosa, glabriuscula, limbo patente. c.
agrestis, minor, hemisphaerica, margine erecto. Ad ramenta lignea, in hortis, arvis, &c.; etiam in Asia &
America. Aestate, autumno." Copied from Fries Systema where he also gives the following synonyms
- Peziza lentifera L. Peziza sericea Schaeff.
[sp.?] Peziza cyathiformis Scop. Cyathus laevis Hoffm. Nidularia vernicosa Bull. Cyathus nitidus Roth. Cyathus olla Pers. Nidularia campanulata Sibth., Sowerb.,
[L.?] Vol. 6 (187) [L 24] My Dear Sir, I have looked through your liberal invoice of Mar. 22d and send the names
of such as I am able. x5 Sphaeria complanata Fr. x6
Nectria punicea Fr.? I leave this in doubt as Fries says the spores are ovate. In your specimens they
vary, thus, + + + + [four spores drawn] some broad or subovate, some narrowly elliptical and all
are appendaged at both ends. x7 Coniothecium
toruloideum B. & C. x12 & x13 = 7 x14
Has no spores but I am quite confident it is Melogramma Quercuum Schw. x20 = 6 x23 Stereum complicatum Fr. x24 Stereum striatum Fr. x25 Tubercularia granulata (1 stem) the rest Nactria Cucurbitula Fr. x34
The crust of some lichen. The black is nothing. x36
Lecanora cinerea Fr. A lichen. The Nectria is unlike any I have seen and is a good acquisition. I
will see what Dr. Curtis will call it. Most of the other things are imperfect
or not determinable. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 25 Vol. 6 (189) [L 22] My Dear Sir, I report upon such of the specimens of March 23d as I have been able
to get some clue to or recognise. x1
Lenzites Crataegi Berk. x4
& 5 No spores but probably they are Myxosporium nitidum B. & C. x5 On Vitis vinifera has no spores but it looks like and probably is
Diplodia Viticola Desm. x6
Hypoxylon fuscum Pers. ? x8 Cladonia caespiticia Fl. Lichen x9
Tubercularia granulata Pers. x16 A mixture - some Cladosporium herbarum Lk. & some Septoria x14
b Hypoxylon fuscum Pers. x17 Massaria vomitoria B. & C. according to Dr. Curtis but I
never could find
any asci. I sent it to him as a Stilbospora and he said it was a natural mistake and that Dr. Schweinitz had fallen into it and
called this plant
Stilbospora angustata. Dr. C. affirms that he has seen the asci but that
they are very fugacious. I have found it on Acer rubrum and Fraxinus. x18 Diatrype stigma Fr. x19 Stereum corrugatum Fr. x20 Schiaophyllum commune Fr. Small x21, x22, & x25 Apparently all Nectria cucurbitula but old,
broken and faded. x23
& 36 Coniothecium toruloideum B. & C. x24
Hypoxylon fuscum Pers. x26
Cenangium Prunastri Fr. New to state and to me. x27
Sporocybe Persicae Fr. Very much like Calicium but considered a Fungus. A little of this is mixed with the specimens in 26. [Two tiny
diagrams of Sporocybe and Cenangium.] Sporocybe is the slender one; Cenangia
when well developed has an expanded concave disk or top and generally grows
two or more in the same chinck [sic] or cluster. x28 More Sporocybe and a lichen not well determined x29
Valsa leucostoma Fr. New to us. x31 Agaricus atrocaeruleus Fr. x34
Peziza anomala Pers. x33
Is probably Hypoxylon fragiforme Pers. 13 Another scale insect. C 13 Is Diatrype haustellata Fr. It shows how little reliance can be
put on external appearance, being nothing like D. stigma in looksc 9 & c
10 with others came later having been delayed in the mail or Post Office. I have just received a specimen of Danthonia compressa Aust. from
Mr. Cowles - Otisco. I am pleased to find the new species published in the
Report are not very local. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 26 [Perhaps note the developing exclusiveness,
especially with Torrey, that will develop with professionalization of the
field that will exclude people like Clinton and relegate him to the land of
amateur, not of professional - two distinct classes - the collectors, or
field people, and the namers or herbarium and school people. Professional
journals will soon arrive and won't need political patronage. Degrees will
confer professionalism and exclusiveness. Note that at
least some of the deluge of specimens sent by Vol. 6 (190) [L 21] [ My Dear Sir, I make nothing out of Y & Z, but X is fertile and I may possibly
at some time find out what Sphaeria it is. 14 March 23. Contains what I call Hypoxylon fuscum. The contents of
35 I return separated. 8 March 23 I find no fungus on it. The
brown heads belong to the lichen (Cladonia caespiticia); are its apothecia;
besides them I see nothing. x x
3 March 25 Polyporus luridus B. & C. x12 March 25 Diatrype stigma Fr. x16 March 25 Nectria episphaeria Tode or some Hypoxylon x
18 March 25 Sphaeronema spina B. &
C. 20 March 25 Hysterium Fraxini Pers. x
9 & x10 March 25 Hypoxylon
concentricum Bolt. 4 March 28 Is the beginning of some Polyporus. I get no satisfaction
of the others. I regret that I can do no better with the large invoice from Smoke's
Creek, but this is all I can safely report at present. I am in high glee. I have just received a Photograph of the great
mycologist - Elias Fries- also a copy of his Epicrisis. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 30 Vol. 6 (191) [L 20] My Dear Sir, The specimens of March 29th are, -"On Sweet Pea"
Cladosporium herbarum Lk.; On Sambucus, Prunus, etc.
The red tubercles are Tubercularia vulgaris Tode. The blackish spots are nothing
good. There are no beginnings of cluster cups on the leaves you send. The
cluster cups are at first in the form of minute tubercles or papillae which
at length burst at the top. I inclose a sketch of the two common species you
have just sent, that you may see how they look under the microscope. It is
always much more satisfactory to me thus to see the whole plant. The spores
in Tubercularia are very minute but very abundant, covering the whole outer
surface. I have had some secret thoughts of preparing myself for a Manual on Fungi, this of
itself being amply enough to begin with, for I apprehend a volume on all the Cryptogams, if containing
satisfactory descriptions of the
species of even a moderately large tract, would be somewhat voluminous. I have
just written to Rev. M. G. Berkeley to see if his descriptions of American
Fungi can be had. I have also opened a correspondence with Mr. Worthington
[G.] Smith of London who has for many years made the Agaricini a special
study and I hope the coming season to extend my knowledge of this subject
considerably. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received March 31 Vol. 6 (193) [L 17 & L 18 - two sheets] My Dear Sir, Letting the last come first, so far as I am able to say your package
of Apr. 1st & 2nd contains x
No 1 Apr.1 "On Clematis Virginiana" something that looks like a
small Sphaeria but it is not fertile nor namable. Apr. 2 x No. 2 Pollyporus versicolor Fr. x
No. 3 Sphaeria morbosa Schw. x
No. 4 May be a good Sphaeria but is not fertile nor do I know it. x
No. 5 Puccinia graminis Pers. x6 Unknown x7
Nectia ? different from anything I have yet seen. x8 Valsa leucostoma Fr. x9 Coniothecium toruloideum B. & C x10
A scale insect, sure. x11 Unknown & sterile x12
Lycogala epidendrum - the "tubes" appear to me to be the pupa cases
of some insect. They certainly do not belong to the plant. x13
Nothing good. "A gall?" A gall or
excrescence. I know not the little thing not duplicated and it is too pretty
to cut up in analysis. Shall I return it? March 31st x1
Puccinia graminis Pers. x8 Tubercularia vulgaris Tode x17 Lenzites betulina Fr. x2
I return as it contains two species - Sphaeria graminis & Pucc. graminis. x7
= "A 2" of which I return specimen. This (with some other things) I
sent to Dr. Curtis who says of it; "Sphaeropsis Maclurae n. sp. I have
had this for several years, from "B 2" On leaflets of "A 3" He calls "Dothidea crystallophora B. &
C." x"C 1" He calls "Sphaeronema subtile Fr." x"C 2" He calls "Sphaeria ootheca B. & C." x"32 March 23" He calls "Corticium salicium Fr." In your last letter was a specimen of Sphaeria
morbosa Schw. and a Coprinus whose specific characters were entirely
obliterated. I have only examined the most promising of the specimens of Mar.
31st as it is a dark day and my eyes ache from too close application. "Six months" might do were I wholly prepared for the work
proposed, but I must learn much yet before undertaking an "educationally
useful" work on even Fungi & Algae.. An extract from Dr. Curtis's
last letter bears so directly on this point that I must quote it. After
giving me a little
private puff on my analytical sketches sent with specimens for
naming, he says "I see that you
have a good eye for this work and a growing knowledge of the subject. If you
choose, I think you can become our leading Mycologist in a few years."
He gives me "years" to work in before attaining that prominence
that would justify me in attempting a work of any pretensions in this most
difficult branch of Botany. In the mean time I hope with the issue of the 23d
and following Reports to give such information as shall be useful,
practical and tend to give an impulse to
the study of Fungi etc. Very truly Yours Chas. H. Peck [second sheet] "6 March 22" Dr.
Curtis says of this (it is what I thought - Nectria punicea with variable spores)
"Nectria appendiculata n. sp. It is curious in its appendaged sporidia. We must
get more of this, so as to ascertain if this is its normal condition.
Ascertain positively, if you can, what it grows on" Your label was marked
"Celastrus scandens, I believe." I wish you might find more of it. His remark on Sphaeria ootheca may also be gratifying to you as it
is to me. "It is a curious species, not before known north of N. Jersey,
nor south of Received Ap. 5 Vol. 6 (196) [L 13 and L 14 - two sheets] My Dear Sir, I return a specimen of the Dothidea crystallophora which occurs on
the Osage Orange. I have lost the date, having it marked simply
"March". It has larger, more prominent black dots than the
Sphaeropsis. I have been very busy making packets for mounting the spores of
my Agarics and being anxious to complete the job I have neglected your
specimens a day or two. As soon as the Agarics appear here I want to try the
preservative power of a preparation of gum, wax and benzine, said to be used
with success in the preservation of flowers. If it will work I will let you
know. I dislike to see your specimens come crushed
and rotten and am ansious to contrive some way by which I can make something
out of your specimens. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton [second sheet] Apr 5th 1B Tubercularia granulata 3B Cladosporium herbarum Lk. x4B
Cladosporium herbarum Lk. x7B
Cladosporium herbarum Lk. On leaf. There is also a Macrosporium on the stems but I am not sure of the
species. 9B Looks like a Cladosporium but is uncertain. x5B, x6B, x12B, x 13B, & x15B. All contain a Sclerotium but I
will not at present undertake to say what species it is. I get nothing good
from the others. The Agarics came badly mashed, in no condition for study, and so not
determinable unless by one extremely familiar with all the species. The
"tiny fellow" can scarcely be Ag. dealbatus.
Its one-sided growth puts it in subgenus Pleurotus and it begins to look some
like Ag. petaloides. Watch it and see if it is ever
villose above. 4 & 5 give me poor encouragement; Nor can I add anything to your ist from all the specimens of Apr.
4th. xNo.2
is the common Tubecularia granulata. 12 is
probably a Cenangium but in the absence of spores I am not sure of it. 16 is a Helminthosporium
probably H. macrocarpon but the spores are not enough developed to enable me
to say. Received Ap. 8 Vol. 6 (198) [L 11] Apr. 9th [1870] My Dear Sir, Your letter of Apr. 6th and specimens of Apr. 7th are received. I am not able to say what those markings on the bark of the Poplars
are. I never could make any fungus out of them, but Dr. Howe seems to have
found Cenangium seriatum growing in similar places on white birch bark. The specimens on which I have not reported are either not
determinable or such as I could not at present make out. Such as have spores
or are promising at all I lay one side for future consideration or for
transmission to Dr. Curtis, and when found out, if they should be, I will
report them. Apr. 7 Paeony No 1 This is the same Sclerotium that was in several
Nos reported in my last. I am not sure of the species. It comes nearest S.
Semen Tode which is thus described S. Semen, liberum, sphaericum, ex albido-lutescens, spadiceum, demum
corrugatum nigrescens, intus album Plerumque exacte globosum, mobile, 1 -2 lin. latum, primo album, mox
flavum, spadiceum, demum nigrum, rugoso-cavernosum, siccum valde durum. Frequens supra folia putrescentia, stipulas deciduas &c. ubique.
Hieme [sp.? = winter], vere. I see it only brown or black but I may only see it in its older
condition. It also approaches S. varium but does not seem to be just it. The
one on Martynia proboscidia is the same. Paeony No. 2 Sclerotium durum Pers.
Cauliflower. The dark green is like what Dr. C. named for me X
Cladosporium herbarum Lk. If it be that species it must be in a young state for the
threads are short, blunt and scarcely septate, and the spores are simple, not septate. My plant was on
cabbage leaves. The one you
recently sent on apple rind is the same. If not the younger
state of C. herbarum
it should I suppose be made a new thing. Cauliflower. The white seems to be immature. Echinocystis does have something on it that looks like a fungus but
I find no
spores. This beautiful weather makes me anxious to get out and try to find something
myself but I am not yet quite through with mounting the collections of last season. Do not be
discouraged because so many of your specimens are abortive. This, as Dr.
Curtis says, is one of the trials of every mycologist. You will find more
fertile things by and bye, when the inhabitants of living leaves come
on. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Ap. 10 [With the coming of professionalism, Judge
Clinton will no more be able to be called either botanist or mycologist] Vol. 6 (201) [L 7] My Dear Sir, No.2 Apr 8th. Coniothecium toruloideum B. & C. No. 3 Hypoxylon ustulatum Bull. I find no Nectria episphaeria on
this. N. episphaeria is a very minute red affair scarcely visible to the naked eye without close scrutiny. It was on some
Hypoxylon (probably the same as this) you sent a short time ago. Nos 1 & 4 Apr. 8th do not count. I have also received two small paper boxes. In one
appears to have been a Coprinus. The inside is all black stains and a little black straw or
manure. The other contains three specimens whose identity I could
only guess at with as much liklihood of
being wrong as right. No. 1 from gound in grapery I think you have sent before. If you
find it again, select the largest and
best cap, cut it off close to the top, place
it on a piece of white paper and invert a teacup or drinking glass
over it. The next day take it off the
paper carefully and note whether the spores are black or dark brown. Also when
you cut the cap off see whether the stem is hollow or not. See if the cap is
viscid when fresh or moist; also if it has a watery look which gives it a
different color when moist from what it has when dry. Note the shape of the
cap and whether it is smooth or at all rough with fibres, and whether there
is any trace of an annulus on the stem. These things I can not well determine
in its shrivelled condition; being determined we may have some hopes of
getting at the fellow and I am quite confident he will add one to our State
list as well as to your No. 2 looks like a Galera and the other (from Mushroom bed) looks like
a Clitocybe, but the species is scarcely to be decided upon. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Ap. 12 Vol. 6 (202) [L 6] My Dear Sir, The specimens of Apr. 7th x1 Apparently Sporocybe Persicae with heads broken off x2
Sterile. I have found this in abundance but never got any fertile, hence
don't know it. x3
Nothing good. x4
Peziza aeruginosa is the plant that colors the oak wood. Yours may be that
but there are no good cups nor spores so it must
remain uncertain. x5
Hypoxylon Clypeus Schw. x6
Hypoxylon fuscum Pers. Your specimens are not quite as dark as I should
suppose, from the diescription, they ought to be, but they are as dark as
specimens admitted by Dr. Curtis to be H. fuscum. They are darker and firmer
than H. fragiforme. x7 Imperfect x8
Without spores and so can only guess that it may be a Nectria, Cenangium or
possibly Sphaeria cupularis. No. 1 x1
The vine is Menispermum canadense. The fungus is a Sphaeropsis probably a n.sp. I found it last fall, but have yet found no
description of it. 2 Nil x12
Puccinia Graminis Pers. x19
Myxosporium nitidum B. & C. x22
Tubercularia granulata probably, or if not it is faded T. vulgaris. x24
Nectria Cucurbitula apparently but too old. x25 Comothecium toruloideum B. & C. (in part) x40 Valsa nivea Fr. x46 Exidia glandulosa Fr. x20 = 19 x34
Coniothecium toruloideum B. & C. x26 Cantharellus crispus Fr. Apr. 10th x 15. Silver Creek. Sphaeria gyrosa Schw. x1 & x7 Hypoxylon fuscum Fr. 5 Hypoxylon fuscum Fr. x4 Valsa leucostoma Fr. x3,
x6, x11 Seem to be the same Valsa, probably V. tubulosa B. & C. but I
have not their description and can only guess at it. x42,
x47, x49, x 43 [last one crossed out in pencil] and the red one of 21 of Apr
6 are the same thing as 2 of Apr. 7, all sterile and not named. I have specimens looking like this named Hypocrea scutellata and
others, Hypocrea Richardsonii. If I remember right I sent specimens of it to
Dr. Curtis long ago but got no name, probably because of its sterility. I have spent nearly all day on your specimens with the above poor
results. These things evidently can be collected faster than determined.
There are some others in your packets which I hope to make something of at
another time but I am too tired to do more at it today. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Ap. 14 Vol. 6 (205) [L 3] My Dear Sir, A Nothing good. B Sterile and unnamable xC
Sphaeropsis Candollei B. & Br. D Nothing good xE Fusisporium Buxi Fr. Fine and fertile F. Imperfect. G. Fusisporium Buxi in part. xH Phoma Cucurbitacearum (Fr.) Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Ap. 16 Vol. 6 (206) [L 2] My Dear Sir, Of Apr. 13th x1
Seems to be a lichen, I suspect Biatora rosella, but would never decide form
such small poor specimens. x2
Returned. x3 Old beyond recognition. x4
Some Polyporus and some Cyathus but both too old and bleached. x5
Xylaria polymorpha Pers. x6
Xylaria polymorpha Pers. x7 Seems to be some unknown lichen x8
Sterile Hypoxylon. Perhaps we might as well call it H. fuscum till we can do
better. x9
Streptothrix atra B. & C. x10 x11 12 All sterile
something x13
Sterile Nectria. 14 Nothing good. 15 Ditto. 16 Returned x17 Nothing good. Moss returned I have finished the examination of those Forest Lawn specimens but
find little to add to my former report of them. x27
contained two things, one Dothidea Sambuci Fr. is new to us. I return a part
of the specimen and hope you will find more of it. I suspect it is on elder,
though marked " 37 is marked in Ravenel's specimens
"Corticium spumeum" without any author reference and I find no such
name in any work at hand. 21 The red and several numbers containing the same thing I find
agree with what Dr. Curtis named for Dr. Howe, Hypocrea Richardsonii B. &
[C.?] though the specimens are all sterile. I have not seen the description
of this species. Specimen returned Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Ap. 17 Vol. 6 (207) [L 1] My Dear Sir, The box containing specimens of Apr. 15th from 18 Mile Creek is at
hand. x1
Trichia clavata Pers. The stiped cups and the flocci are parts of the same
plant. "The black clubs" have nothing to do with it. I do not know
what they are. x2
Trichia turbinata With? I prefer to leave this in doubt, although without
microscopic examination no difference can be seen. Under the microscope the
flocci seem a little larger and the spores more angular and not quite so
rough. It is probably a mere variation. x4
Trichia rubiformis Pers ? This too I leave in doubt because I have not the
description of the species and my specimens are too young, for reliable
comparison. If you wish to see a pretty sight put some of the flocci of the
Trichiae under the microscope. x6 Panus dorsalis Fr. x7
Exidia cinnabarina B. & C. x9
Hydnum but too old and blackened to recognize. x10
Probably some Trichia in very poor condition. x11
Probably some Polyporus but not sufficiently developed to show what it will
be. x12
I find nothing better to call this than Polyporus hirsutus, still it is
unusually smooth even for a weathered specimens. x14
Too old. The omitted numbers are in my opinion nothing good. The little Agaricus from grapery I find from your present sending
has black spores. This reduces it to the Coprinarii at least; and so far as I
can judge, to the subgenus Psathyrella. I suspect it will prove to be Ag. (Psathyrella) hydrophorus Bull. and will send the description of that species that you may
compare the growing plant with it. "Pileo membranaceo, e campanulato expanso, glabro, margine
striato, demumque revoluto, stipite adscendenti-stricto, glabro, subrorido
albo, lamellis adnatis, confertis anguste linearibus, livido-nigrescantibus. + + + + Pileus unc. et ultra, rufescens, praecipue
disco lato laevi. Ag. hydrophorus would be an addition to our State list, and I hope
it may be made Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. Apr. 14th 13a Tubercularia vulgaris
Tode Some returned. Others poor things. C.H.P. P. S. 2D x3a & x 3b
Erineum fagineum as you have it. Received Apr. 19 Vol. 7 (4) [E 233] My Dear Sir, Of Apr. 18th No 1 I was unable to find any description just fitting this and as it appears to be
rather the worse for having wintered, I laid it aside with the hope of finding fresh specimens the
coming season. 2 I suspect Nemaspora
crocea unveiled. I feel greatly the need of descriptions of these things. My
specimens do not show this beautiful cerebrum-like stroma, but I see no
difference in the spores. x3 & 4
are both sterile and I can not tell what they are ----------*---------- x5 Cladosporium herbarium probably x6
Peziza coccinea Jacq. A fine species. x7 Probably old Stereum purpureum 8 Polyporus adustus Fr. x9
Diplodia n. sp.? Seems to be on the
spice bush. [=Lindera benzoin] x10
Nothing good. x11 & 12 Valsa nivea Fr. x13 Not good x14
Xylaria hypoxylon Grev. In the other paper from x
A & B are both sterile and uncertain. I shall be glad to see you and show you spores under the microscope
on Thursday Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Apr. 20 Vol. 7 (5) [E 232] My Dear Sir, Of Apr. 19th specimens x No. 3 is Diatrype haustellata Fr. xNo.
5 is Tubercularia vugaris Tode Nectria has little clustered perithecia thus: [small drawing];
Tubercularia is a tubercle thus [another drawing]. I can make nothing of the others I forgot to state yesterday, that I use ordinary herbarium paper - the same that I
mount plants on - for catching all kinds of spores except the white ones. For these I have used black enameled
paper which I obtain at a colored-paper factory in this city. It is not as
good however as I would
like, being too thin and too easily affected by the moisture of
the fungus. Still I have been unable
to get any better. I have no better experiments to suggest for the preservation of
Coprini than you already mention. I had thought of trying glycerine as a
temporary preservative; also dipping in a
mixture of white wax and benzine which is said to be used for the preservation of flowers sometimes. It
formes a kind of coating or varnish, I suppose, which excludes the air
and stops evaporation. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Ap. 20 Vol. 7 (6) [E 231] My Dear Sir, A1 Osage Orange. Mere masses of cells or compound cells; probably
the beginning of something. A2 Too far gone. A3 I do not find. A4 & A5 Tubercularia vulgaris Tode A6 Nothing good A 7 Dothidea crystallophora B. & C. although outwardly it looks more
like the Sphaeropsis. I have separated the Osage Orange specimens and taken out as many as
we want. There was some Tubercularia among them, which I suppose is old
Tubercularia vulgaris, from its partial blackness. T. vulgaris ought to be
red, T. granulata black. Apr. 20th Goat Island etc. x2 & 3 Not namable [sic] x4
Tremella aurantia Schw. x5
Lycogala epidendrum L. x6
Diatrype disciformis Fr.? I can not determine this to my satisfaction, but it
comes near the species named. x7
Hydnum cirrhatum Pers. x8
Paxillus atrotomentosus Fr. ? This should be looked after again. It is in poor condition now. The edge of the
gills is torn as if it was a Lentinus, but this may come from its being old and worn. I have strong
doubts of it. The little stiped heads on the "Stinkhorn" are
fungoid - belonging to the Gasteromycetes but I am unable to get at the genus
and species; the matrix on which it grows is, I am inclined to believe, an
animal substance. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received in Vol. 7 (7) [E 230] My Dear Sir, I have been, for two or three days, and am yet, shut up in the house
with a sprained ankle and so have not the means of examining the specimens from
Harlem etc. I recognise only x10 Apr 23 Lenzites sepiaria Fr. x7 Apr 23 Stereum frustulosum Fr. 1 Orthotrichum psilocarpum, James. This last is new to the state and I am very glad you found it. Did
you get a good supply of it? If so I would like a little more, if not this
will make a fair specimen. I have just purchased of Dr. Curtis, (and expect them in a few
days,) a collection
of specimens of nearly 2000 species of fungi, many of them European and authenticated by I had expected to find some good things myself, this week but my
temporary mishap has constrained me to wait a few days. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P.S. The locality of the Orthotrichum is not given on the paper. Do
you remember it? C.H.P. Received Apr.30 Vol. 7 (8) [E 229] My Dear Sir, I report on such of the "Elk x1 The moss is Mnium cuspidatum x2 The liverwort is Plagiochila asplenioides x9 Tubercularia vulgaris Tode x10
This species Dr. Curtis named for me Massaria vomitoria B. & C. with the
remark that Schweinitz called it "Stilbospora angustata Lk.". So
far as I can
judge from the descriptions Stilbospora is the correct place for it, though Dr. C. affirms that he has often
seen asci in it. I have never been
able to find them and fear he has confounded two closely resembling species. x11
Agaricus (Nancoria) semiorbicularis Bull.? The other must wait a little for further consideration. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 1 Vol. 7 (9) [E 228] My Dear Sir, x1
Microthyrium Smilais DeNot. I have this from L.L. x
2 & 3 Both Polyporus, 2 I think is P. vaporarius (young) the other is
doubtful. x4
Agaricus (Omphalia) Campanella Batsch. It is common and last through the
summer. x5
Agaricus (Tricholoma) variegatus Scop.? I return the specimen, but you will need to compare fresh ones if
you see it again with the following description. "Pileo carnoso, explanato, sicco, stipiteque farcto tenaci
flaccis rubellis squamulosis; lamellis emarginatis, confertis,
flavescenti-pallidis albidisque, acie integerrimis aequalibus concoloribus. The spores should be white and the "carnu albida" flesh
whitish. In a closely related species the flesh is yellow, and the lamellae
rounded and yellow. x6,
x8 & x9 are one species of Trichia, I am not sure of the species. x7
Trichia clavata Pers. x10 Corticium the red Hypoxylon cohaerens, the black Hypoxylon fuscum, the brown x11 Sphaeronema spina B. & C. (Sphaeria Spina in Schweinitz) 12 Unknown x13
Diatrype haustellata Fr. Scleroderma vulgare and Urnula Craterium are
returned. I am out again and must try to improve this fine weather. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 3 Vol. 7 (10) [E 227] My Dear Sir, Specimens of May 2nd are x
A Spharopsis insignis B. & C. x C Urnula Craterium Fr. x
D Bovista plumbea Pers. x
B Polyporus, as to the species of which I am not well satisfied. Possibly P.
vulgaris but not certainly. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 4 Vol. 7 (11) [E 226] My Dear Sir, I am able to name positively only No. 10 of May 5th. That is young
Peziza scutellata. When it opens it has a beautiful red disk. Nos. x7, 9,
& x 11 contain minute Pezizas but I do not at present feel like deciding
upon the species. x
No. 1 Is probably young Hydnum mucidum. x 2 Is some imperfect Polyporus. I can
make nothing of the others. The soft fellow was jammed to a pulpy mass. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 7 Vol. 7 (12) [E 225] My Dear Sir, Of the specimens of May 6th I am able to say only No. 1 Ag[aricus] (Tricholoma) x2 Some imperfect Polyporus x3
Trichia ? My copy of Fries Systema is
dificient in Trichia and some allied genera. x6
Calicium subtile Pers. x7
Has the appearance of Sphaeria millegrana Schw. but is without spores. x9 Some effete Stereum x11 Drummondia clavellata Of May 3 No 2 is the Massaria vomitoria B. & C. The others I can
not tell. If
you know of Crab apple trees in your vicinity, when the leaves are fully out look
for Aecidium pyratum - the pear tree cluster cup on them. I am desirous of getting together as
many species of Aecidium and Puccinia as possible the coming season. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 9 - Vol. 7 (13) [E 224] My Dear Sir, Of May 7th, the Orthotrichum is O. canadense. "A" The spores and the style of the dots are the same as
Sphaeropsis Candollei B. & Br. except the pale color. Probably only a
sickly state of that species. "B" One leaf has Fusisporium Buxi Fr. Of the other specimens I can make nothing. I expect to take a trip this week to some of the woods and hills of Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received May 12 Vol. 7 (14) [E 223] My Dear Sir, I name such of your sendings of May 9 as I can readily recognise. I
shall be able to name others at some future time. x
Coniothecium toruloideum B. & C. 3 Ceratodon purpureus Brid. (A moss.) x11 Hysterium linears Fr. xx
18 Peziza scutellata L. xx19
Aecidium Podophylli Schw. (20 & 22 & 23 appear to be young, imperfect Aecidia) x21
Puccinia Anemones Pers. x24
Polycystis Ranunculacearum Desm. (This grows also on Hepatica scutiloba) x25
Aecidium Ranunculi Schw. Also of May 14th ?xx [ ?xx 2 Tubercularia vulgaris Tode (Very old.) ?xx 4 Valsa salicina Fr. xx5
Massaria atroinquinans B. & C. This last one is new to us and if you have it in plenty a little
more would be desirable. I had fine success in my trip last week - got several things new to
the state and I think one Puccinia undescribed. I shall necessarily be out
most of the time collecting now, but if you will send on specimens as usual I
will report on them at some time if not at once. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received May 18 Vol. 7 (17) [E 218] My Dear Sir, Specimens of May 16 A Not determined. xB Mostly Orthotrichum Canadense x1
A fungus but unknown to me. x2
Valsa Salicina. (Good specimens) x7
The larger one is Hysterium Fraxini Pers. Rather rare. I found it only once
and then in small quantity. x9
Myxosporium nitidum B. & C. Others undetermined. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 19 Vol. 7 (18) [E 217] My Dear Sir, I consider the inclosed specimen Hysterium hiascens B. & C. It
agrees exactly with specimens thus named by Dr. Curtis. I have not seen H. varium of Fries but his description says it grows
on wood and has the labia subobsolete, and is colliculose-innate; -
particulars not shown by this specimen. I return a scrap of one of your specimens recently determined. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 19 Vol. 7 (20) [E 215] My Dear Sir, I name of the specimens of May 17 such as I easily recognise
reserving the others till a more convenient season. x3 Pyrenula nitida (A lichen) x4 Sphaeria spinosa Fr. x5 Marasmius Rotula (Old) 6 Lycoperdon gemmatum (Old) 9 Uredo luminata Schw. I have already found one Agaric and one Cortinarius - undescribed species - My purchased specimens have come and as soon as I can get them
conveniently arranged and "familiarised", I hope to be able to name
these puzzling things more readily. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 21 Vol. 7 (21) [E 214] My Dear Sir, The only specimens of May 19th that I venture at present to name are 3 Aecidium aroidatum Schw. 5 Valsa Salicina Fr. I enclose a couple specimens recently collected. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 21 Vol. 7 (22) [E 213] My Dear Sir, I have hastily looked at the specimens of May 19 & 20 and report
on such as I can. The Draba is D. verna notwithstanding its size. May 19 8 Diatrype Duriaei x7
Sphaeria aculeans Schw. I am not sure but a rigid classification would put
this in the genus Valsa. Returned with others. May 20th x"A" This is a fungus quite common but I never have been able to
find it fertile and so never learned its name. I suspect it is a sterile
state of some Hypoxylon but what one I can not say. x4
& x5 Frullania Eboracensis Lehm. 2 Hypoxylon fuscum Fr. Dr. Mohr x1
Cyathus striatans As you say. -3 Astomum Ludovicianum Sulliv. 4 I see only Bryum caespiticium -5 Funaria flavicans as named. 5a Funaria hyg[rometrica] var. calvescens -6 Desmatodon plinthobius Sulliv. & Lesq. 7 Cylindrothecium seductrix as named. 8 Bryum caespiticium as named -9 Hypnum gracile as named -10 Dicranum spurium returned. I am glad to get the Draba as the specimens in the Herbarium are
without flower. Also the Astomum Ludovicianum for it is new to me. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received May 24 Vol. 7 (24) [E 211] My Dear Sir, I have been away again and on returning found quite a number of
specimens waiting to be named. I have looked over yours and report on the
most promising and those readily reognised. May 23d "A" Is insect work - the little fellows themselves being
visible. x"B" Hysterium hiascens B. & C. "Rhamnus cath.?" Appears to be about to produce some
beautiful Aecidium. "Claytonia Caroliniana" A fine new Puccinia. You, as its
discoverer, have the right to name it. Let me know what you call it if you
choose to christen it. "Peziza scutellata? On ground" Is correct. "Ribes floridum" Aecidium Grossulariae DC. May 24 x1
This, according to Dr. Curtis, is Aecidium Orobi DC. Specimen returned. ?3 Uredo Cichoracearum Lev. May 25 x2
Leptostroma vulgare Fr. Part returned. May 27 x2
Patellaria atrata Fr. New to State. 7 Aecidium quadrifidum DC. First found in this country last year. May 28 x1 Dacrymyces stillatus Fr. x4
Hysterium Pinastri Schrad. x5
Corticium Oakesii B. & C. x6
Hysterium hiascens B. & C. x7 Erineum fagineum Pers. (Young) x9 Sphinctrina turbinata Fr. x8
Stemonitis ferruginea Ehrh. May 29th "A" Aecidium Compositarum Mart. "B" Aecidium n. sp. I believe this is a new species and
you have the privilege of giving it a name. I wish it were more plenty. Toadstools are scarce, even the early species failing to put in an
appearance, I suppose because of the dryness of the weather. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received June 2 [Note the type
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