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Correspondence of Charles Peck and G. W. Clinton February 25, 2011 |
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The
Correspondence of Charles
Peck (1833-1917) and George
William Clinton (1807 1885) 1870 part 2 Vol. 7 (25) [E 210] My Dear Sir, I would report as follows
concerning the specimens of June 1st. x1 Peziza aeruginosa x2 A lichen which I do not now recognise. 3 Some sterile Bryum x5 There is no fungus on this. x6 Puccinia Anemones Pers. x7 Aecidium. I am in doubt whether this should be called a new
species or a variety of Compositarum though
inclining to the former. It is a pretty thing. There is a variety said to
grow on Senecio in x10 Aecidium Compositarum Mart. x11 Erineum Acerinum
Pers. x12 & x 13 Uredo luminata
(Schw.) Aecidium luminatum
Schw. Uredo is best. x14 Erineum Fagineum
Pers. x15 Polycystis Ranunculacearum
Desm. The leaves are probably root leaves of Trollius laxa. x16 Asterina Gaultheriae
Curt. 17 Insect x 18 Not developed x19 I find no fungus here. x22 Diatrype virescens
Schw. apparently but old x26 Partly Sphaeria aculeans
Schw. and partly Calicium
Curtisii Tuck. The other Calicium
attributed to this plant is "non est." The specimens that Dr.
Curtis named for me C. trachelinum proved to be
only C. Curtisii. x28 Diehaena faginea
Pers. There are a few long spots or chinks on one piece. These are Graphis scripta, a Lichen. Mr. Gerard sends a fine
Aecidium on leaves of Iris versicolor. I am glad to know that I
need not wait the slow issue of the report for the publication of new species,
though I apprehend little danger of any one anticipating me on this matter. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received June 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (27) [E 208] My Dear Sir, June 5th x1 Erineum Quercinum
Kze. x2 Erineum Quercinum
Kze x3 Aecidium Thalictri Grev. Returned. x8 is the same.
I am delighted with this beautiful species now found I believe for the first
time in this country. In 4, 5. & 6 Aecidium Penstemoniatum Schw. New to the State. 7 This is too
young. It may develope into 8 but I
can not tell. "A" Puccinia aculeata
Schw. Returned. We have this in plenty. "On Dicentra" Insect work. 8 May 17 Aecidium Houstoniatum Schw. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P.S. I gladly accept the
names you give to the new species. I have been experimenting a little with Benzine and Beeswax for preserving toadstools and I think
will be able to make it work sufficient for the determination of specimens
collected by others. The specimens that you have sent me have almost without
exception come to me changed in color and appearance, badly mashed and wholly
indeterminable. I have tried Ag. galericulatus and
find it to keep with almost no change three or four days. Coprinus
does not do so well. The scarcity of subjects (owing to the excessibe dry weather) has hindered further experiments;
but I believe if you will dissolve a little white beeswax in some good clear benzine and dip your fresh specimens of Agarics in the
solution then put them in a box to prevent crushing, they will keep till they
reach me, sufficiently well at least to give me a pretty good notion of the
plant. I may however be necessary in some cases, it
would be better for me in all, if you could also give me the color of the
spores and tell whether the plant or pileus is
viscid, hygrophanous or dry, as it will not be
possible for me to tell this from the waxed specimen. Received June 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (29) [E 206] My Dear Sir, Of June 6th 1 & 2 Not in good condition. x3 Uredo effusa
Strauss. x4 Aecidium Grossulariae DC. This
sometimes attacks the fruit as well as the leaves. June 7 In the box Polyporus laceratus
Berk. & Hypoxylon concentricum probably with Cladosporium
herbarum on it. 3 Hypoxylon ustulatum
both young and old. x4 Sphaeria limaeformis
[liniaeformis?] Schw. I
am not quite sure but this is the same as Sphaeria spinosa Fr. though Schweinitz
thought it different. x8 Sphaeria haustellata
Fr. = Diatrype
haustellata in Ravenel's
Coll. = Valsa haustellata
in Curtis' Catalogue. One piece is
overrun with something like a Cladosporium or the
like. 5,6,7 I reserve for future examination. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received June 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (30) [E 205] [ no date given: My Dear Sir, Of June 9th I am able to
name only x8 Aecidium Violae DC. x9 Uredo probably a new species - near U. Chaerophylli Schw. 3 Is no fungus. x4 Is an Aregma except the pedicel is very
short and jointed and colored as the spore. Of June 10th Cystopus candidus Lev. x32
Of June 1st. on pine bark is Phacidium crustaceum B. &
C. You once sent me a minute black fungus on cherry gum,
I do not now remember the number or date. It is Sphinctrina
Cerasi B. & C. The box of toadstools has
arrived but the specimens are not in very good condition. No. 2 is rotted beyond all recognition and 6 is
not much better. 1 Appears to be a Lentinus but I dare not decide it from such an imperfect
specimens. 3 Ag (Pleurotus)
salignus &4 Ag (Mycena) galericulatus so far as I can see. 7 I am sorry this is so
much withered for it must have been beautiful when fresh. The spores are
white; the yellow is a stain from the pileus. I can
not tell what subgenus it is owing to the withered state of the plant. 8 This is probably a Mycena but is covered with dirt and not safely named. 10 faded and withered; the
gills have lost their blue color. I hope better results when you try the
mixture on them. I shall be absent next
week. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Sunday June [no day] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (34) [E 201] My Dear Sir, My microscope was
purchased in the autumn of 1868 of William Wales of The spots on white clover
leaves sent me were not well developed fungi so far as I could judge.
Probably they would make Polythrincium trifolii Kze.
which also grows on the red clover. I found it once
as late as July and think I have seen it even in September. If you have
plenty of that Aecidium on Calamintha Clinopodium I would like a little more, also of the Puccinia Mariae Wilson[ii?] The specimens that I
recognize are of June 16 xC
Aecidium Compositarum Mart. xD
Coniothecium toruloideum
B. & C. xE
Corticium salicinum Fr.
(Small) xH
Sphinctrina Cerasi B.
& C. The white spots are the disks of small black stipitate
globular or clavate perithecia. [drawing] thus. x18 Irpex cinamomeus
Fr. xx22
Aecidium Oenotherae Peck in Ed. Will be described
in the forthcoming report. x23 Sphaeria doliolum
Fr.\x25 Aecidium x26 Aecidium Grossulariae DC. x29 Aecidium Impatientis Schw. x31 This is Mr. Gerard's Aecidium Iridis 32 Aecidium Compositarum Mart. June 19th x2 Aecidium pustulatum Curt. in Ed. To be
described on forthcoming report. x4 Corticium Oakesii
B. & C. x1 Aecidium Thalictri Grev. xA,
June 20, is a Clavaria but I am not sure of the
species. These are very difficult to make out from the description. A, 28 & 30 of June 16
are promising things but I am not able to determine them just now. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received June 23 [[New species named in honor
of Mary Wilson further justify the assumption that she contributed a quantity
of ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (36) [E 199] My Dear Sir, The specimens of June 23d
are x1 Aecidium Hydnoideum B. & C. 2 Aecidium n.sp.? The specimens are old or
else have faded in drying so that I am in some doubt concerning it. The
spores, what few there are do not agree in color nor
in shape with the description of Aec. Menthae. Dr. Howe sent me the same thing in the same
condition last night. Should it be a new species I do not know which of you
would have the priority of discovery. 3 Puccinia aculeata
Schw. 4 The black places are no fungus - probably dried or abortive
beginnings of fructification. I fear Fragaria
Gillmani will have to yield to F. vesca. This week I made a trip to Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received June 26 answered
June 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (38) [E 197] My Dear Sir, June 23d x19 Stemonitis fusca
Roth. x11 Stemonitis I am not sure if it is the
same as 19. x13 Stemonitis ferruginea
Ehrh. x8 Xylaria polymorpha
Grev. x16 Xylaria Hypoxylon
Grev. June 24th x1 Puccinia Umbelliferarum
DC. x2 Trichobasis Labiatarum
Lev. New to me. Have you more of it? June 25th A The
yellow is spores of something but I do not know what. They do not belong to
the leaf on which they are. B Aecidium crassum Pers. Probably. The
specimens do not show the peridia elongated as I
would like to see it. 1 Undeveloped x2 Sporocybe Persicae
Fr. x6 Schizophyllum commune Fr. x7 Not well developed C Aethalium septicum
Fr. Thanks for the specimens.
What hot weather! It is withering to toadstools. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received June 28
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (39) [E 196] My Dear Sir, [June 28 sideways in
margin] 1 Puccinia Violarium
Lk. Returned. 2 I have suspected is Geoglossum atropurpureum, but
not being well satisfied I sent it sometime ago to Rev. M. J. Berkeley, response has been received. I have come to the
conclusion that the Aecidium on Lycopus is only a
form of Ae. Compositarum
notwithstanding it is not on a Composite plant. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P.S. June 29 x "B" is, or
rather was, for the specimens are old - Aecidium Berberidis
Pers. This is new to the State and good specimens would be desirable. June 28th 1 Puccinia Compositarum
Schl. I have found this only on Canada thistle. Returned x3, x4 & 5 & 10 Dr. Curtis named such specimens for me Puccinia Myrrhis Schw. but I believe them (both yours & mine) to be
nothing else than Puccinia Umbelliferarum
DC. 6 Dothidea Robertiani
Fr. 7 Not good. x8 A beautiful Aecidium, possibly new but must study it more. x9 Has seen its best days. Probably Aecidium Cimicifugatum
Schw. when good. x12 Exidia glandulosa
Fr. x13 Hypoxylon concentricum
Fr. Yound (old) white points not seen. x16 Xylaria digitata x17 & x18 Xylaria polymorpha. Three or four must remain
incog. Received July 2 [Note that in the epithet, any reference to a generic name is
capitalized throughout these letters from Peck. Note too the underlining of
the authority. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (40) [E 195] My Dear Sir, I return "B"
June 25th but, as you see, there are no well formed peridia
or cups, hence it must not be received as Aecidium crassum for a certainty. I can only say that it would
probably be that if fully developed. I can not now put my hands on Aethalium septicum but will try
to look it up. It grows in a large yellow mass (2-3') broad, finally becoming
dusty brown or purplish brown. If you find more of Aecidium Ranunculacearum (specimen returned) please divide with
us. June 30th "On Hedera helix" No improvement. One spot has a few perithecia but no spores. x"B"
Probably will make Septoria Plygonorum
but no perithecia here. x"C"
Cystopus candidus Lev. x"E"
Cystopus candidus Lev.
This is Uredo Amaranthi Schw. but I find no difference that will separate it from
"C" x"D"
Two things: One Perenospora effusa
Grev. I think. I do not find the spores that ought
to be on the mycelium. The other appears to be some Cladosporium
- species uncertain. I shall try to bear in
mind your request concerning Dr. Allen. June 30th again. x4 Roestelia Botryapites
Schw. but not fully developed x1 Puccinia Asterium
Schw. 12 Peziza coccinea
Jacq. x18 Calocera cornea Fr. x11 Trichia clavata There are some other good
things in this lot but I must defer their examination till another time. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (43) [E 193] My Dear Sir, July 3d x6 No fungus yet. x7 Don't know it x8 Aecidium Ranunculacearum DC. x9 Aecidium Sambuci Schw. June 3 (Possibly means July
3) x1 Not determined x2 No fungus x3 Ustilago Zeae
Schw. x4 This looks good but I can get no spores form it and hence no
name. I inclose
one or two things forgotten when I mailed my previous letter. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 7 [Note there is also a
letter to Asa Gray "number 43"; Peck uses
en and inclose] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (49) [E 184] My Dear Sir, None of the specimens 1-7 of July 4th are
good. x"2 On Crataegus leaves" when
developed would make Roestelia lacerata
Sow. [sp.?] What the others would be if developed I can not say. July 5th 2 is Valsa lucostoma in part. The other part has 2 or 3 spots like Coniothecium but I am not certain of it. x4 is probably Erineum pyracanthae
but I have no authentic specimens with which to compare it. By the way, Erineum is one of the "Genera spuria"
that some deem of little consequence. x8 Aecidium Sambuci Schw. 8 of June 28th on Shepherdia Canadensis
leaves seems to be an undescribed species, and a
beautiful one too. You might if you choose (or if you so direct I will)
dedicate it to Dr. Allen. x2 Of June 30 on Rubus odoratus
leaves I thought at first sight an Aecidium, but between spores and sacks and threads it is such a
mixed and anomalous affair that I do not know where to put it. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (50) [E 183] My Dear Sir, Of July 7th I take 1 to be Trichia clavata 2 Peziza scutellata
& 1 plant of Trichia clavata 3 Stemonitis fusca
(old) 4 Nemaspora crocea x7 Aecidium tenue Schw.
I think, but it is doubtful if distinct from Ae. Compositarum x9 Puccinia Circaeae x10 Aecidium Compositarum x11 = 10 Aecidium Compositarum x12 May be imperfect Rhytisma Solidaginis but at all events there is an insect larva in
it. x13 Imperfect Roestelia
Botryapites Schw. x14 Streptothrix atra x16 Schizophyllum commune Fr. x17 Uredo Solidaginis x18 Aecidium Compositarum x19 = 18 x20 Puccinia Asterium
Schw. 27 Uredo Leguminosarum Of those not reported some
are imperfect and some 2 or 3 I hope at some future time to make something
of, especially No. 8 on Phlox. Of the specimens in box by
Express 1 is Agaricus (Pleurotus)
Howdnus Peck in Ed. to be in forthcoming Report. 2 & 3 are what I (following Dr. Curtis) have called Ag. salignus but it does not agree well with the description
of that species. I sent a specimen to Smith of London but he gracefully
passes it by without a word or notice. 4 Lentinus LeComtei
Fr. Apparently a better Panus than Lentinus. 5 Schizophyllum commune. July 8 A There is no fungus nor do I think there has been any here July 9 x1 & x2 I know neither of them The weather looks to day
favorable to toadstools and I shall leave town at once in quest of these much
abused but most captivating plants Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 20
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (51) [E 182] [ Of July 21st x1 Sphaeria fimbriata
Pers. x2 Puccinia Myrrhis
Schw. according to Dr. Curtis, but I see no
sufficient character to make it distinct from Puccinia
Umbelliferarum DC. x3 = 2 x4 Thelephora pallida
Schw. x5 Peziza x6 Vermicularia but I am not sure of the
species in either case. 7 Unknown July 11 x Aecidium macrosporum Peck in Ed. will be
described in forthcoming Report. I found it last year at Riverhead, L.I. Envelope post marked July
13 Long Branch Red fungus, no date on paper, seems to be Catharellus
aurantiacus Fr. July 16 Ballston Thelephora pallida Schw. July 17 Ballston on
chestnut burr. Not determined. July 20 Ballston & x5 Aecidium macrosporum Peck in Ed. x6 & x14 Stereum frustulosum
Fr. x11 Cantharellus aurantiacus
Fr. I wish you had found this in our State. x17 Peziza calycina
Schum. x18 Polyporus carneus
Fr. x19 Orthotrichum Canadense x21 Stemonitis fusca
Roth (Poor) x29 Orthotrichum crispulum x30 Uredo Leguminosarum
Lk. Others unrecognized &
undetermined Again July 20 2 Hypocrea
Lactifluorum Schw. on
some fungus 3 Cantharellus cibarius x15 Hypoxylon fuscum
Pers. x25 Sphaeria Coryli
Batsch. It is too dry for toadstools.
Even in mountain woods I only find them in damp shaded places or in wet
places along streams, and then they are few and far between. I got one good
thing on the Catskills - Aspidium aculeatum which Dr. Torrey reported but I find no
specimen of it in the Herbarium. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 24
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (53) [E 179] My Dear Sir, Of the specimens of July
22nd I am able at present to name only x1 Aecidium Euphorbiae Pers. (New to me).
The other fungus on these leaves is Uromyces apiculosa Lev. x9 Hypnum denticulatum
var. 10 Agaricus (Omphalia)
Campanella x14 Peziza floccosus
Schw. July 23d none. July 25 "A"
Immature 17 seems to equal 10 July 23 but is quite
young. Of the specimens in the
box 3 Xylaria polymorpha 4 Polyporus elegans
Fr. 5 Polyporus sulfureus
Fr. 6 = 4 10 Agaricus (Collybia)
dryophilus 20 Cantharellus cibarius
Fr. 16 Ag. (Clitocybe) ill..idens Schw. 21 Hypocrea Lactifluorum
Schw. On rock. Of course there is no end
to fungi. I am constantly learning something new from their study. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. The Erineum in letter of July 25 I take to be E. acerinum - E. luteolum grows on
Maple leaves but on the underside and has a yellow-brown color. The E. acerinum varies much in color. Received July 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (55) [E 176] My Dear Sir, In box from 1 Polyporus lacteus
Fr. 2 Ag. (Lepiota) acutesquamosus
Weir. 3. Cantharellus cibarius
Fr. Without number Cantharellus lutescens,
Hygrophorus miniatus and Ag. (Collybia)
dryophilus etc. July 26 x1 Not named x2 No fungus x3 Puccinia Violarum
Lk. x4 Immature but probably would make Roestelia
Botryapites Schw. x5 Insect work x6 Puccinia Polygalae
Peck Mss. I have before seen no other specimens of this than those I found
last spring in x7 Triphragmium clavellosum
Berk. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received July 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (57) [E 174] My Dear Sir, I regret to learn of your
sickness and hope for your speedy recovery. The specimens from 1 Geotia lubrica
Pers. x2 Agaricus (Clitocybe)
laccutus Scop. x3 Cantharellus minor? The specimens are
not clear but I think belong to this species which I described in last report
yet to be published. x4
Boletus ? x5 Ag. laccatus 6 & 7 Unnamed - Miss W's specimens received are the same as 2 =
Ag. laccatus - a very common and variable species. Specimens of July 28th (in
box) x1 Polyporus sulfureus
Fr. x2 Daedalea confragosa
Pers. x3
Polyporus lacteus ? x4 Scleroderma vulgare Fr. x5 Agaricus Campanella x6 Agaricus laccatus. x7 Hygrophorus miniatus
Fr. (in letter) I recognise
satisfactorily only x21 Uredo Solidaginis x10 Polyporus versicolor
Fr. 16 Polyporus elegans
Fr. 13 Cyathus Crucibulum
[sp.?] Fr. I write in haste as I am preparing
to start on another trip to-morrow. At the request of Miss Wilson I inclose for her a couple lichens she wished to see again. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Aug. 3 [Miss W. - is Miss Mary Wilson] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (66) [E 164] [this
letter is in purple ink and quite faded " Gregg, Lewis Co. Sept. 5th, 1870 My Dear Sir, I received your letter
from Mackinaw and was glad to hear that you found a few things at least that
were of interest, but sorry to hear of your poor success with toadstools. As
you will see by the date of this, I am up in the vicinity of the famous
"John Brown Tract" picking toadstools. I have been here a few days
and with very good luck. Each forenoon I find enough to keep me figuring and
describing during the afternoon. Among the most interesting are a Bolbitius and a Helvella
[sp.?], new species as I think. I shall stay here several days if the picking
keeps good. The box you sent by
Express just before you left came while I was away from Albany and when I got
it the contents were pretty well spoiled. I wish you could collect toadsstools with me a few days. I think I could get you
in the way of making something out of them. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Sept. 6 [7
overwritten] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (77) [E 153] My Dear Sir, I returned yesterday from
a very successful trip in the woods of The Agarics are rather
difficult fellows to deal with unless the rather tedious plan of making a
full and accurate description of the fresh specimens be
adopted, and this takes time. I have very little difficulty in preserving
specimens but to recognize a species by comparing the dry specimen with the
description of the fresh one is in many cases very difficult or even impossible. I find the "acknowledged
authorities" make blunders when they attempt to do this. I send you a specimen of Peltigera horizontalis as I
understand it, also a variety which I have seen described somewhere, I think
in "Tuckermans Synopsis." Specimens from Mackinaw
etc. Aug. 1870 x1
Puccinia ?
Near P. Cryptotaeniae and P. Mariae-Wilsoni
but I must compare it with them to see if it is distinct. 2 ["Returned to Mr. Peck" written in margin] Roesstelia n.sp. and
very fine. I return it for you to name and retain if you wish. It is on a
young birch? x3 Roestelia ? Must examine more carefully than I now
have time to do before deciding upon the species. x4 Puccinia Polygalae
Peck Mss. I first found this last Spring in Sandlake.
I have the impression that you have sent it ot me
before, but subsequent to my finding it. x5
Peziza calycina Schum. x6 Hirneola auricula-judae.
In Cookes British Fungi Exidia
Auricula-Judae Fr. x7 Puccinia porphyrogenita,
Curtis in Ed. 8 Puccinia Asteris
Schw. x9 Puccinia Tiarellae
B. & C. I have before seen it on leaves of the Tiarella
only. x10 Frullania Eboracensis
Schm. x14 Sphaeria Coryli
Batsch. x15 Uredo Pyrolae
Strauss 29 Hydnum repandum
L. x19 Dichaena faginea
Fr. Sept. 8th x1
Uredo Ruborum ? x2 Erysiphe lamprocarpa
Lev. x5 Roestelia lacerata
Low. x3 On the Galium I find no fungus x4 On the Cornus is doubtful Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton P. S. I notice some very
promising things in your packages but I must "make hay while the sun shines"
and grab the toadstools while they are to be had; but your specimens shall
receive attention as I have opportunity. Received Sept. 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (78) [E 152] My Dear Sir, Specimens of Sept. 27th in
box; xA,
xB & x D = one species, which I refer with some
hesitation to Polyporus frondosus
Fr. They seem to me to be the same species Dr. Howe sent me named Polyporus giganteus by Dr.
Curtis, but they certainly seem to me to fit the description of P. frondosus better. xC
Hydnum coralloides Fr. xE
I have seen this many times but could never locate it. I think it a morbid
development of some Agaricus. I have seen it
growing in the midst of a cluster of Agarics. F, G, H & I not named. The specimens are considerably decomposed
and look like Exidia or Tremella. J This has been tossed about by me between Ag. fascicularis
and Ag. epixanthus, but it would agree with the
description of neither so in my last Report I describe it under the name Ag.
(Hypholoma) perplexus. It
is very common but very persistent in growing to suit itself - not the
published description of species. It continues so dry that I
shall be obliged to go northward again to get toadstools. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (80) [E 150] My Dear Sir, The following specimens of
Sept. 28th (in box) I return to name. x6 Peziza scutellata
L. 7 in same paper left for future examination x9 Peziza citrina
Batsch. x13 & x14 Trichia clavata
Pers. & Peziza scutellata
L. x16 = 13 Trichia clavata
Pers. x12 Merulius tremellosus
Schrad. x22 Peziza aeruginosa
Fr. (fine) x24 Corticium Oakesii
B. & C. (fide Curtis) x26 = 9 x28 Trichia rubiformis
Pers. (fide Curtis) x31 = 6 x32 x34 Lycoperdon Wrightii
B. & C. (fide Curtis) x35 Hydnum - I am not sure whether it is coralloides or Erinaceus, the
specimen being only fragmentary. (x) 37 Ag. (Mycena) Leaianus
Berk. Berkeley says nothing of the caespitose character of the plant, and gives it as umbilicate which it is not always, neither have I seen it
growing on leaves as he says; still his general description applys so well that I think your is the plant he has in
view. x40 Lycoperdon pyriforme? x41 Lycoperdon some young one x43 Ag. perplexus Peck in Ed. 46 = 43 another "46" contains a white specimen not known
to me. x47 Ag. (Armillaria) melleus
Vahl. 1,2,4,5,8,7,15,17,23,25 & 36 I hope to make out yet and will
examine them at some future time. The Erysiphe
lamprocarpa is on leaves of Inula.
I have not yet examined the specimens on Desmodium leaves.
On the Galium the black specks seem to be only the
excrement of some insect. I believe the Roestelia on Mountain Ash leaves (from Mackinac [sic] and
left in doubt in my former letter) to be R. cornuta
Tul. I think the one you return me better be R. Clintoni. I have enough new species to name and will
dedicate something to Dr. Howe, the Roestelia being
more appropriately given to its discoverer. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (82) [E 148] My Dear Sir, Perseverance will
generally bring success. You have a fungus on this Galium
- Puccinia Galiorum Lk. - new to me and the State; for which reason I have
taken out a couple leaves and return the rest. The Perenospora
(No.1) on Chenopodium
leaves is probably P. effusa but I have never been
able to find the oospores, (figd in Cooke) and so
have left it in doubt. I sent specimens to Dr. Curtis but he too was
undecided about the species. Nos. 2 & 3 give me no satisfactory fungus. There is no need of returing the plates of fungi. The upper figure Plate 5 is
the one I have dedicated to you - Boletus Clintonianus.
I think it quite rare, having found it in one locality only - North Elba,
Essex Co. Mr. Cowles specimens of Danthonia are just about as near D. spicata
as D. compressa and shake my confidence in the
validity of I sent some of Mr. Cowles Carex (called a small form of C. marginata)
to Mr. Olney. He finally decides it is Carex capillaris. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (84) [E 146] My Dear Sir, Specimens of Oct. 3d x1 Puccinia Compositarum
Sch. x2 Uredo Polygonorum
DC. (Trichobasis Polygonorum B.) x3 Perenospora (probably effusa) x4 Aregma mucronatum
Fr. x5 Sphaerotheca species doubtful x6 Uredo Potentillarum
DC. (Uredo
Agrimoniae Schw.) x7 Only glands xA
Oct. 5 is what I call Ag. (Hypholoma) perplexus Peck. There are three species of Hypholoma viz; sublateritius, epixanthus and fascicularis, so closely related that it does not seem
easy to separate them. Our plant agrees about as well with one as with the
other, but really agrees with neither, so that not knowing to which it would
best go as a variety I had no alternative but to make a new species. It is a
very common species with us. Dr. Curtis named it for me Ag. epixanthus, while Dr. Howe thinks it is Ag. fascicularis, but I am not satisfied with either naming
when I read the descriptions. xB
Oct 5 is in such condition that I can not tell what it is. I have looked at your
specimens of Sept. 17 x1 Ag. (Mycena) Leaianus
Berk. It does not quite agree with x 2 Uncinula adunca
Lev. x3 Uromyces Hyperici
(Schw.) x4 Stereum frustulosum
Fr. x5 Only mycelium x7
Sten..onites fresca Roth. x8
This seems to me to be the Puccinia Junci Schw., but it is really a
Uromyces. Schweinitz
gives no Uromyes at all in his Synopsis of N. A.
Fungi, from which I infer that the Genus had not then been instituted. As
genera now stand his list is considerably mixed. It is unfortunate that in
the microscopic species he neglected to give spore characters. If this is his
plant, I suppose we shall have to follow Dr. Curtis' style and write Uromyces Junci (Schw.) x9 Xylaria polymorpha
Fr. x12 Uredo Helianthi
Schw. (the yellow Erysiphe
lamprocarpa Lev. (the black x13 I must leave this in doubt, though I believe it is what
generally passes for Uredo Ruborum.
It certainly is not Lecythea Ruborum
as described in Cooke's work. x15 Uredo Solidaginis
Schw. x16 Hypoxylon multiforme
Fr. 17 Hydnum coralloides
Scop. Others in this package
unknown. I regret that I did not go to Otter Creek and look up good fresh specimens of Mr. Cowles' Carex. His specimens were so much shelled as to lose
expressiveness. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Oct. 7 [Apparently when you put
an authority in parentheses it means the determination is doubtful but based
on the author designated's description. Perhaps the
underlining indicates a definite determination as per the author's desription]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (89) [E 141] My Dear Sir, The box of specimens came
safely. xA
is Lycoperdon giganteum Batsch. = Lycoperdon
Bovista L. An edible species. xB
Xylaria - I am not yet sure of the species. xC
Phallus impudicus L. The first specimens I have
ever seen. -D Agaricus (Clitocybe)
laccatus -E Lycoperdon pyriforme
Schaeff. Your specimens are remarkable for the very
thick stipe or base. Of Sept. 14th x4 & x5 are Uredo Solidaginis x6 is Pileolaria brevipes
B. & R. x8 is merely punctures of insects 19 Erysiphe (immature) Aug. 3 x1 Uromyces appendiculata
Lev. Sept. 8 x2 Uromyces solida
B. & C. x6 Roestelia lacerata
Sow. x7 Sphaeria fimbriata Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Oct. 12 & wrote
him ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (90) [E 140] My Dear Sir, The box contains so far as
I can recognise them A (twice) Agaricus (Lepiota)
procerus. I Agaricus (Lepiota)
clypeolarius G Marasmius velutipes\ M. Ag. (Clitocybe) Howanus
Peck in Ed. I am under the impression that I have confused some of your
specimens of this and Ag. illudens Schw. The fact is Dr. Curtis used to name for me this
which you now send "Ag. illudens Schw." and for a time I thought it must be so, but a
glance at the description will show it can not be Schweinitz
species. I am expecting to start
to-morrow on a short trip for toadstools and shall probably be absent about a
fortnight. The other specimens I shall be obliged to leave till my return. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Oct. 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (99) [E 131] My Dear Sir, Among the specimens of
Sept. 23d are, x3 Aecidium Gnaphalliatum Schw. x4 Uncinula adunca
Lev. x6
Puccinia Polygonorum Lk. ? x7, x8, x9, x10, x11 Uromyces solida B. & C. x12 Sphaeria Graminis
Fr. x13 Rhytisma solidaginis
Schw. x14 Rhytisma Prini
Fr. x17 Microsphaeria penicillata
Lev. 6 May be Puccinia Convolvuli B. & C. I must compare at a
future time Nov. 5th, 1870 This was commenced some
time ago and not finished. On my return I found two boxes and some packages
from you. The specimens in the boxes were in bad condition but I think I recognise the following. Oct. 11 x3 Marasmius oreades
Fr. x4 Hydnum coralloides
Scop. x5 Lycoperdon pyriforme
Schaeff 27 Polyporus adustus
Fr. Oct. 12 xA
Agaricus (Clitocybe) illudens Schw. xL.
The Sphaeria morbosa Schw. is as you have it named, but I can not say what the
white coating is. xM
Erysiphe communis Schl. xJ
Dacrymyces stillatus Fr. Oct. 8 x1 Puccinia Helianthi
Schw. x3 Erineum Vitis
DC. x7 Uredo pustulata
Pers. x11 Clavaria mucida
Pers. x19 & x28 Phytisma Vaccinii
F. x20
Erysiphe communis ? fruit
immature. Oct. 11 x14 Irpex Tulipiferae
Schw. x22 Uredo Asclepiadis
Curt. Description to be
published in the forthcoming report. My last trip was not quite
as successful in fleshy Agarics as the preceding one, owing to the lateness
of the season, cool nights checking the production of tender species. I had
the good fortune to find some fine specimens of Phallus. I am not sure that
it is P. impudicus as it has some noticeable
characters not mentioned in the description of that species. I regret that I have not
duplicates of the lichens you mention as desired by Miss Wilson. I must now begin to study
up the collections of the season preparatory to making up my report. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (108) [E 123& E 124 - two sheets] My Dear Sir, It is not possible to tell
when the 21st Report - 1868 - will be issued. Prof. Hall attributes the delay
to VanBenthuysen. The reason of it I do not know. Neither can I tell when
the 23d will be out. I suspect the printing is not yet commenced - at least I
have yet seen no proof of my part of it. The work of coloring the plates has
been going on some time. I will send names of a few
of your specimens such as I recognise to sight. I
have had an attack of sickness which has spoiled a few days of my time and
have commenced a critical examination of my collections of the season, and
must therefore ask your pardon if I delay a more full report on your
specimens a short time. I find I have made some mistakes in naming specimens
during the summer, which I must correct before you publish your list. It will
not do to trust to any man, however good his reputation
as a Mycologist, for I find all liable to eerror.
For example, I sent a specimen of an Agaric to Dr.
Curtis to name; He called it Ag. ostreatus. I sent
another well preserved specimen of the same species to Prof. Smith of Nov. 15 x1 Cantharellus crispus
Fr. x2 Tubercularia vulgaris
Tode Nov. 17 x1 Tremella foliacea
Fr. x2 Agaricus galericulatus x4 Peziza citrina
Batsch. x5 Cantharellus crispus
Fr. x7 Guepinia Spathularia
Fr. x18 Merulius tremellosus
Schrad. Nov. 18 x5 Aecidium Berberidis (old) x15 Puccinia graminis
v. arundina... x17 Puccinia Convolvuli B. & C. x19 Only galls. 20 Anomodon attenuatus x24 Atrichum angustatum x25 Sphagnum cymbifolium Nov. 19 x4 Tremella mesenterica x6 Hypoxylon ustulatum x12
Tubercularia vulgaris One piece contains a Nectria. x14 Hypoxylon multiforme
var. x16 Tirchia Serpula
Pers. x28 Hypoxylon multiforme
(young) x29 Tirchia pyriformis x8 Glonium stellatum
Schw. Nov. 22d x1 Panus stypticus x5 x8 Thelephora pallida x10 Peziza translucida 3 The Polyporus from Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Nov. 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (116) [E 115] My Dear Sir, I do not recognise the plant on Asparagus stems. I find no
fructification and therefore can not tell whether it is a Sphaeria,
Phoma, Septoria or
something else. I have neither seen nor
heard from Dr. Howe in two or three weeks and can not tell whether he is sick
or not. I do not think he has taken any offence for I believe him to be a
good hearted, whole souled fellow. From what I have
heard him say I know he would be glad to receive a package of specimens from
you. I have made a careful
reexamination of Mr. Cowles Carex and find it is
neither a form of C. vaginata nor C. capillaris as Mr. Olney supposed. It is either a very
strongly marked variety of Carex fulva Good. or which is more
probable a new species allied to C. fulva and
differing from it in its more numerous spikes, the upper ones longer peduncled and the scales broader and differently colored
(tawny with white margins and sometimes green midribs). I have no specimens
of C. fulva with which to compare it. Did not the
description of C. fulva in Smith's English Flora
come a little nearer to Mr. Cowles plant than the description in Gray's Bot.
I should not hesitate to call it ia new species. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Received Dec. 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (122) [E 109] My Dear Sir, The specimen of Dec. 17
seems to be Peziza albo-spadiceum
Grev. The "blackness" I think is only
dirt. I am unable to make out A,
B, & C of Dec. 13
A & B appear to be some Corticium
but what species is more than I can say. I have just got Dr. Curtis to
consent to loan me the descriptions of American fungi by B. & C. so that
I hope soon to be able to tell what species they have published. It turns out
that some of the species given in Curtis' Catalogue are merely Catalogue or
Manuscript names and have never been published. This has been a sore
annoyance to me for I have been in constant fear of making synonyms to their
species, simply because I could not tell what they had published, and the
specimens Dr. C. distributed under their names were not always satisfactory.
I begin to anticipate the dawn of a brighter day for American fungi. I have
been studying my collections closely for a few weeks and have been learning
some things that have astonished me - some that have delighted me. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Dec. 21
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol. 7 (129) [E 102] My Dear Sir, A. Dec. 29 Fries has a Triblidium caliciiforme which
he gives as a synonym of Phacidium caliciiforme in his index & in Elenchus, but as Cenangium caliciiforme Tribe Triblidium in his Systema, but
your plant can not be that - it is to all appearance a Hysterium
and I think H. tortile Schw.
but the specimens are sterile. B. Dec. 29 I think is Hysterium pulicare as Prof. R.
has it. I have neglected your
specimens of Dec. 19 as I could recognise only I shall be glad to see you
as I am a little puzzled concerning one small matter about which I shall be
happy to consult with you. A Happy New Year to you and yours. Very truly yours Charles H. Peck Judge G. W. Clinton Received Dec. 31 |
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