Tennessee and Kentucky Fungi
1917; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 9; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00275514.1917.12018913
ISSN1557-2536
Autores Tópico(s)Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
ResumoThe fungous flora of Tennessee and Kentucky has not been studied to the same extent as that of many other states. The main work so far seems to have been limited to the more important disease-producing species on cultivated plants. In addition, collections have been made in a few special groups confined to the eastern mountains. The general flora of the central and western portions of these states remain practically untouched. During the month of September, I916, the writer, accompanied by Mr. Frank B. Cotner as assistant, visited two localities. One week was spent at Harlan, Kentucky, and three weeks at Elkmont, Tennessee, in the heart of the western slopes of the Big Smoky Mountains. The latter region is not far remote from the Asheville region of North Carolina where so many eminent mycologists have collected and whose flora is quite well known. Many species were therefore found which are known from the ranges east of the Big Smoky. The most important condition for the study of the fungous flora of a region is of course the'weather. Heavy rains had fallen in Elkmont during July and August, so ithat the woodinhabiting fungi were still rather plentiful. The species growing on the ground, however, were not in sufficient abundance to give any satisfactory idea of the flora, as the rains during our stay were few and scattered, and the summer fruiting species had all been stimulated by the heavy rains to early fruiting. The following list of agarics, for example, although not small, represents in each case a small number of individuals collected, giving no hint of the frequency of the species for the region. Since the larger part of the list below comes from Elkmont, Tennessee, the species from Harlan, Kentucky, will be marked by an asterisk and those common to the two localities by a double asterisk. 159
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