A monograph on the genus Galerina Earle / by Alexander H. Smith and Rolf Singer.

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The Genus Galerira Earle

when describing new species, to select a type from a location which is likely
to remain undisturbed. Hence, whenever possible, we have desigrated a
location within one of the Parks as a type locality. If one travels through
the logged-off areas of Washington and Oregon and sees how plant habitats
have been and are being ruined, he will appreciate this aspect of our parks.
Unless some large areas, such as the Olympic National Park and Mt.
Rainier National Park, are preserved in their natural state, many of the
species characteristic of the virgin forests will be lost. Actually, since in
recent years fungi have been proven to be an important natural resource,
there is an economic aspect involved in preserving our fungus flora, to say
nothing of learning enough about it so that as a country we can use it intelligently. Our national parks, at present, are the only areas in which there is
reasonable hope of maintaining this flora intact, and as such they are and
will become, increasingly important. The men who administer these areas,
from the superintendents on down, deserve a special citation for serving the
public well in spite of the failure of our government to give the parks the
basic support needed to function properly, to say nothing of increasing their
services.
The same may be said to be true as far as the Argentine National Park
Service is concerned, especially the large area of Parque Nacional de
Nahuel Huapi in Patagonia, which efficiently preserves from destruction
through lumbering activities and tourist developments the flora anc fauna
of the northwest of Patagonia.
We also take pleasure in acknowledging the aid of the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, which made it possible for us to spend
the summer of 1953 working together on this project, and to work up South
American material from previous collections; Last, but by no means least, we
each wish to acknowledge the financial assistance received frcm the
National Science Foundation in the comparatively recent years during
which our final studies on this genus were in progress. This aid has?roved
to be a major factor in the success of our project, both in North and South
America.
Many individuals and institutions have aided the project directly, in
one way or another. The interest of Mr. Wm. B. Gruber of Portland,
Oregon, in fungi was directly responsible for much of the work carried out
in the Mt. Hood area of Oregon. Sir Edward Salisbury, former Director,
and Dr. Taylor, present Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew,
Surrey, England, kindly authorized the loan of certain essential collections.
Dr. G. Haglund of the Ricksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, generously Loaned
us specimens as did M. Metrod, the well known French mycologist, now
deceased. Dr. Richard P. Korf, of Cornell University, kindly loaned us
Atkinson's types, and those of Peck and Murrill were made available to
us by the curators at the New York State Museum and New York Botanical Gardens, respectively. To Dr. H. D. House, deceased, and to Stanley
J. Smith, the present curator, we are indebted for the loan of materials
and the privilege of studying in the herbarium of the New York State Museum at Albany. Dr. Fred J. Seaver, now retired, and Dr. Donald P. Rogers,