17/5/941
By last weeks mail, dear Dr Dyer, I sent you some fungs, ordinar[e]ly dried, from New Guinea; by this weeks mail another lot, which came in Alcohol, and thus lost their color. Nevertheless I have forwarded them as at all events the genera and sub-genera could be made out, which in some cases may be new as Papuan. I do not wish to be intrusive, nor do I intend to tax the Kew establishment with asking for any information at all, especially as the material is so unsatisfactory. But what little may be made of these 2 sendings, they will advance Papuan Mycology. These fungs may be of all the more interest, as they came from the Highlands of New Guinea through the exertions and the circumspectness of Sir William Macgregor.
Let me hope that you and Sir Joseph are happy and well.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Please cite as “FVM-94-05-17,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 16 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/94-05-17