FUNGI GATHERED IN THE PARISH OF FORDOUN 179 



Gomphidius glutinosus, Schaef. Under fir trees. 



Hebeloma longicaudum, Pers. In a fir wood. 



Flammula flavida, Schaef. On a heap of old sawdust. 



F. hybrida, Fr. On fir sawdust and dead roots. 



F. ochrochlora, Fr. On sawdust. Densely tufted. 



F. spumosa, Fr. On or near dead roots. Very viscous. 



Paxi Hits involutes, Fr. Margin of cap always incurved. 



Agariats (Psalliotd) campestris, L. In old pastures only. I once 

 met with a form which had all the characters of A. campestris 

 except that it was growing in a wood, and that its tapering 

 stem, slightly enlarged at top and bottom, was seven inches 

 high. It seemed to be var. silvicola, Vitt. 



A. arvensis, Schaef. -In a grass field. I have seen fifty of these 



large mushrooms growing together in a half-circle. 

 Stropharia ceruginosa, Curt. In woods. Green, glutinous. 

 S. semiglobata, Bat. On dung in pastures. Hemispherical. 

 6". stercoraria, Fr. On dry dung in pastures. 

 Hypholomafasciculare, Huds. On fir-stumps and sawdust. 

 PancBolus campanulatus, L. Near a manure heap. 

 P. stib-balteatus, Berk, and Br. On a manure heap. 

 Psathyrella atomata, Fr. On the ground among grass. 

 Coprinus comatits, Fr. Attains a height of one foot. 

 C. micaceus, Fr. On decaying tree-roots. Tufted. 

 C. niveus, Pers. On horse-dung in pastures. 

 C. stercorarius, Fr. On a manure heap. 



POLYPORE^:. 



Polystictus versicolor, Fr. On dead wood ; fan-shaped, velvety, with 

 concentric zones of various colours ; sometimes several plants 

 combine to form a beautiful rosette three or four inches broad. 



Fames igniarius, Fr. On dead roots. Perennial. 



F. annosus, Fr. On dead roots. Perennial. 



Polyporus acanthoides, Fr. On rotten trunks and roots. 



P. betulinus, Fr. On fallen birch-trees only. 



P. chioneus, Fr. On decaying stumps. Pure white. 



P. brumalis, Fr. On dead branches in winter. 



P. fragilis, Fr. Turns brown where touched with the finger. 



P. squamosus, Fr. On beech roots ; a large, scaly species. 



Boletus cestivalis, Fr. In a wood. Only one plant found. 



B. chrysenteron, Fr. In woods, and pastures near woods. 

 B. edulis, Bull. Borders of woods. Edible. 



B. elegans, Schum. Sometimes seen scarce. 

 B. flavus, With. Under trees ; a pretty yellow species. 

 B. luridits, Schaef. Turns blue when cut or bruised. 

 B. piperatus, Bull. Borders of woods. Taste peppery. 

 B. pachypus Fr. Turns blue when cut or bruised. 



