i8o ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



B. subtomentosns, L. At the edge of a pine wood. 

 Merulius lacrymans, Fr. On dead trees, also on timber. 



HYDNE^E. 



Hydnum repanaum, L. Plentiful in several woods. 



H. bicolor, Alb. and Schw. On dead bark. Very thin. 



CLAVARIE/E. 



Sparassis crispa, Fr. Under pines in a wood. Rare. 

 Clavaria coralloides, L. White, prettily branched. 



C. cristata, Holm. Shaped like a miniature stag's horn. 

 C. fragilis, Holm. Among grass. White, brittle, tufted. 

 C. vermicularis, Scop. Among grass in white tufts. 



PHALLOIDE^E. 

 Phallus impudiais, L. On the ground. Common. 



NlDULARIE^E. 



Cyathus vernicosus, DC. On the ground in a garden. 

 Nidularia pisiformis, Tul. On a dead fir-branch. 



LYCOPERDE/E. 



Lycoperdon ec/unatitm, Pers. On the ground in a wood. 



L. perlatum, Pers. Common in thickets of fir-trees. 



L. bovista, L. (Bovista giga?itea, Batsch.). Among grass. I have 

 seen five or six of these huge puff-balls in a group, the largest 

 of which had a girth of thirty-three inches. Rare. 



SCLERODERME^E. 



Scleroderma vulgare, Fr. Local. Not seen every season. 

 S. bovista, Fr. Among grass, but not common. 



ASCOMYCETES. 

 PEZIZE/E. 



Peziza aurantiu, Fr. On the ground among trees. 



P. vesiculosa, Bull. On manure heaps. 



P. repanda, Wahl. On an old cinder heap. 



HELVELLE/E. 

 Leotia tiibrica, Pers. Among grass near beeches. 



XYLARIE^E. 

 \vlaria hypoxylon, L. Common on decaying roots. 



