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desirous of joining the society may learn further particulars by 

 applying to us. Space will not permit us to give a list of many 

 of the rare and interesting fungi exhibited at the show, but we may 

 mention that several species, apparently new, and several only 

 quite recently added to the British lists, were represented. 

 Amongst others were : — Cortinarius traga/ius, C. orcllanus, 

 Radii lum tomeutosuw, Hyphelia rosea, Fist u Una hepatica, (from 

 several Scottish localities), Sparassis crispa (from two localities 

 in Scotland), Geaster Pryautii, Helvella gigas, Agaricus gigan- 

 teus, A. aurantius, A. spectabilis, A. porrigens, Puccihia A?ider- 

 soni, Protomyces n. sp., &c. 



The largest fungus in the show was a magnificent specimen 

 of Polyporus giganteus exhibited by Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, Bart., 

 while a very interesting collection of ergotised grasses was shown 

 by Mr. Stephen Wilson. Some specimens of (apparently) Poly- 

 porus nigricans found under 1 2 feet of peat, were shown by Mr. 

 Taylor. Similar specimens have we believe been found in the 

 fens of Cambridgeshire, but the occurrence of fungi in this 

 sub-fossil condition is worthy of more investigation than it has 

 hitherto apparently received. We noticed that the Polyporus 

 in question bore the traces of a coleopterous inhabitant, pos- 

 sibly Cis lineato-cribratus which attacks it at the present day, but 

 is of somewhat local occurrence in Britain. 



Other features of the Show were a collection illustrative of the 

 commoner poisonous and edible species, as well as a curious hat 

 from Eastern Europe formed out of Polyporus foweutarius and 

 exhibited by Professor Dickie, who, as well as Professor Ogilvie, 

 exhibited specimens of fungi preserved for the Herbarium. 



New British Fungi. — During a walk through the Chapelton fir wood 

 here, last week, the Rev. J. Fergusson and I gathered several specimens of 

 what turns put to be Agaricui (Tricholoma) virgatus Fr., a species which 

 I have not seen previously recorded as British. T understand that I.eotia 

 cininans P. has also been discovered in the north-east of Scotland. — J. 

 Keith, Forres, 28th Sept., 1874. 



Note on Discelium nudum Brid. — The first record of this moss as 

 Scottish is by Dickson (in 1801) in his Fourth Fasciculus of Cryptogam ic 

 British Plants. It is there mentioned as having been found V prope Perth, 

 in Scotia, D. Li. Don" Specimens from Don or Dickson, I forget which, 

 are preserved in the Edinburgh University Herbarium, and a more parti- 

 cular indication is there 'given of the locality. Guided by this I searched 

 and found the Discelium in some abundance on clay banks of the Tay be- 

 low Perth. More recently I have seen it on similar banks beside the Earn. 

 It still remains, I believe, a rare moss in Scotland ; I have heard of one 

 other locality only. I'. BUCHANAN WHITE. 



