2 2 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Berkeley found at Coed Coch in 1869, and in subsequent years, 

 has been gathered in several localities in Scotland. In 1874 I 

 found it at Glamis. In 1877 I gathered the typical form on 

 Farragon, in Perthshire, growing on peat soil at an elevation of 

 2000 feet;. and in September last I found the variety at Loch 

 Maree in Ross-shire. It has also been gathered by Dr Buchanan 

 V/hite in the neighbourhood of Perth. H. lacmiis I gathered also 

 at Loch Maree in September. The stem is remarkable for its 

 yellow base. 



The Rev. M. L. Anderson exhibited Peziza ammophila^ D. R. 

 and Lev., a striking stipitate species, and Morchella deliciosa, Fr., 

 both species having been discovered by him at St Andrews as 

 new to Britain, the latter in May 1878. A curious circumstance 

 connected with Peziza ajumophila is worthy of notice. Agaricus 

 ammophiius, Mont, and Dur., and Peziza ammophila, D. R. and 

 Lev., have both been discovered by Mr Anderson at St Andrews, 

 growdng together in sand on the sea-shore. Previously they were 

 known only in Algeria, and there also they were found growing 

 together. 



Two species, which I discovered some time ago as new to 

 Britain, may also be mentioned, as they have not yet been de- 

 tected elsewhere than at Glamis : Ag. scobinaceus, Fr., resembling 

 in some respects the rare Ag. cap ut-Med usee, Fr., which I found 

 also at Glamis during two successive seasons, and which was 

 exhibited at South Kensington and at Perth ; and Polyporus 

 roseus, Fr., remarkable in the earlier stages of its growth for the 

 delicacy of its rose-coloured bloom. I have already, in a pre- 

 vious article,^ referred to Ag. scobinaceus in describing a plant 

 which was exactly intermediate between Ag. caput-Medusce and 

 Ag. scobinaceus. The specimens shown at Edinburgh were 

 scarcely of the typical form of Ag. scobinaceus, but were much 

 nearer to it than the plant referred to. 



Hydjiuni i7nbricatum, L., and Hydnum fragile, Fr., were for- 

 warded by the Rev. J. Keith from Morayshire. These are worthy 

 of note as not having been met with farther south than Rannoch 

 in Perthshire, where they have been gathered by Dr Buchanan 

 White, the former abundant and very large. The old pine-forests 

 of the North seem to be peculiarly the Scottish homes of the 

 larger Hydna. 



In the general collection I observed some fine specimens of 

 Nidularia; but on inquir}', I have been informed by Mr J. 



^ Scot. Nat., vol. iv. p. 20. 



