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material, has been a happy experience, and without their 

 aid, this list could not have been published. To Mr. Huish, 

 F.R.M.S., London ; J. H. Howard, Nor\vich ; and Mrs. 

 Stelfox, of Bangor, I am greatly indebted. Miss G. Lister 

 has been extremely kind, and my thanks are due to her 

 in a special measure for useful hints, and for looking over 

 many of my specimens. I should add that on several 

 occasions when collecting in the vicinity of Dublin I had 

 the pleasure of the company of Mr. W. N. Allen and Mr. 

 David McArdle, both of whom contributed to the collections 

 made. 



One of the most prolific of my hunting-grounds — the 

 estate surrounding Rathfarnham Castle — is now rapidly 

 being destroyed. The trees are being felled and the 

 ground built over. Except where otherwise stated the 

 specimens have been found on dead wood, such as decaying 

 stumps of trees, rotten logs, or fallen branches. 



One X denotes a new county record ; two xx a new 

 sub-provincial record (according to Mr. Adams' sub-division 

 of the country) ; and three xxx new to Ireland. 



Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa McBride. — Clare — x Sixmilebridge. Wexford 



— XX Johnstown Castle ; Gorey. Queen's County — x Ballyfin ; 



Portarlington. Wicklow — Bray ; Shillelagh ; Rathdrum ; Ovoca ; 



Dargle. 

 The specimen gathered by Stanley Gunn at Bray was of yellowish 

 pale buff or Apricot colour. All the others of the more usual pure white. 

 Badhamia utricularis Berkeley. — Clare — xx Kilkishen. Kildare — x 



Monasterevan. Dublin — Blackburne Estate, Rathfarnham^ 



Generally on deca5dng fungi. 

 Badhamia panicea Rost. — Galway — xx Near Galway, on moss. Queen's 



County — xx Abbeyleix. 

 The Galway specimen was found on a thick coating of moss on the 

 vertical stem of a tree stump in full sunshine, about 2 feet from the 

 ground. 

 Physarum nutans Persoon. — Queen's County. — x Abbeyleix demesne. 



Dublin — Rathfarnham (on leaves of grass) ; Howth demesne (on 



moss on decaying stump) ; Lucan woods. 

 Physarum nutans Pers. sub-species leucophaeum Lister. — Clare — xx 



Kilkishen, on moss. Wicklow — xx Ballyarthur, Ovoca, on moss. 



Dublin — xx Rathfarnham. 

 Physarum didermoides Rost. — Dublin — Bushy Park, Terenure (on 



moss). 

 Fuligo septica Gmelin. — Tipperary South — Cahir. Kilkenny — xx 



Bennettsbridge. Queen's County. — Ballyfin ; Portarlington. 



