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THE FUNGI OF THE COUNTIES OF DUBININ AND 



WICKEOW. 



BY GREENWOOD PIM, M.A. 



The following summary of the Fungi hitherto observed in 

 the Dublin district is to a great extent the substance of two 

 lists, one compiled by me in 1878 for the handbook published 

 in connection with the visit that 3- ear of the British Associa- 

 tion, and the other published by Dr. McWeeney and myself 

 in 1893."' To this material have been added such species as 

 have come under my notice since, and Dr. McWeeney has 

 kindly added a very large number of interesting forms which 

 he has found wnthin the past five years. Both lists — wath the 

 exception of the Uredines in the latter — are arranged on the 

 lines of Dr. Cooke's " Handbook." Within the last few years 

 the classification of the Fungi has been completely revolu- 

 tionised : new genera by scores have been established, and 

 it is not always easy to find one's old friends under their 

 new names. Hence, to bring this list at all up to date 

 involved its being entirely recast. The arrangement of Mr. 

 Massee's " British Fungus Flora" has been followed except in 

 the case of the Uredines which are arranged according to Dr. 

 Plowright, the Pyrenomycetes in which Saccardo's grouping 

 has been adopted, and that of Eister in the appendix on 

 Mycetozoa. 



The catalogue is not a very long one, but it must be borne 

 in mind that it is the work of only two individuals — both of 

 whom have had other pressing occupations, so that they 

 could devote but a portion of their leisure to the work. 



When I first commenced the study of mycology, the identi- 

 fication of these plants — never a very easy matter — was much 

 more difficult than it is now. Such works as Dr. Cooke's "Illus- 

 trations " and " Mycographia," Mr. Massee's " British Fungus 

 Flora," Saccardo's " Sylloge Fungorum," and many more were 

 not available, and for some years I worked single-handed, till 

 about 1888 Dr. McWeeney joined me. He has added a very 

 large number of species, some new to the British Flora — some 

 even to science. Under these circumstances mistakes were 

 inevitable — and no doubt have occurred — while it is quite 

 certain that there are a large number of species which have 



^ Irish Nat., vol. ii., pp. 245-9; 257-60. 



