320 The Field Naturalist's Quarterly Nov. 



Icon.,' vol. ii. p. 71, or his ' Monographia,' vol. ii. p. 182, he would have 

 found the fateful words " lacte albo submiti." 



There are many omissions of species already described, and we jot 

 down a few at random : Nola7tea mcarnata Quel., Chitonia pequinii 

 Boud., Russiila amosna Quel., Lepiota subi)iarasmioides Speg., Lepiota 

 littoralis Menier, Lepiota arenicola Menier, Flammula ritbicicndula Rea, 

 Lactariiis porfiinsis Roll., Tricholo7na saponacettin var. lavedana Roll., 

 Oniphalia bibula Quel. var. citricolor Roll, Lepiota lilacina Quel., 

 Riissula Raoidti Quel., Marasinins Delilei De Seynes. Whilst Mycena 

 lasiospcrma Bres., p. 41 and p. 44, is ranged both under the Rigipedes 

 and the Filipedes group. 



Many species are recorded as British which it is hard to say where 

 they have been previously recorded in British botanic literature, whereas, 

 on the other hand, the bracket indicating not British could well be 

 removed in some instances. We cite as examples of the last Ainanita 

 jmtquillea Quel., A. porphyria A. and S., Tricholoma glaiicocanuni 

 Bres., Mycena atromarginata Fr., and CoUybia pulla Schaefif, amongst 

 very many others too numerous to quote. 



This work enumerates, according to the preface, 2750 European 

 species of Agarics, of which 1553 are therein declared to be British, and 

 which Massee in his ' British Fungus Flora' enumerated at about 1452. 

 Fries in his ' Hym. Europ.' enumerated some i860. Thus we see the 

 growth is somewhat alarming — the European has increased from the 

 year 1874 by 890 and the British by loi. 



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