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NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 

 By Dr. C. B. Plowright. 



The descriptions subjoined of the three species new to our flora 

 are from specimens in the Herbarium of the British Museum. The 

 two Hymenomycetes have been figured by Mr. Worthington Gr. 

 Smith on the slieets ilhistrative of the Basidiomycetes in the 

 Botanical Gallery of the Museum. 



PoLYPORus {Foint'f!) EuoNYMi Kalch. Icones Hung. t. 35, f. 3; 

 Fries, Hymen. Europasi, p. 560; Sacc. Syll. vi. p. 182. 



On the base of the stems of Enonijmua europceni^, near Salisbury ; 

 Mr. E. J. latum, 1899. 



This is regarded by Fries as a subspecies of P. LonicercB, but in 

 the light of our present knowledge of the parasitic character of the 

 Polypori it seems better to regard it as a distinct species. Although 

 not previously observed in Great Britain, it is fairly common in 

 France. It has been on the tables of the Paris Fungus Exhibitions 

 on several occasions. 



Monilia Glasti, n. sp. Pale lilac, in small patches which 

 speedily become confluent. Conidia oval, pointed or rounded at 

 either end, sometimes lemon-shaped, variable in size, 10-12 x 

 6-8 mm., sometimes 15 x 10. Hyphae basal, few and inconspicuous, 

 spore-clusters 120-200 mm. long. Conidia collapsing with a longi- 

 tudinal fold when dry. 



On woad-balls. 1900. Parson Drove Woad-mill, Cambridge- 

 shire. 



The fungus appears as a dusty coating on the outside of the balls 

 into which the crushed leaves of woad (Isatis tinctoria) are made 

 during the preparation of this substance in the fenland district 

 of Cambridge and Lincolnshire, the only district in England where 

 woad culture is still carried on. 



Thelephora vitellina, n. sp. Pileus pale egg-yellow, flabelli- 

 form, expanded upwards, superior margin rimose, slightly incurved 

 laterally. Hymenium rugulose, zoneless. Stem attenuated down- 

 wards, but enlarged at the base. Pileus \-h or f in. across (10- 

 18 mm.), 1-1^ in. (20-30 mm.) high. Spores oval, 3 x 1-1-5 />t. 



On a dead fir-branch amongst moss and in the interior of a fir- 

 stem. Boat of Garten, 18 Sept. 1900 ; Mr. Scutt Elliut. 



This striking Theleplwra was found during the excursions of the 

 Scottish Cryptogamic and British Mycological Societies round Boat 

 of Garten, N.B., Sept. 1900. Specimens were sent to M. Boudier, 

 who pointed out its resemblance to T. Sowerbeii B. & Br., from which 

 it differs in its pure yellow colour and lignicolous habit, as well as 

 in the small size of its spores. 



