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THE JOUltiXAL UF BuTANr 



The principal gathering-grounds were: 



u- ^ r Warwickshire— Sutton Park. Marston Green, Earlswood, and 



Mockley Wood : 



For Worcestershire— Malvern, Witley Park, Wvre Forest, and 

 Hop Dingle Wood : 



For Staffordshire — Hamstead Park. 



onr h \i he fo 1 llowin " table ' tlie ™ are 121 species and varieties - 

 89 tor Warwickshire, 100 for Worcestershire, and 63 for Staffordshire • 

 this compares favourably with about 148 species and varieties that 

 have been recorded from Yorkshire, which has a very much larger 

 area. ° 



The following species and varieties are recorded for the first time 

 for Warwickshire: Badhamia foliicola Lister; Physarum viride 

 Pers. ; P. virule v. aurantium Lister, P. bitectum Lister, P vires- 

 cens var. nitens Lister; Fuligo cinerea Morg. ; Di derma deplanatum 

 Lister, D. radiatum Lister; Stemonitis splendens var. fiaccida 

 Lister; Comatncha pulchella Post., C. elegans Lister, C. laxa 

 Post.; Lamproderma violaceum Host.; Enteridium olivaceum Ehr ; 

 Trichia scabra Post. ; Arcyria incarnata var. fulgent Lister A 

 nomiformis Post. ; Perichcena corticalis var. affinis Lister, P. \-er- 

 micularis Rost. : these were taken by myself. 



For Worcestershire : Physarum bitectum Lister ; Diacheea sub- 

 sessilis Peck ; Stemonitis splendens var. fiaccida Lister ; Lampro- 

 derma arcyrionema Post., L. atrosporum v. anglicum Lister ■ 

 Prototrichia metallica Mass. : these were taken by Mr. E. Brazier. ' 



This gives an additional 25 species and varieties since the publica- 

 tion of previous records. 



In the following table, G.=those species given in the Fauna of 

 the Midland Plateau by Mr. W. B. Grove (1910) ; L.=those ^iven 

 in Lister's Monograph (1911); H. = those mentioned by Mr. N 

 G. Hadden in his list for Worcestershire (1914) ; B.=those collected 

 by Mr. E. Brazier in Worcestershire; E. = those taken by myself. 



Warwick- 

 shire. 



Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa McBr. .. 

 Badhamia hyalina Berk. = capsuli 



t'era Berk 



B. utricularis Berk 



B. nitens Berk 



B. macrocarpa Rost 



B. panicea Rost 



B. foliicola Lister 



Physarum psittacinum Dittm. . . 



P. viride Pers 



P. viride v. incanum Lister 



P. viride v. aurantium Lister 



P. nutans Pers 



P. nutans v. leucopheum Lister ... 



P. compressum A. & S 



P. bitectum Lister 



P. lateritiurn Morg 



E., G. 



G. 

 E., G. 

 E., G. 



E., G. 



E. 



G. 



E. 

 E., G. 



E. 



E., G. 



E.. G. 



E., G., L. 



E. 



Worcester- 

 shire. 



Stafford- 

 shire. 



H., B. 



H. 

 H., G. 



II. 



H. 



, G., B. 

 H. 



H., B., E. 



H. 



E.,G., H.,B. 



H., B., E. 



H.. B., E. 



B. 



G. 



G., L. 

 G., E. 



G. 



G., L. 



G. 



G. 



