248 THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



0. fibula, Bull. Common on mossy banks in woods, etc. Has 



been found on Midgley Moor at 1450 ft. alt. 

 Var. Swartzii, Fr. On butter-bur bed, Elland ; Lud. Dn. 

 0. belliae, Johnst. H. Gr.— J.N. 

 0. gracillima, (Weinm.) On decayed stems of Cavex pendula, 



El. Pk. Wd. A delicate species. 

 0. integrella, (Pers.) On decaying grass, etc. Broad bottom, 



Wds., Pck. Wd., H. Gr., Beaumont CI., El. Pk. Wd. 

 Pleurotus fimbriatus, (Bolton). 1787. " Stump Wood, North- 



owram, and in several moist woods about Halifax." — 



Bolton, Tab. 61. 

 P. ostreatus, Jacq. Oyster Mushroom. Edible. 



Lud. Dn., and one or two other places, not common. 



Var. columbinus, Quel. On living laburnum from slit in 



trunk, Skircoat. On ash, Heath. Hx. Nat. III., 



p. 128. Greetland — West Vale Nat. Soc. [Hx ! 



P. salignus, (Pers.) On tree stumps, Lee, Hept. — J.N. Heath, 



P. serotinus, (Schrad.) 1892. On base of stile-post, N.D. Wd. 



U.B. This came up eight seasons in succession. 

 P. mitis, (Pers.) 1903. On wet ash board near water tap in 



cellar at my place of business ! 

 P. reniformis, Fr. On dead twig buried in moss, N.D. Wd. ! 

 P. tremulus. Fr. On the ground under elder, El. Pk. Wd. — 



H.T.S. 

 P. acerosus, Fr. " Growing erect on the ground, in a steep 



field by the footway leading from Elland to Mills 



Bridge, in Oct., 1787." Bolton, Tab. 72. f. 3. Probably 



the Ainleys. 

 P. septicus, Fr. On bark, Sun Wd. ; on grass, El. Pk. Wd. ; 



N.D. Wd. ! on flax backing, cast-out hearth rug, Pck. 



Wd. ; on leaves, Mdgh. Wd.— J.N. 

 P. hypnophilus, (Berk.) On dead grass, H. Gr. — J.N. 

 P. chioneus, (Pers.) El. Pk Wd. ! Pck. Wd.— J.N. 



RHODOSPOR/E. 



Yolyaria gloiocephala, DC. " This species is rare about 



Halifax ; it grows in woods in shady moist places 



Ramsden Wood, Sep. 27, 1787." — Bolton, Tab. 49. 

 " Beside the water-gate in the wood called Burks, near 

 Hx., Sep., 1794." — Bolton, unpublished Tab. in Brit. 

 Mus. (Flat. Hist.) Collection no. 455. Mr. Worthington 

 G. Smith considers both these plates to represent the 

 above, and remarks, " The glutinous pileus and solid 



