252 THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



F. sapinea, Fr. Not uncommon on pine and other stumps 



and logs. Cr. Dm, Hdc, Pck. Wd.— J.N. N. D. Wd., 

 El. Pk. Wd. ! Bn. CI.— C. E. Moss. 

 Var. terrestris, Fr. What we take to be this var. is 

 common on the moors among dead ling and bil- 

 berry stems in July, August, and September. 



Naucoria cucumis, (Pers.) Lud. Dn. ; garden, Clover Hill — 



N. cerodes, Fr. On burnt soil, Pck. Wd.— J.N. [H.T.S. 



N. melinoides, Fr. Lud. Dn. 



N. nucea, (Bolt.) " This species came up in abundance 

 among the young fir trees in the new plantation near 

 Mount Pellon in Oct. 1787. I have seen it in other 

 places, in dry and barren soils, among heath and furze 

 bushes " — Bolton, Tab. 70. " A wholly abnormal 

 species, but the Swedish, Russian, and Scotch speci- 

 mens agree so exactly that it seems quite typical " — 

 Stevenson s Bvit. Fungi, Vol. I., p. 281. 



N. striaepes, Cke. Among grass on soil heap, El. Pk. Wd. ! 



N. pediades, Fr. On lawn, Abbotts Ladies' Homes ! 



N. semiorbicularis, (Bull.) H. Gr. ; field, ShawSyke — H.T.S. 

 Spa Wood. Lud. Dn. ! Hurst— J.N. 



N. escharoides, Fr. Lud. Dn. ! 



N. graminicola, (Nees.) On dead grass and rush stems, 

 Hdc— J.N. El. Pk. Wd.— H.T.S ! 



Galera tenera, (Schaeff.) Common in pastures, open woods, 

 meadows, and on grassy road-sides. " Grows in 

 fallowed fields, where the weeds have been burnt, in 

 woods, or places where charcoal has lately been made " 

 — Bolton, Tab. 66, f. 2. 



G. OYalis, Fr. Cr. Dn., Pck. Wd. — J.N. In pasture, Warley, 



in great quantity, Oct. 1898 — H.T.S. Norland, Hullen 

 Edge, Hollin Hey Stainl., Lud. Dn. On lawn, Ber- 

 merside — H. Law son. 



G. conferta, (Bolt.) Fr. " Grows amongst the bark in hot- 

 houses ; in the Pine-Stove of J. Caygill, Esq., Hx., 

 Nov. 1785 "—Bolton, Tab. 18. 



G. spartea, Fr. " Grows in dry and barren pasture grounds 

 amongst various kinds of moss" — Bolton, Tab. 51, f. 1. 

 Brookhouse, Ovenden ; Lud. Dn. ! Mdgh. — J.N. 



G. hypnorum, (Batsch.) Common on shaded mossy banks 

 from May to Dec. Constantly grows among moss. I 

 have gathered it on beds of Webeva nutans, Dicvanella 



