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Panaeolus leucophanes, (B. & Br.) Among grass, Savile 

 Park— H.T.S. 



P. phalaenarum, (Bull.) On cattle dung in pastures. Frequent. 



P. retirugis, Fr. In pastures : Lud. Dn. ; Hollin Hey, Stainl. ! 



P. spinctrinus, Fr. In pastures : Lightcliffe, Luddenden 

 Dean, Crimsworth Dean ! 



P. campanulatus, (L.) Not uncommon in pastures. 



P. papilionaceus, Fr. Pastures, grassy road sides, etc. Skir- 

 coat ; Stainl. ; Hurst ; Hipping-end, Heb. Bdge. — J>N. 



P. fimicola, Fr. " Grows amongst the grass in pasture 

 grounds in Oct.," Hx.— Bolton, Tab. 66, f. i. 



P. cinctulus, (Bolt.) " Grows on dung hills after rain, in June 

 and July. Gathered specimen figured aud described, 

 June 25, 1789" — Bolton, Tab. 152. Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 312. 



Psathyrella subatrata, Fr. Among grass, El. Pk. Wd. ! 



P. gracilis, Fr. Field, H. Gr.— J.N. 



P. disseminata, (Pers.) Grows in crowds on and about mossy, 

 decaying stumps. El. Pk. \Yd. ! Lud. Dn. — J.W.S. 

 Pck. Wd., H. Gr. — J.N. Ovenden— G. L. Lister. 



P. atomata, Fr. Common in fields, on grassy road sides, 

 lawns, etc. 



Coprinus comatus. Shaggy Caps. " Grows in sand besides 

 grass-beds, and by paths near towns and villages, in 

 Sept. and Oct." — Bolton, Tab. 44. Common on lawns, 

 grassy road sides, waste places, tips., etc., never far 

 away from town or village. One of the best of edible 

 sp., and much sought after where its esculent qualities 

 are known. 



C. ovatus, Schaeff. Heb. Bdg., Skircoat, 1892. Edible. 



C. sterquilinus, Fr. Heb. Bdge., Southowram, Lud. Dn. ! 



C. oblectus, (Bolton) Fr. " Grows on new dung hills ; but is 

 rare about Halifax, 1790" — Bolton, Tab. 142. Not 

 met with again in England, to be known, until October 

 1892, when it was re-discovered at Halifax on street- 

 sweepings and refuse tip — Nat., Dec. 1892. Since 

 found near stables at Heb. Bdg., Brearley, Rishworth, 

 and Lud. Dn.— J.N. ! 



C. atramentarius, Fr. " Grows on Gibbett Hill, and in some 

 other places near Halifax, 1787" — Bolton, Tab. 25. 

 Frequent about moist decayed stumps, posts, etc. 



C. aphthosus, Fr. " Grows on decaying pieces of moist wood, 

 in cellars, cold kitchens, etc., in plenty," Halifax — 

 Bolton, Tab. 26. 



