28-1 THE FL ORA OF HALIFAX. 



A semi-aquatic fungus ; see Nat., June, 1901, for 

 revised diagnosis taken from these specimens. 



H. fimeti, Fckl. (H.tovina, (Phil.) Sacc.) 1789. "On dry 



dunghills in several places about Halifax, but 



not in plenty' —Bolton, Tab. 109, f. 2. On cow dung, 

 Copley, 1898 — II.T.S. 



Lachnea coprinaria, (Cke.) Phil. Frequent on cow dung in 

 pastures ; records many. 



L. stercorea, (Pers.) Gillet. " In fields about Hx., plenti- 

 fully," 1782 — Bolton, Tab. 108, f. 1. On cow dung, 

 Green Hurst, Cr. Dn. — J-N. Lud. Dn., Skircoat 

 Moor, and in field near El. Pk. \Vd. — II.T.S. 



L. setosa, (Nees). On fragments of wood embedded in clayey 

 ground, Bn. CI. — H.T.S. 



L. hybrida, (Sow.) Var. lapidaria, Cke. In the soil-seams 

 of paving-stones, warehouse yard, Hx., 1895 — H.T.S. 



L. ascoboloides, (Bert.) Mass. On bare, damp soil, Sun 

 Wd.— Nat., June 1894. Mdgh.— H.T.S. 



L. hirta, (Schum.) -Gillet. Among moss, N.D. Wd. — H.T.S. I 



L. scutellata, (L.) 1775- Bolton, Cat. No. 470. Common 

 on logs, dead branches, twigs, etc., in damp places, and 

 on wet decaying woodwork of bridges and other 

 structures ! On rotten sacking, Lee Mill, Heb. Bdg. 

 — J.N. The L. hivto-coccinea, Nat., June 1894, ls on ly 

 a form of this sp. 



L. umbrorum, (Cke.) Gillet. On bare, damp ground, or on 

 road scrapings, in shady places : Hdc, Mdgh., Pck. 

 Wd., etc.— J.N. ; Sterne Mill, Bn. CI., El. Pk. Wd. ! 



L. theleboloides, (A. & S.) Gillet. Market garden, Skircoat, in 

 vast quantity on spent-hop midden, Nov. 1897 — H.T.S. ! 



L. dalmeniensis, (Cke.) Phil. On the ground, principally in 

 nettle beds, Pck. Wd., Cat Holes CI., etc.— J.N. 



L. Lojka^ana, Rehm. On soil adhering to old tub in dye- 

 house yard, Lee Mill, Heb. Bdg. First Britisn record 

 — Nat., June 1901. 



L. fimbriata, Quel. On moist dust lining the wall of cellar 

 window area at my place of business. First British 

 record — Hx. Nat., VII., p. 109. 



L. hemispherica, (Wigg.) Gillet. " In the shady part of 

 Elland Park [Wood] where the ground is wet and the 

 soil consists of vegetable mould " — Bolton, unpublished 

 Tab, 209, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Collection. 



