ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No. 1.] (1910. 
I—FUNGI EXOTICI: X. 
(With PuarTe.) 
G. MASSEE. 
The majority of the new fungi, ooo in the following pages, 
have been received from the West Indies. A few are from 
Lee se Africa and elsewhere. Marasmius scandens is a parasite 
n Cacao in West Africa, and causes considerable damage to the 
tanta Another new fungus of interest is Diplodia rapax, which 
appears to be parasitic on the branches and roots of Hevea brasiliensis ; 
this fungus was received almost simultaneously from Singapore and 
from West Africa. Two of the fungi described may be parasitic 
on insects, viz.: Scleroderris gigaspora, on scale insects on the leaves 
of the orange ‘tree, and Septocylindrium suspectum on the bodies of 
“Frog-hoppers.” Both these fungi require investigation under 
natural conditions as, if their true parasitism should be established, 
they may prove to be of some economic importance. 
AGARICACEAE. 
Amanita calabarica, Massee. 
Pileus carnosus, e convexo-hemispherico explanatus, glaber, 
alutaceus, aetate maculatus vel 
attenuato-liberae, albae, ventricosae, confertae, acie fimbriata, 
- Jamellulae numerosae subrotundatae. Sporae hya alinae, ellipsoideae, 
7x 5 m _ sursum attenuatus, cavus, albidus, subglaber, 
5-6 cm. lon e 2 cm. crassus; annulus ampliatus, 
avioalia ootainiand: supra striatus, subtus flocculosus. 
SoutHERN Nigeria. Old Calabar; on the ground in the 
Botanic Station, J. H. Holland, 48, with coloured fig. 
Marasmius scandens, Masse 
Pileus minutissimus, circa o mm, a Sc albidus, 
resupinatus, pulverulentus, postremo ” stria Lamellae 3-5, 
angustissimae, interstitiis venosae. Sporae alo ellipsoideae, 
4-5 x 3m. (Figs. 15-18.) 
(15225—6a,) Wt. 108-471, 1375, 2/10. D&S. 
