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Hypholoma peregrinum, Massee. 

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Pileus carnosus, e convexo explanatus, margine repando, demum 

 striatu, viscidulus. luteo-virescens, fibrillin fulvo-auroivis obtcctis, 



centro squamoao hirtus, 3-4 cm. latus. Lamellar confertis-imae, 



angustae, ventriensae, postice sinuato adnexae, ex alius purpureo- 



fuseae, acie fimbria t a, alba. Stipes pallid us, tistulosus, Ul>rillosus, 

 aequalis. 2-3 cm. longus, 2 mm. crassus. Sporae ovatn-oblongae, 

 basi apiculatae, episporio subtiliter punctato-scabro, 5 x 3 pt. 



Ba&ulia clavata. Cystidia ampulliformia, 65-75 x 6-7 /*. Sapor 



mitis. 



Gregarious on decaying wood in the Tropical Fern House. 

 W.B. Little. 



This in in all probability an introduced species, bearing some 

 resemblance to Hypholoma atrichum, Berk., from India, bur 



differing in the narrow, very closely crowded gills, flattened (imt 

 umbonate) pileus, and smaller spores. 



Gomphidius viscidus, Fri$8. On the ground under conifers, 

 Queen's Cottage Grounds, A. D. Cotton. 



Remarkable for the ti>ugh, elastic substance of the entire fungus, 



and the large fusiform, olive-colouivd spores. 



Coprinus Spraguei, Berk. & Curtis. On the ground among 



moss, Queen's Cottage Grounds. 



Differs from every other British species of Co/ninus in having 

 a coloured stem. 



POLYPORACEAE. 



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Boletus granulatus, £. On the ground under conifers, 

 Cottage Grounds, .4. D. Cotton. 



One of the best of the edible species of Boletus. Much appre- 

 ciated as an article of food by squirrels. 



Polyporus armeniacus, Berk. On dead wood lying on the ground, 

 Queen's Cottage Grounds, G. Nicholson. 



Snow-white when growing, changing to deep cinnamon when 

 dry. 



Thelephoraceae. 



Cyphella Pimii, Phil. On dead nettle stems, Arboretum. 



Hydnaceae. 



Odontia Pruni, Lasch. On rotten wood, Queen's Cottage Grounds 



G. Nicfwlson. 



New to Britain. Distribution ; France, Germany, Italy. 



Clavariaceae. 



Pterula multifida, Fries. Growing in a dense cluster at the 

 base of dead fern stipes, Herbaceous ground, W. Irving. 



