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XIV.—NIGERIAN FUNGI. 
KE. M. WAKEFIELD. 
In the following list particulars are given of an_ interesting 
collection of fungi made in Northern Ni patel by Dr. J. W. Scott 
Macfie, and forwarded to Kew for identification by Mr. Carleton 
Rea, Hon. Sec. of the British Mycological Society. One new 
species, Metraria brevipes, is described, and a very rare and beautiful 
ngus, Hexagonia niam-niamensis, was also represented in the 
collection. 
The numbers in brackets are the field numbers given by 
Dr. Macfie. 
AGARICACEAE, 
a reflexa, Bres. in Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. Vol. vi (1890), 
pi <x 
A ‘ingle specimen, having the pileus remarkably lobed at the 
margin, but otherwise agreeing exactly with the type description 
an ure. \ 
On the ground, Baro, Sept. 11,1910. (5E.) 
Lentinus Zeyheri, Berk., in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot., vol. ii, 
1843, p. 514. 
L.. capronatus, Berk. lc. p. 513. 
Doka to Katai, Dec. 11, 1910. 
Lentinus flavidus, Mass., in Kew Bull. eee p- 163. 
Possibly the same as L. Tuber-regium, 
On sandy ground, Baro, Sept. 12, re 6A.) 
Lenzites applanata, ai , Eipicr, p. 4 
Syst. Myce. i, p. 335, L. Palisoti, Pr " Daedalea amanitoides, Pal., 
Fl. Ow. t. 25. 
Ayangba, J ao 11,1911; ane nay to Kwakow, Dec.5,1910; | 
Dekina, Jan. 1 , 1911; Zungeru 2,.1 
ieidaialegttdie commune, /’., Sys Ss i 
On logs; Wooding station, 30 miles tuoas: oe on the Baro- 
Minna line, Sept. 3, 1910. (4E in part); Baro, Sept. 11, 1910. 
(5F); Kogin Seratin Pawa, Dee. 8, ait Zungeru, Feb. 20, 1911. 
Metraria brevipes, Wakefield, sp 
Pileus e globoso expansus, fere Mike: pallide umbrinus, squamis 
crassis obscurioribus ornatus, 5 cm. latus, margine radiato-striatus ; 
stipes concolor, basi incrassatus, 5 cm. longus, usque ad 2 cm, 
crassus, glaber, primo farctus dein fistulosus; annulus crassus, | 
pendens ; ” lamellae confertae, postice angustiores, e roseo fulves- 
centes, liberae vel leviter adnexae ; sporae roseae, ellipsoideae, 
lateraliter apiculatae, 9-10 x 7-7°5 
No volva is present on the specimens forwarded, but its existence 
is inferred from the smooth, blunt base of the stem, and the appear- 
ance of the scales on the pileus. 
On the ground, Baro, Sept. 13, 1910. (6B.) 
Panaeolus fimicola, F’r., Syst. Myc. i, p. 301. 
On horse-dung, Minna, Aug. 22, 1910. 
ae disseminata, Pers., Syn. p- 403. Fr. Syst. Myc. i, 
Foe wood ; Minna, Sept. 23,1910. (7A); Wooding station, 22 
miles from Baro, on the Baro-Minna line, Sept. 3, 1910. (4E in 
part.) 
