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of country representing (1) Tropical Bain Forest, as found in the 

 Government Forest Reserve at Ilugboro, (2) Tree Savannali or 

 bush forest as found in the neighbourhood of Ibadan, and (3) 

 Bush Savannah merging into tall grass savannah as found on the 

 great plateau between Abeokuta and Meko, and its boundaries. 

 '' In my journey through the Meko district, from Abeokuta to 

 the town of Meko and from there south and eastwards through 

 Aiyetoro, Ilaro, Ifo, Otta, and Agege, practically all these con- 

 ditions were encountered. On a short tour through this district it 

 is hardly possible to say that any particular types cbaracterise the 

 different formations, but Avhat shuck me especially about the_ high 

 rain-forest country was the great scarcity of large fungi, ^ 'From 

 the humid ccmlitious I was led to expect better things in this 

 respect. Most of the forms appeared to be small and extremely 

 delicate Agarics, PoJyporeae like Laschiay a species closely 

 resembling L. latent ia beiniy not uncommon, and one or two 



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Phallinae {Dictyophora sp. and Fliallus sp.). . , . 



'' Even on trees which have been felled by the natives in making 

 bush paths through the rain-forest," the forms encountered were 

 few and not verv interesting. 



'^ PoItj>tfirft/s .vanthopus^ Fr. and F. incoinptus^ Fr. seem very 

 tolerant of those conditions. The large Fomes with brown 

 hymenium {Forties yucatanensisy Murr.) was found in the Forest 

 Reserve at Ilugboro, in two instances suggesting j^nrasitisin on 

 their bush host. The gatherings sent are rather small, but 

 specimens a foot or more across were observed, . . , No, 31 

 (Polyportis Colossus^ Fr.) is found on the outskirts of high forest 

 nt Agege, bxit has been found also in great profusion in the more 

 distinctly upland conditions at Ibadan, on decaying* stumps of 

 the Oil Palm. 



*^0f the Hcxagonias collected, IPdUcopoda seems to be common 

 in sub-rain-forost conditions. , . . 



'' The deep-pored Hexagonias were all found under bush 

 savannah conditions on dead branches of small trees. How far 

 this corresponds to their normal habitat I cannot say, as they are 

 not sufficiently common. In the Meko-Aiyetoro district the rain- 

 fall probably would not greatly exceed thirty inches, and the short 

 tornado season which marks "^the beginning and the end of the 



rains would account for a considerable ])roportion of the total. . . . 



-ram-iorest 



ts certain 



con 



On the decaying logs in farm clearings in the sub-i 

 ditions such as obtain in the Cacao-errowin^ distric 



forms are extremely common, notably Polystictus Qinnaharinus, 

 Fr., P. Persoonii, Fr., P. occidentalism KL, Polyporus gilvui^y 

 Fames hicidus, ScJiizopJiylliim commune, Fr., Polyporus lignosus, 

 £1., the Para Rubber root disease, Hymenochaete no.via, Berk., of 

 wKich small fructifications are not uncommon, and among the 

 Ascomycetes Daldinia concentvica, Ces. et De Not., and various 

 Xylariae. Under such conditions, too, in the wet season, there is 

 a fairly extensive flora of Myxomycetes, Large ground 

 Pezizineac seem to be very uncommon. The number of Agarics 

 appears to be very few compared with what may be seen in Britain, 

 m localities that appear far less promising/' 



The following list includes specimens collected in the soutliern 



