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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No. 6.] (1918. 
XXXII—ADDITIONS TO THE WILD FAUNA AND FLORA 
OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW.—XIV. 
(With PLATE.) 
AGARICACEAE, 
Laccaria nana, Massee. Figs. 17-20. Pileus carnosulus, ex 
hemispherico explanato-concavus, glaber, laevis, cinnamomeo- 
lividus, subexpallens, margine primitus albo-farino osa, 1 em, latus. 
Lamellae subdistantes, postice attenuato-adnatae, pallidae, demum 
_ albo-pulverulentae. Stipes cavus, fibrillosus, albidus, 1 em. longus. 
Sporae globosae, s Sere hyalinae, 15-16 p. Basidia clavata, 2- 
sterigmatica, 30-35 x 
Scattered on naked voll under trees, Distinguished from all 
known species by its small size, large spores and even, glabrous 
pileus. Q. 7. M. 
Omphalia kewense, Massee. Figs. 7-10. Pileus earnosulus, 
cylindraceo-campanulatus, glaberrimus, profunde sulcatus, margine 
crenatus, ochraceus dein albidus, 3-5 mm. altus. Lamellae distantes, 
mem branaceae, eer ia es acie integrae, pallidae. Stipes grac- 
ilis, teres, fistulosus, plus minus flexuosus, pallidus, 2-3 cm. longus. 
me etlipsoidene, hydliene, 4 OM. Buasidia subclavata, 28-, 
cnieiee on dead rhizomes in the Filmy fern house Eos 
Remarkable for the deeply grooved, elongated, eylindric- 
campanulate pileus. Allied to Omphalia picta, Fries. I. M. ; 
Lepiota gracilenta, Krombh. ' 
Very unusual in the grounds. Somewhat smaller in size than L. 
procera, Scop., the “ Parasol fungus,” and also distinguished by the 
very fugacious ting. QQ.) LM. 
Mycena atroalba, Bolton 
This species is cons sidered as one of the rarities of our flora, but 
is probably not uncommon, although ¢ confused with other black 
species of Mycena, from which it is distinguished by the distinctly 
swollen base of the stem, glaucous gills and dense mass of bristling, 
snow-white mycelium at the base of the stem. i. MM, 
(30401—6a,) Wt, 212—780, 1125, 8/13, D&S, 
