BOLBITIUS BULBILLOSUS, FR. 355 
Bolbitius bulbil/losus, Fr., a Fungus New to Britain. 
By Wii1am Stewart. 
[Read 4th August, 1896.] 
In the end of August, 1895, a Bolbitius larger and stouter than 
B. tener, and with a remarkable margined bulb, appeared in 
quantity on the green in front of the fountain on the Broomfields, 
Largs. Not being able to identify it with any of the species 
described in the “British Fungi” of the Rev. Dr. Stevenson, I sent 
specimens to him, and also to the Rev. Dr. Keith, of Forres. Both 
gentlemen were disposed to think it B. bulbillosus, Fr., but 
neither was quite decided, in consequence of the shrivelled con- 
dition of some, and the decayed state of others of the plants when 
examined. Dr. Stevenson wrote (24th August, 1895)—“ If there 
had been no appearance of striz on pileus, I could have no doubt 
about its being B. bulbillosus, Fr. What you send me is distinctly 
striate—approaching ribbed—but this may be from shrinking 
from age, as it reaches me.” Dr. Keith wrote (4th September, 
1895)—‘“ The Bolbitii do not carry or keep well, and the specimens 
were a good deal shrivelled, and some of them quite spoiled. 
There was one with the bulb still attached and very perfect. But 
for the bulb, I would have been inclined to consider your fungus 
B. tener, but as Fries makes the bulb— the somewhat margined 
bulb”—the most striking and characteristic mark of B. bulbillosus, 
and the bulb which I cut through was decidedly margined, I 
think the probability is that your fungus belongs to that species. 
There is certainly no other species in Fries’s book which is repre- 
sented as possessing such a bulb as yours showed.” Other speci- 
mens sent to Dr. Stevenson did not keep any better, and matters 
remained undecided until the autumn of this year. In the last 
week of August I visited Largs, but, much to my disappointment, 
did not find a single plant. A brother, however, who had his 
summer quarters there, brought me specimens gathered in Sep- 
tember, some of which were at once despatched to Dr. Stevenson 
