DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 

 If9. l—i.—EYGROPHORUS FORNICATUS. Fr. 



Pileus, fleshy white, thin, at first boll shaped then expanded, smooth, 

 fj'a'jrous, viscid ; stem firm, equal, tough, glabrous ; gills, white, thick, distant 

 ventricoae, sinuutdy adncxed. In mossy meadows, rare ; gathered in Fennia 

 by Karsten and in Switzerland by Trog. It has the texture and habit of 

 Hi/f/rophorus russo-coriaccus hut diflers in the attachment of the gills. Stem 

 solid below, hollow above, three inches long and four lines thick : Pileus 

 obsoletely umbonate, sub-repand, white, or pale livid : Gills sometimes free 

 with a decurrent tooth. Fries " Epicrisis." Ed. alt. p. 414. No. 36. 



This plant was found in England for the first time in Holme Lacej- Parle 

 near Hereford, October, 1873, on the Fungiis Foray of the Woolhope 

 Naturalists Field Club. 



No.h.—CLAVABIA CURTA. Fr. 



Very small, branched, in thick cluster, i/r.IIoivish-t/reen ; stem, none ; 

 branches short, dense and obtuse. It grows on dry hills clothed with short 

 grass. It differs from Clavaria mnscoidcs in stature and colour. Fries 

 "Epicrisis." Ed. alt. p. 6C8. ^No. 7. 



It was found in Herefordshire on Moccas liawn, October, 1873. 



No. 0,-7.— CLAVARIA RUFA. Fr. 



Caspitose, red. Clubs solid, sub-bifid acute. In grassy places in Denmark 

 (lately gathered by no one'and hence a doubtful species). Fries " Eijicrisis." 

 Edit. alt. p. 674. No. 43. 



Gathered in Holme Lacey Park, Herefordshire, October, 1873. 



No. S—ll.—AGARICUS (NOLANEA) ICTERINUS. Fr. 



Pileus rather membranaceous, bell-shaped and convex, slightly striated, 

 covered with papilla, of a greenish-yellow and hygrophanus : stem somewhat 

 solid, short, and rigid, covered with U(jht flimrij dust. Gills adnexed or free, 

 pallid, distant, ventricose. On garden lawns it grows iu small groups, in 

 woods solitary. A very common species, most distinct but changeable in 

 form, small, never truly umbonate. The papilL-e are often evanescent when 

 the pileus is covered with superficial flocculent particles (flocci). Colour 

 yellow or yellowish green. The stem and papillre become brown, and when 

 rotten a deep yellow. Fries " Epicrisis." Edit. alt. p. 209. No. 758. 



This agaric seems to be very rare in England, and was found for the first 

 time at Holme Lacej- Park, Herefordshire, October, 1873, and at Chatsworth, 

 Derbyshire, the same year, by Mr. Kenny. 



