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B ULGARIA inquinans. Found on 24th of September, growing on the bark 

 of a cut oak tree, lying near Orton Park Lodge ; and also near Draw- 

 dykes Castle, and at Wigton Railway Station, in a like habitat. 



B. sarcoides. Found on the 14th of November, on beech stumps, in a 

 plantation on the left on entering Houghton House avtnue ; Harker. 



Order 24. TUBERACEI. 

 ELAPHOMYCES variegatus. Found in April in the plantation between 

 KockclifFe and Castletown Lodge ; Hill-house-nook. 



Order 25. PHACIDIACEI. 



HY8TERIUM rubi. Found on bramble branches. Site the same as the 



last. 

 DACRYMYGES stellaius. Very common on beech trunks and rotten 



sticks about Harker. 

 D. chrysocomus. I have only noticed this fungus growing on a thorn stick 



covered with ffypoxylon. It is very minute and cup-shaped. 



Order 26. SPH^RIACEI. 



CORDICEPS militaris. Found in a lane leading to the Moss beyond Scaleby- 



hill ; Durdar ; Harker. 

 C. entomorhiza. Found in the woods at Orton in October, 1878 ; and also 



in Corby Castle Park. 

 XYLARIA polymorpha. In the woods at Harker; Houghton House ; in 



lanes near Castletown, Eockcliffe; Linstock. Growing on old 



beech- and ash stumps at all seasons. 

 X. digitata. In the same situations as the last. 

 X hypoocylon. Found in woods at Harker. 

 X. carpophila. On tree stumps near Springfield ; London Road. 

 HYPOXYLON multiforme. Found on stumps at Great Orton; near 



Durdar. 



THE FOLLOWING EDIBLE FUNGI ARE FOUND GROWING 

 IN THE DISTRICT. 



Agan(M8( Amanita) ruhescens, The Red-fleshed Mushroom; A. (Amanita) 

 vaginatus ; A . ( Amanita )strobiliformis. The Fir-cone Mushroom ; A. (Lepiota) 

 procerus. The Parasol Mushroom ; A. ( Lepiota) gracilentus; A. (Armillaria) 

 mellem; A. ( Tricholoma) personatus, Lilac-stemmed Mushroom, (Blewitts)- 



