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Ag. (Hypholoma) appendiculatus, Bull. Sutton Park. Sept., Oct. 



Ag. (Psathyra) corrugis, Pers. Sutton Park ; Perry Barr. Feb.— Sept. 

 Coprinus comatus, Fr. Edgbaston, W. Sov.thaU. Driffold Lane, 



Sutton ; Water Orton. Sept., Oct. 



C. atramentarius, Fr. Perry Barr ; Sutton. Aug.— Oct. 



Having oaten these two species, I can testify that they are fair 



substitutes for the common mushroom. 

 C. similis. B. and Br. Driffold Lane, Sutton. On dead wood. Sept. 

 C. micaceus, Fr. Oscott (Warwickshire) ; Sutton. Sept. — ISIov. 



C. plicatilis, Fr. PerrvBarr; Hainpstead; Driffold Lane. July^Oct. 

 Bolbitius titubans, Fr. Oscott (Wk.) ; Alvechurch ; Driffold Lane, 



Sutton. May— Nov. 



Cortinarius tabularis, Fr. Sutton Park. Sept. 



Paxillus involutus, Fr. Sutton Park, abundant ; Solihull. In woods. 



Sept., Oct. 

 Hygrophorus virgineus, Fr. In meadows, Olton ; "Warley. Oct. 



H. ceraceus, Fr. In meadow, Warley. Sept. 



H. miniatus, Fr. Sutton Park, in open ground. Lower Nut Hurst. 



Sept. 

 H. conicus, Fr. Amongst grass, Sutton. Aug. 



H. psittaciims, Fr. With //. iniiii/tlns, Sutton Park; Warley. Sept. 

 Lactarius pubescens, Schrad. Sutton Park. Sept. 



L. quietus, Fr. Sutton Park, abundant. Sept.— Nov. 



L. rufus, Fr. Sutton Park, in woods, beneath firs. Sept. 



L. mitissimus, Fr. Sutton Park. Sept. 



L. subdulcis, Fr. Sutton Park ; Warley. Sept., Oct. 



Russula nigricans, Fr. Hams Hall. Sept. 



R. virescens, Fr. Hains Hall. Sept. 



R. cyanoxantha, Fr. Sutton Park; Hams Hall. Sept,, Oct. 



R. foetens, Fr. Sutton Park. Sept. 



R. emetica, Fr. Sutton Park, in woods. Sept., Oct. 



R. ochroleuca, Fr. Sutton Park ; Solihull. Sept., Oct. 



R. fragilis, Fr. Sutton Park, in woods and their borders. Sept., Oct. 

 R. citrina, Cooke. Sutton Park. Sept., Oct. 



R. alutacea, Fr. Sutton Park. Sept. 



Cantharelhis aurantiacus, Fr. Sutton Park, amongst firs. Sept., Oct. 

 Marasmius oreades, Fr. Oscott (Warwickshire). Sept., Oct. 



M. i-otula, Fr. Sutton, on stumps. Sept. 



M. androsaceus, Fr. Sutton Park ; Solihull. On dead leaves. 



Sept., Oct. 



W. B. Grove, B.A. 

 (To be continued.) 



METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS 



THE WEATHER OF AUGUST, 1882. 



BY CLEMENT L. WKAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.M.S., ETC. 



The two distinct classes of weather marked the month of August. 

 During the first fortnight tbe anti-cyclonio type prevailed, and it was 

 fine, warm, and seasonable ; while cyclonic conditions more or less 

 ruled the second ]iart of the month — bringing cloudy skies, reduction 

 of temperature, rain, and unsettled weather, with thunder about tho 

 1.5th and 2-lth, 



