250 NEW AND RARE BRITISH HYMENOMYCETOUS FUNGI. 
Iu terra humosa subnuda; in aggeribus Scaniw vulgaris, Upsaliz in 
hortis passim, at in silvatico-montanis nunquam vidimus. Stipes 
solidus, admodum rigidus, demum fibrosus, apice pruinatus, extus 
intusque fuscus. Ceterum admodum variabilis ; interdum brevissimus, 
2-8 lin. tantum altus et crassus, deorsum attenuatus ; vulgo uncialis, 
nune bulbosus, nune :equalis, gracilior, ut in icone citata videre licet. 
Pileus earnosus, mollis, e convexo "peo. aia glaber, udus 
(siccus opacus), 2 une. circiter latus, ex umbrino expallens; sspe 
glebis inquinatus. Caro pilei uda ae sicca Sone ns. Lamelle 
emarginato-liberz, confertze, ventricosee, ante marginem evanescentes, 
integerrime, albide. Mihi 4. arcuato propior, quam sequenti. Affi- 
nitas inter Æ. arcuatum, paneolum, grammopodium, melaleucum, 
humilem (licet omnes antiquitus distinctee sint) major est, quam inter 
alias Tricholomatum species ; etiam 4. humilis et exscissus ex horum 
cedere. Omnes inodori.—Fries’ ‘Monographia Hymenomycetum 
In June last the Rev. H. H. Gillett, of Waltham, Melton Mowbray, 
sent mea few specimens of the true 4. drevipes of Bulliard, a species 
which he had found growing in abundance the previous October on an 
old heap of leaf-mould in a plantation, and in hedgerows by plantations. 
It is a most interesting addition to our flora, its place being near 4. 
humilis, Fr. (the 4. blandus of Berkeley in Eng. Fl.) and 4. suópulveru- 
lentus, P.; it is, however, different from either, and, except in size, some- 
what resembles 4. grammopodius, Bull. Mr. Gillett informs me that last 
autumn he cooked and ate many specimens, and that he found them 
quite equal in flavour to 4. gambosus, Fr.: to procure a spring crop 
he treated the heap of leaf-mould to a dressing of salt water in the 
way itis applied by Mr. Ingram (head gardener at Belvoir Castle) 
after his first crop of mushrooms is over, viz. a handful of salt to 
three gallons of water. "This had the desired effect, and it gave me 
the opportunity of showing three or four specimens at one of the 
spring meetings of the Linnean Society. 
The following species, some of which are very rare, have been met 
with during the last twelve months, and are worthy of record :— 
A. (Omphalia) sphagnicola, Berk.; parasitic on sphagnum. Very 
wet places in bog; Wimbledon Common. 
A. (Pleurotus) corticatus, Yr, Very large specimen on a branch of 
