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FUNGI OBSERVED DURING 1865. 131 
September, 1864, at Neatishead, in Norfolk, and figured in * Journal of 
Botany, Vol. III. Plate XXX. The single specimen from Devon, on 
being broken, besides displaying the brilliant cobalt colour, showed 
three or four small crimson spots in the fractured parts. In outward 
appearance this species somewhat resembles B. elephantinus, but on 
close examination differs in every particular. The latter may be im- 
mediately distinguished by its elaborately reticulated stem, whilst the 
stem of B. cyanescens has not the slightest trace of any network. 
On the last annual excursion of the Society of Amateur Botanists, we 
found B. elephantinus in great abundance on Banstead Downs, Surrey, 
always in company with B. luridus; here we also gathered a single 
specimen of B. Satanas, and a most magnificent single specimen of 
this species we found in Crab-tree Wood, near Winchester. Mrs. 
Gulson also found two plants near Teignmouth. B. estivalis ap- 
peared plentifully in one particular part of Bishop’s Wood, near 
Hampstead, in the spring, it had not been noticed on any previous 
year, although the wood had been well searched; we found a single 
specimen of B. aluéarius in the autumn in an open part of the same 
wood. Agaricus (Collybia) tuberosus also deserves mention here, as 
found sparingly in another part of the wood in the summer, with 
A. squamosus and Lactarius acris, a very handsome species, turning 
to a brilliant sienna red when bruised; it is said to be rare, we 
never observed it anywhere near town before. Polyporus rutilans we 
have twice found in this wood. Before leaving the account of this 
neighbourhood, the record of Polyporus terrestris must find a place ; 
we give a drawing of it in Plate XLVI., Fig. 1, an enlarged drawing of 
the pores and the arachnoid edge is given in Fig 2, and a section in 
Fig. 3. This species may generally be found on the naked ground at 
the north-west of London, but generally in an abnormal or unsatis- 
factory condition ; in the specimen figured, which grew partly under a 
plank, the pores were beautifully developed, the whole plant having 
a highly finished and perfected appearance. Fries has suggested that 
this species may only be an unnatural growth of another species, but its 
singularly perfect appearance when well grown, throws a serious doubt 
on the suggestion. Portions of this fungus grew rapidly, readily, and 
well on peat, under a propagating-glass. Clavaria stricta and C. pis- 
tillaris we have found in many different places ; Lentinus cochleatus we 
found in Hampshire; the rare L. vulpinus was found in large masses 
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