OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 35 
hymenomycetous Fungi, the following list of the recurrence of several 
very rare species possesses considerable interest :— 
Agaricus (Volvaria) Loveianus, Berk. W. G. Smith, in Seemann's 
‘Journal of Botany,’ December, 1867. 
Agaricus (Pholiota) capistratus, Cooke. Esculent. Described in 
Seemann’s ‘Journal of Botany,’ March, 1863; since which time 
nothing had been seen or heard of it till Mr. J. hee Clark sent me 
three fine specimens from Street, Somerset, on the 25th of November, 
1867. They were found growing at the foot of an Elm, in company 
with A. pudicus, Bull. The spores in both species are precisely the 
same in size and colour. 
Agaricus (Flammula) carbonarius, Fr. (Tab. LXXV., Figs. 5-8). 
Recorded as British by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley in August, 1866. It 
was first observed by him at Ascot, November 22, 1865. Perhaps 
the reason this remarkable species was for so long a time overlooked 
rested on its very late appearance in the autumn. I never saw it till 
last year. At the end of November and beginning of December, and 
that too after severe frost, it swarmed in immense quantities in Epping 
Forest. Tt grew upon charcoal and burnt earth, on the scorched 
circles left by the gipsies, so that it was impossible to gather the 
plants without bringing away part of the charcoal attached to them, 
as shown in the figures on Plate LXXV., which were drawn from 
specimens I gathered there. 
Agaricus (Hypholoma) capnoides, Fr. We generally get this species 
on the stumps of Firs at North London ; it is a common species abont 
Hampstead, and common in the neighbourhood of Epping Forest. 
Lactarius acris, Fr. Always comes up in Epping Forest ; gills dis- 
tant, pileus almost black: extremely acrid and bitter. 
Russula fætens; Fr. Common in the neighbourhood of London, 
generally rancid and stinking, but at times fragrant. It is not un- 
common to find it as sweet-smelling as Agaricus (Clitocybe) odorus, 
Bull 
Boletus cyanescens, Bull. In company with my friend Mr. F. C. 
Penrose, architect, I found this species in some abundance under Oaks 
near the north gate of Richmond Park, on September 17, 1867. A 
friend of mine also found it at Bishops Stortford, Herts; the tubes 
are very pale lemon-colour, and the spores, when seen in the mass, par- 
take of the colour of the tubes ; they are spindle-shaped, and measure 
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