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although the extent of woodland is not very great. The 

 woods at Cave Hill, Shane's Castle, Saintfield, Rademon, 

 ToUymore Park, and Narrow'-water have furnished a large 

 number of Agaricinfc, while the smaller micro-fungi are to 

 be found everywhere. 



No peculiar or very rare species have been recorded. 

 The truffle (Tuber cestivum) has not been met with in 

 Antrim or Down. Fistnlina hepatica Fr., so common and 

 well known on Oaks in England, is rare here, having been 

 found only near Belfast and at Tollymore Park. A very 

 few of the rarer or more notable species only may be 

 mentioned here. 



Agaricus Qq.z\V\^ B. and Br. — Rare; Narrow-water. 



A. clypeolarius Bidl. — Near Belfast. 



A. flavo-brunneus Fr. — Magheralin. 



A. colossus Fr. — Under trees at rere of Warrenpoint 

 Church. A rare and curious species, the largest and hardest 

 of all the agarics. 



A. gilvus Pers. — Rademon. 



A. militaris Lasch. — Rademon. 



A. corticatus Fr. — On decaying sleepers of railway at 

 Newcastle. 



A. pelianthinus Fr. — Near Belfast. 



A. cruentus Fr. — In pine woods, rare, Shane's Castle. 



A. ectypus Fr. — A rare gregarious species; Donard 

 Demesne and Tollymore Park. 



A. ameides B. arid Br. — Tollymore Park. 



Cortinarius scaurus Fr. — Near Belfast. 



C. Bulliardi /'>.— Near Belfast. 



Hygrophorus obrusseus Fr. — Rostrevor Wood. 



Lactanus pergamenus ^^7£'.— Narrow-water demesne. 



Russula adusta Fr. — Rademon. 



Lentinus tigrinus Fr. — On old stumps, very rare, 

 Ram's Island in Lough Neagh. 



Boletus pachypus Fr. — Rostrevor and Tollymore 

 Park. 



Polyporus fibula Fr. — A small plant; on inside of 

 window-sash of Rectory, Broughshane, Co. Antrim. 



Herneola auricula-judae Berk. — Not common ; 

 Masihera and Donard Demesne. 



