134 ]\Iessrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 



1554. Paxillus Lepista^ Fr, Ep. p. 402. 



Slough, M. Terry, Esq. This is one of the most interesting 

 additions to our list of Fungi. The rigid, almost horny cuticle, 

 larsre size, and thick stem render it one of the most remarkable 

 of the Agaricim. 



1555. P. paradoxus (Kalchb.) . Agaricus paradoxus^ K alchb. 

 tab. 16. fig. 1 ; Fr. Ep. p. 244. 



Near Shrewsbury, W. Phillips, Esq. Wrotham^ Kent, 

 Sept. 30, 1875. Amongst decayed furze. 



This very curious plant, which is admirably figured in the 

 work above quoted, is undoubtedly a Paxillus. The spores 

 are more like those of a Boletus than an Agaric ; they are 

 oblong, •00035-'00036 inch long, and about a fourth as much 

 wide. It is at once distinguished from P. leptopiis by the 

 gills being distant, and not " admodum confertas." 



1556. Lactarius squalidus, Krombh. tab. 4. figs. 23-25. 

 Scotland, 1875. 



1557. L. mininiics, Smith, in Jouni. of Bot. 1873, p. 205. 

 Forres, Rev. J. Keith. 



1558. Hygrophorus discoideus, Fr. Ep. p. 408. Agaricus 

 semigilvus, Secret, no. 771. 



Laxton Park, Norths, Oct. 22, 1875. Exactly answering 

 to the description of Secretan, but not so stout as in a figure 

 received from Fries. Solitary or tufted, stem dotted all over 

 with viscid granules. 



1559. H. lacmus, Fr. Ep. p. 416. 



Epping, Mr. James English. Exhibited at South Ken- 

 sington, 1875. 



*Zr. Colemannianus^ Blox. ; Fr. Ep. p. 417. 



A form of this species apparently occurred at Laxton, which 

 at first seemed an exaggerated state of H. ceraceus. The pileus 

 and stem were extremely viscid, and of a full but rather dull 

 yellow ; the stem hollow and extremely brittle. As it became 

 dry the colour changed to various tints of tawny ; the gills 

 very decui-rent, thin, and variously shaded. The margin was 

 subplicato-striate as in H. vitelliiius, not subdecurrent as in 

 H. l(Btus, besides which the stem was any thing rather than 

 tough. As two specimens only were found, it is thought better 

 to refer them to II. Colemannianus than to propose a new 

 species. 



1560. H. sciophanus, Fr. Ep. p. 417. 

 Perth, Dr. Buchanan White. 



Spores very pale clay-coloured. There were two forms — 

 one with a darker pileus and the flesh dark, the other paler, 

 witli the flesh also pale. The fonner only deposited spores ; 

 it is probable therefore that the pale form was not so fully 



