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of this Great Britain expects to look more to France than formerly 

 as a source of supply for this product. A technical description of 

 this new French method of wood distillation, which is also likely 

 to be soon imitated by British manufacturers of this product, can 

 easily be procured." 



W. G. SMITH. Synopsis of the British " Basidiomycetes. " 



(London, 1908, pp. 531, pis. 5, figs. 145) E. S. ., XXI, Dec. 1909. 



The publication is designed as a handbook for the study in the 

 field of the larger British fungi, and a descriptive catalogue is given 

 of the drawings and specimens in the department of botany of the 

 British Museum. More than 2 ooo species are described, including 

 those growing in the open air and those constantly appearing in 

 greenhouses and in gardens. The term Basidiomycetes is used in 

 the same sense as it was employed by Debary, and includes all 

 mushroom-like fungi, the forms growing on stumps and trees, puff 

 balls, etc., but not the rust fungi which are included by Brefeld. 



Cultivated and Poisonous Mushrooms. (Guide to Mr. Worth- 

 ington Smith's Drawings of Field and Cultivated Mushrooms 

 and Poisonous or Worthless Fungi often mistaken for Mush- 

 rooms, Exhibited in the Department of Botany, British Mu- 

 seum (Natural History) London, Printed by Order of the Trustees 

 of the British Museum, Natural History, 1910), Nature, Sep- 

 tember 22, 1910, p. 361. 



The pamphlet issuing from the British Museum (Natural History) 

 is valuable both as a scientific exposition by one of our most eminent 

 fungologists and also as an authoritative guide for the use of those 

 interested in mushroom cultivation. 



Edible and Poisonous Varieties of Fungi. Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries. London, 1910, pp. 28-j-col. pis. 25. 



To assist identification there are published 25 coloured illu- 

 strations of certain species of fungi which are more or less commonly 

 found in Great Britain, together with brief descriptions. 



The species described are: 



Edible Fungi. Common Mushroom (Agaricus campestris\ Horse 

 Mushroom (Agaricus arvensis\ Tufted Mushroom (Agaricus elvensis), 



