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WITH. iv. 388. BOLT. Fung. t. 108. f. 1. Sow. Fung. t. 24. 

 HOOK. Scot. ii. 33. GREV. FL Edin. 420. RAII, Syn. t. 24 f. 3. 



Hob. On moist clay banks, but more commonly on old 

 cow-dung. 



I have frequently found this beautiful fungus half an inch 

 in diameter, but it is generally smaller. 



6. P. pulchella, gregarious, small, saucer-shaped; externally 

 white or cream coloured, tomentose ; disk saffron yellow HOOK. 

 Scot. ii. 33. GREV. FL Edin. 421. P. bicolor, Sow. Fung. t. 17. 



Hob. On larch twigs in Blackadder plantations, and else- 

 where, plentiful. 



Our specimens were fully |th in diameter. At first cupped 

 with an involute border. 



7- P- albo-violascens, scattered, cupped ; externally snow-white, 

 tomentose, with a thick inflexed, sometimes waved margin ; disk 

 glaucous black SPRENG. Syst. Veg. iv. 504. 



Hab. On dead twigs of whin in autumn. 



Like the preceding in shape and size ; diameter |th. On 

 keeping the specimens a few days in a closed box, the disk 

 became of a grey colour. 



8. P. granuliformiS) gregarious, cupped, snow-white, tomentose, 

 the mouth contracted; diameter | line PERS. Syn. 651. GREV. 

 FL Edin. 421. P. sessilis, Sow. Fung. t. 389. f. 1. 



Hab. On decayed stalks of large herbaceous plants in 

 autumn, abundant. 



9. P. nidulus, minute, sessile, brown, crucible-like, rough ex- 

 ternally ; margin of the aperture circular, plane, not contracted. 

 GREV. FL Edin. 420. 



Hab. On the stems of the cow-parsnip in autumn, abun- 

 dant ; but not to be distinguished except by the prac- 

 tised eye of the botanist. 



* I have doubts whether this is the P. nidulus of foreign bo- 

 tanists. 



10. P. clandestina, gregarious, minute, subsessile, turbinate, 

 beautifully and deeply cupped, of a uniform yellowish -brown 



