402 Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



694. C. (Telamonia) periscelis, Fr. Ep. p. 300. West of 

 England, Mr. Broome ; near Eltliam, F. Currie, Esq. 



695. C. (Telamonia) psammocephalus, Bull. t. 531. f. 2. In 

 woods, King's Cliffe. 



696. C. (Hygrocybe) flrm<?m«cMs, SchsefF. t. 81. In fir woods, 

 Bristol, H. 0. Stephens, Esq. 



697. Paxillus atrotomentosus,Ba.tsch,^g.S2. ComptonBassett, 

 Wilts, Miss Dalby. 



Of this we have seen only a very characteristic drawing, which 

 leaves no doubt as to the species. 



698. Gomphidius gracilis, n. s. Pileo conico-subhemisphserico 

 glutine fuliginoso hie illic in maculas atras transeunte vestito ; 

 stipite flexuoso gracili squamuloso ; lamellis aquose fuligineis. 

 In fir plantations, Llanberris, July 26, 1842. 



Pileus 1 inch across, conico-subhemispherical, of a pale vinous 

 brown, when dry clothed with dirty fuliginous slime, which dries 

 especially round the margin into black spots, or forms a narrow 

 irregular black border. Stem 2 inches high, 1 ~ line thick, flexuous, 

 pale, especially above, where it is sprinkled with minute white 

 scales, virgate below, with the remains of the slime, yellow at the 

 base ; gills arched, decurrent, forked, thick^ obtuse, clothed under 

 a lens with short tomentose hairs, of a washy bistre. Spores 

 oblong, elliptic, '0009 inch long, '0003 inch wide, with a nucleus 

 at either end. 



Resembling in some respects Gomphidius stillatus, Strauss, but 

 distinguished from that and every other species by its slender stem 

 and delicate habit. 



699. Hygrophorus mesotephrus, n. s. Pileo convexo subhe- 

 misphserico viscoso striato candido centro brunneo ; stipite gracili 

 apice granulato farcto ; lamellis decurrentibus candidis. 



On the ground in woods, Bowood, C. E. Broome. 



Pileus about 1 inch across, convex, subhemispherical, white with 

 the disc brown, viscid striate, the extreme margin often remaining 

 quite even, flesh white, hygrophanous. Stem about 2 inches high, 

 2 lines thick, flexuous, attenuated at the base, white, viscid, 

 floccoso-granulated at the apex, stuffed with a fibrillose pith. 

 Gills pure white, moderately broad, rather distant, ventricose, 

 shortly decurrent. Spores '00035 inch long. 



A veiy delicate species allied to H. fusco-albus, but with a very 

 different habit. In age the lower part of the stem is slightly 

 stained, but by no means squamose. 



Plate XV. fig. 2. a. H. mesotephrus, nftt. size : b. spores magnified. 



700. Hi/grophorus lq)orinus, Schseff^. t. 313. On open pastures 

 at Durdham Downs, Gloucestershire, Sept. 29,1 848, C.E. Broome; 

 Kent, Mrs. Hussey. 



