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Chaeromyces meandriformis \'itt. Italy, Germany, Bohemia, 

 and Britain. Linderi^'round. Known as the White Truffle. 



Cordiceps Sinensis Sacc. Cliina. On caterpillars. Supposed 

 bv the Chinese to have healing- properties ; sold as a drug- 

 in small bundles and eaten by them together with the 

 caterpillar on which the fung"us gTOWs. 



Coprinus indigocola Oudem. Java. On the refuse o( lndig:o 

 {Indigofera tinctoria) after the colouring- matter has been 

 extracted. Edible. 



Chlorophyllum esculsntum Mass. British (iuiana. On the 

 g-round. This is an edible species and, tog-ether with 

 C. Morgani Peck, and Cliiorospord Eyrei Mass., form the 

 new section Chlorosporae or green-spored Ag^arics recently 

 constituted bv Mr. Massee. 



Chlorosplenium seruginosuni Tul. Australia ; Europe. Wood 

 stained with the mycelium was used at one time in the 

 manufacture of Tunbridg^e w'are and fancy work. 



Cyttaria Gunnii Berk. Tasmania. 



Cyttaria Darwinii Berk. Tierra del Eueg-o. 



Cyttaria Better it Berk. Chili. 



Growing- parasitically on the living branches of ever- 

 g-reen Beeches, and all are edible, the one in Tierra del 

 Fuego affording- for several months the staple food of the 

 inhabitants. 



Daldinia concentrica ¥r. Europe, United States, Australia, 

 Tasmania, and West Africa. On dead trunks. Used by the 

 natives of West Africa as a purg-ative medicine, being- 

 mashed up and mixed with lime-juice, the quantity of 

 Daldinia for a dose forming-, when mashed, a small ball 

 about half an inch throug-h with the juice of half a lime. 



Hydnum repandum Linn. Europe and United States. On 

 trunks. The g-enus Hydnum appears to be the only one of 

 the g-roup which is edible. In addition to repanduni there 

 are at least five species recorded as being- eaten : — H. 

 imbricatum Fr., in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and 

 France; H. Icevigatum Swtz., in the Alpine districts; H. 

 coralloides Scop., in Germany, Switzerland, and France; 

 H. Capiit-Mednscp Bull., in Austria and Italy ; H. erinaceiun 

 Bull., in Germany and France. 



tiirneola poJytricha Mont. Australia, New Zealand, and 

 Africa. On decaying- trees. F"orms an important article 

 of food in China. The average value is ^45 per ton, 

 and China appears to be the only market. This fungus 



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