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 OSTREION Duby. 



1717. Ostpeion amepicanum Duby. 



N.E. — Scarboro'.on pine wood (Grev. xvi. Dec. '8y = 0stnch- 

 nion americantim, Duby, Hyst.). P'irst British record, (Mass. 

 Brit. Fung. Fl, iv. p. 28. fig. 31. p. 22.). 



HYSTEROGRAPHIUM Corda. 



1718. HystePOgPaphium fpaxini. [Hyste7ium. Pers.]. 

 S.W. — Halifax 1789. "Grows about Hx. on twigs and 



branches of ash trees when in decay" (Bolton, Tab. 124 = 

 SphcBvia sulcata). 



N.E. — Castle Howard (Tr. i. & iv.). Bulmer, on lilac. 



Mid W. — Wetherby, on dead ash-twig (Lees' Fl.). 



On dry branches of ash, lilac, privot, beech, etc. (Mass. 

 Britt. Fung. Fl. iv. p. 29. figs. 32-33 p. 22.). 



1719. HystePOgPaphium elongatum Corda. [Hys- 

 terium elongatum Wahl.]. 



N.E. — Scarboro', on oak wood. 



DISCOMYCETES. 



HELVELLACEJS. 



MORCHELLEJE. 



MORCHELLA Dill. 



1720. Mopchella cpassipes Pers. 



N.E. —Sandy field by the Esk near Whitby (Nat. Hist. 

 Jour., June 1885 P. Sewell). 



Var. Smithiana Cke. 

 N.E. — Malton (Grev. xii. p. 98). 

 On the ground among short grass in spring. Edible. 



1721. Mopchella esculenta DC. 



S.W. — Halifax 1788. "Grows in sandy meadows. . . . 

 Is greatly esteemed as an esculent " (Bolton, Tab. 91). 



Distribution general. Records numerous for each county 

 division. 



1722. Mopchella conica Pers. 



N.E. — Scarboro', on the ground. Edible. 



Bot. 6.— R 



