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r ant can be no longer considered a mere variety o 
vellereus, as first suggested by Fries, Syst. Myc., vol. i., p. 77. Henkes 
in the Eng. Fl., p. 31, seems disposed to regard it as a species. 
fruit of the two plants, as well as the general habit and specific eaiti! 
' ters, is moreover very different. 
. RussuLA SUBFETENS, 200. 8p.— s bullate, sub-viscid, dise 
fleshy, margin sub-membranaceous ; saioms thick, distant, and bra’ nched ; . 
stem not stout as in wetens, than which ours is altogether 
smaller; odour somewhat disagreeable ; taste slightly acrid. Various 
localities. 
This is the plant ee to by Fries in his Syst. Myc., vol. i., 
58, as a var. 0 sula fragilis ; but R. fragilis has crowded, 
thin, and generally ‘aur gills, whilst those of our Pa are thick, 
distant, and branched. Our plant is much nearer &. fetens, but it 
differs in its margin, &c., mi is a good species. 
16. Nycrarts catiernosa, nov. sp.—Pileus very fleshy, when dry 
white, détvilossipruihiie,! "when wet marked with colours as in 
Agaricus butyraceus ; margin involute, oie te exceeding the gills; 
nak ran 
eres allied to 4 S rvheane, but at once distinguichod by its truly 
ent gills and r characters.—Amongst earth and dead leaves 
a a idee dense pa of “Bishop? s Wood, Hig te, 
YPHELLA CATILLA, nov. sp.—Submembranaceous, expanded, 
margin crisped and itll’ ie veined, three-quarters inch 
broad, grey, often imbricated. Allied to C. ga aleata.—On moss and 
dead leaves, King’s Lynn; C. B. Plowright. 
18, ole tus sulfureus, Fr. Epic., p. 418.—Amongst sawdust, in 
dense clusters, Aviemore, N. B. ; ; Rev. James Keith.— 
only ie 
p. 249). Our plant: closely resembles 2. pachypus, var. amarus, 
general aspect, but it is in reality very different. Taste mild and 
va 
radicans, Fr. Epic., p. 415.—Staplehurst, Epping 
ait . 
20. Boletus ra ae amarus, Fr. Epic., p. 417. —Various 
iii., tab. 30, and is the same with Mrs. Hussey 
Bot., vol. 
phan. Boletus eyanescens, Bull. (see Myce. Ils., t. 47), is quite 
a different plant. 
SHORT NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Carmx punctata, Gaud., IN PEMBROKESHIRE. —During a short 
stay at : Tenby i in Angust of the ames year, I noticed a Carex growing 
on the damp narrow ledges of some perpendicular rocks near a water- 
= on the north side of a small bay, named ree situate 
