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Erroneous Description. Correct Description. 
Pileus, 1-13 in. across, flesh Pileus 83-41 in. across, flesh very 
rather thin, — white with a thick, wholly umber, with a 
silky gloss, here and there white margin. 
i ith brown. Stem 14 in. thick, white and 
m — 2 lines thick, smooth, viscid-squamose above, faintly 
grey, base white. rown below. 
Gills broadly adnate, with a de- Gills adnate, slightly rounded, 
current tooth. with no decurrent tooth. 
Spores 12 x 10y, Spores 10 x 6p 
In Massee’s European Fungus Flora, 1902, p. 76, the errors are 
repeated. In the Transactions of the British Mycological Society for 
1902, p. 14 (1908), Dr. Cooke describes as a new British Hygro- 
phorus, H., latitabundus Britz. The description, apparently drawn 
up from nature, or from Britzelmayr’s very bad illustration (Brit- 
zelmayr gives no description) or from Saccardo’s “faked up”’ descrip- 
tion, is really a fair description of H. Clarkii B. & Br. Dr. Cooke 
also adds, ‘ Street, Somerset,” the habitat of H. Clarkii. He also 
says that H. latitabundus has been confounded with H. limacinus, 
and that “ the spores are smaller, — 10 x 6-7 p,” the exact size of 
larkit 
bundus Britz., h 
Kalchbrenner, 1873, and named H. limacinus, Fr. It is doubtful 
name of Hygrophorus Clarkii B. & Br. must stand a 
name of a most distinct species, it being understood that Massee’s 
compounded description represents nothing. If Britzelmayr’s 
ee is anything it is H. Clarkii B. & B 
not know of the existence of H. bicolor B. & Br.; Saccardo, however, 
In Massee’s European Fungus Flora, p.75, H. bicolor Karst., and H 
it Sace. ub, are given as two distinct plants with two 
y different translations. This slip should be altered in @ 
future edition. 
SHORT NOTES. 
- Festuca maritima Ly, x Brrraw.—This species (the F. hispanica 
Kunth, and Nardurus tenellus Godr. of N yman’s Conspectus) has been 
Specimens were sent to Prof. Hachel, who so named them, and the 
name 1s accepted by Dr. Rendle. Full particulars will be published 
#8 soon as its distribution, &c., are worked out._-ArTauR BENNETT. 
_ Priwoza eLatior L,—Dr. Gilbert's suggestion (p. 281) that this 
Species may have originated from a cross between the cowslip and 
