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the centre, form striae on the pileus. The stem under a high mag- 

 nifier is often streaked with veins like the pileus. 



* 48. Ag. mitis, Pers. Syn. p. 481. — Abundantly on branches of 

 larch, lying on the ground in Sherwood Forest, October 1836. Up- 

 per stratum gelatinous. 



49. Ag. cyphelltformis, n. s. — On the lower part of a dead plant 

 of Pentstemon ovatum. Milton, Northamptonshire, October 1836. 

 Apparently closely allied to no described species. Gregarious. Pi- 

 leus 2 lines or more broad and high, altogether stemless, cup-shap- 

 ed, hanging down, cinereous, very minutely strigose, especially at 

 the base ; margin paler, sprinkled with a few meal-like scales. Up- 

 per stratum gelatinous cinereous, beneath which the flesh is white 

 and very thin. Gills pure white, rather distant, the alternate ones 

 shorter, narrow, linear. 



• Tab. XV. Fig. 3. a. Ag. cyphelliformis, nat. size ; b. b. do. magnified ; c. a 

 section, also magnified. 



* 49. Ag. cinnamomeus. d. croceus, Fr. Syst. Myc. V. i. p. 229. 

 — In a beech wood, King's Cliffe. The figure of Batsch A. squa- 

 mulosus, f. 117, exactly represents my plant, which belongs to a va- 

 riety apparently not before observed in this country. 



50. Thelephora spadicea, Fr. El. V. i. p. 176. — On oak stumps, 

 not uncommon in Northamptonshire. Easily known from every state 

 of Thel. purpurea by its becoming blood-stained when scratched. 

 I suspect that Sowerby had this species in his eye when illustrating 

 his Auricularia tabacina, if indeed his plant be not altogether iden- 

 tical with it. Sporidia copious, pure white, oblong-elliptic. 



* 51. Phlebia vaga, Fr. Syst. Myc, V. i. p. 428. El. i. p. 155 



On a decaying fallen branch, King's Cliffe. It is also noted as Bri- 

 tish by Loudon. Nothing can be more exact than the description 

 given by Fries in his Elenchus, 



52. Clavaria juncea, Fr. var. (3 vivipara, Fr. Syst. Myc. V. i. 

 p 479. A. fistulosa, Bull. t. 463, H — Amongst oak leaves, King's 

 Cliffe. My plant is precisely what is figured by Bulliard, but I 

 cannot help suspecting that it is an unusually luxuriant form of Ty- 

 phula phacorhiza. 



53. Sclerotium iruncorum, Fr. Syst. Myc. V. ii. p. 252 —In vari- 

 ous places in Northamptonshire, amongst moss on old stumps, ge- 

 nerally forming the matrix of Ag. tuberosus. 



54. Sphceria cornicola, Fr. Syst. Myc. p. 530. — On leaves of 

 Cornus sanguinea, King's Cliffe. 



55. Asleroma veronica, Desm. n. 778. cum icone. — On leaves of 



