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 Fungi from the neighbourhood of Roxburgh, not hitherto 

 recorded from the Border district. — 1^83. By the Rev, 

 David Paul, M.A., Roxburgh. 



1. AgaricusfLepiota)clypeolarius,Bull. In a wood ; September. 

 A pretty Fungus allied to Ag. cristatus. 



2. Aff. (Tricholoma) portentosus, Fr. In a wood. 



3. Ag. ( TricholomaJ resplendens, Fr. In woods, not rare ; re- 

 markable for its beautiful hyaline tints. 



4. Ag. (PluteusJ nanus, var. lutescens, Pers. Three or four 

 specimens of this Fungus were found on old saw-dust at Stiehill 

 in October. It is neither nanus, nor pklebojphorus, but partakes of 

 the characters of both, which indeed seem to pass imperceptibly 

 into one another. The pileus was moist and not pruinose, and 

 the stem and gills corresponded to those of var. lutescens. 



5. Ag. (NolaneaJ mammosus, Fr. In Roxburgh churchyard. 

 October. Rare. 



6. Ag. (Nolanca) pisciodorus, Ces. It is doubtful if this be 

 really a different Fungus from Ag. fNaucoria) cucumis, P. The 

 difference of colour in the spores is the main distinction between 

 them, but I am informed by the Rev. J. Stevenson, of Glamis, 

 that in 50 specimens of Ag. cucumis, gathered on the same spot 

 and at the same time, which he examined, the spores shaded in 

 colour from the brown of cucumis to the pink of pisciodorus. Nor 

 have I been able to detect the cucumber smell of cucumis as 

 distinguished from the fishy smell of pisciodorus ; to me they seem 

 all to smell of fish. But perhaps Fries would not have said of 

 me as he says of someone in his Hym. Fur., " olfactu valde 

 praepoUet." 



7. Ag. (Inocyhe) geophyllus, Sow., var. at Leritius, B. & Br. 

 Found by me along with Mr W. B. Boyd at Ormiston in October. 

 Its larger size and curious red stains mark it well off from the 

 ordinary geophyllus. Mr A. Jerdon found it plentifully at Mel- 

 rose in October, 1 868. See " Transactions " for that year, p. 411 . 

 Perhaps not uncommon. 



8. Ag. (Flammula) lentus, Pers. A.t Sunlaws. October. Not 

 common here. 



9. Lactarius quietus, Fr. In woods. 



10. Polyporus caestus. Fr. 



11. Corticium puteanum, Schum. In Roxburgh Manse, on 

 dripping wood below a water cistern. October. 



1 2. Geoglossum glahrum, Pers. Among grass. 



