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Otidea aurantia Mass. 59. Kochdale, October, 1909. Sent 

 by Mr. W. H. Western (see Lancashire Naturalist, vol. ii. p. 215) ; 

 near Leyland. 60. Over Kellet, Wi. & Wh. ; Carnforth, /. W. H. 

 Occurring on paths, roadsides, &c. 



Barlcea cinnaharina Sacc. 59. On sandy flats near the sea at 

 Birkdale, Ainsdale, and Freshfield, where it appears annually. 



Humaria convexula Quel. 60. Yealand, July, 1910, J. A. IF. ; 

 Carnforth, /. W. H. On soil among moss. 



H. granulata Sacc. Common on cow-dung. 59. Knowsley 

 Park, September, 1909 ; Ormskirk ; Leyland, July, 1910, sent by 

 Bev. C. Fynes- Clinton; Blackrod, near Adlington. 60. Wenning- 

 ton and Nether Barrow, August, 1910, Wh.', Halton and Hornby; 

 Carnforth ; near Garstang, A. Wilson. 



H. violacea Sacc. 59. On floor of greenhouse, Walton, June 

 and October, 1910, teste Mr. Crossland. 



II. sahnonicolor Sacc. 59. Hundred End, north of Southport, 

 on damp soil. May, 1909, W. G. T. d J. A. W. 



Seimltaria arenicola. 59. Common on the sandy flats near 

 the sea between Formby and Churchtown. This- plant is easily 

 detected, although buried, as it causes holes in sand w^hich resem- 

 ble those made by an umbrella. 



Lachnea scutellata Gillet. Common on rotting trunks, wood, 

 &c., especially in shady places. The bright red disc makes it very 

 conspicuous. 59. On rotten trunk in a stream near Colne, 

 H. Bobinson; Town Green, Lathom. 60. On inner bark of old 

 trunk, Hornby Castle, x\ugust, 1910. 



L. fimhriata Quel. 59. On soil and rotten wood of fern box, 

 Aintree, June, 1910. Collected by Miss Dunning, teste Mr. 

 Crossland. In the Yorkshire Fungus Flora (p. 261) this plant is 

 recorded as growing on dust adhering to the wall in a shop 

 window area at Halifax, with a note that it was previously only 

 known to occur in France. 



L. hemisphcerica Gillet. 59. On the ground in wood in 

 Lathom Park. 



Siohceros'pora trechispora Sacc. 59. This small and bright- 

 red fungus occurs annually in fair quantity among the moss in 

 the sandy flats on the coast between Formby and Southport, 

 together with the following variety which, although similar in 

 many respects, is quite distinct. 60. Wray, August, 1910. On 

 clayey ground in a wood; among moss at Carnforth, October- 

 November, 1910, /. W. H. 



Var. paludicola Boud. 59. Occurs with the type between 

 Formby and Southport. First observed July to October, 1908. 

 For the identification of this interesting fungus I am indebted 

 to Mr. Crossland, who, finding it did not quite agree with the 

 description of any of the British Sphcerospora, sent it to Mons. 

 Boudier, who named it as above. As this variety appears to be 

 new to Britain, the following short description from fresh speci- 

 mens may be useful : — 



Ascophores scattered sessile, subglobose becoming plane, •5-- 7 

 cm. diam., 1-5 mm. thick. Disc scarlet to blood-red, externally 



