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known as ‘Dhingri.’ It is said to be sold by the shopkeepers — 
much broken. The average rate at which it is sold is about Rs.25 
a seer. Before cooking it is soaked in fresh water for about 
eight hours. It then swells and becomes pulpy. It is said to be 
eaten with E relish and sent as a rarity in presents to friends E 
all over India 
Volvaria woodrowiana, Massee (sp. nov.) Pıleus carnosulus, ; 
campanulatus, dein explanatus, siccus, margine striatus, glaber- 
rimus, griseo-lividus vel cinereus, 8-12 cm. diam. Lam elle 
postice liberæ, a confer ertæ, salmonicolores, acie integra 
Spore sphæroideo-ellipsoideæ, ey 10 x- S Stipes solidus, 
m. lo 
E j 
subsqualis, glaber, 9-15 c ongus, l cm. circiter crassus, albus. - 
Volva amplissima, libera, ee limbo lobata, albida. 
On the ground, Poona, Woodrow, 13. 
Allied to V. volvacea, Bull. 
Hydnum Gleadonii, Massee (sp. nov.) Pilei subcoriacei, sessiles, 
dimidiati, cod ae strigoso-spongiosi, ex albo flavi di, margine 
avi, 4-7 cm. lati. Aculei ex albo flavidi, usque ad 1 cm. longi, 
decurrentes, apice integri acuti. Spore hyaline, subglobos®, — 
5 S E 
VINCES, On dead wood, Dehra Dun, Gamble, 
264 Aib C ool T. Gleadon 
very beautiful species, quite distinct in colour, and in 
th 
ee strigose covering of the pileus, which a. in E 
r that of Trametes Hystrix, Cooke. 
Geaster oan ae eas (sp. nov.). Peridium globosum, subum- | 
bonatum, cm, diam. ; exope eridium r due , carnosum, stellatim — 
g 
ostiolum minutum ; columella pectus ens. Spore globose, 
brunneo-lilacinze, verrucosze, 10-12 p. diam. 
UE 2 PROVINCES. On the ground, Dehra Dun, Gamble, 
26,46 
all species somewhat resembling G. hy ygrometricus, Pers. 
but readily distinguished from this and every other known species 
by the very large size of the spores. In the mass the ipis are 
dark brown with a lilac tinge. 
HYPHOMYCETES. 
Helminthosporium obelavatum, eas (sp. nov). Hyp hæ 
rigidulæ, res fasciculares, fusc®, opace, s iem attenuate, 
390-400 x 12-14 maculas atrae velut formantes: 
Conidia. elongato-obelavata, 1—11-septata, pallide "Ol vecti 80-1 
p. 
DW. PRO 
Siwalik Hills, Gamble, 26,477. P 
mbling A. veluti tinum, rn: in habit and colour, but 
differing i in the larger pal e conidia 
. Coniosporium Arundin is, Sacc. in Michelia ii, (1882) p. 124. 
-N. W. PROVINCES. On uis s of Thi aak e agai Ne 
Dehra Dun, diner erc 
VINCES. On branches of Helicteres Isora, Lint» — 
