130 
Coprinus, Fries. 
C. comatus, Frie 
On rich soil ud on heaps of 
decayed leaves. A very ele- 
ant fungus 
finches” One of the best 
À 
exhitiied in No.2 Museum. 
A. Q. 
C. sterquilinus, Fries 
On dung and rich soil, 
C. atramentarius, Fries. 
se the ground near decaying 
trm 1. Edible, 
bero ual in flavour to 
piat ig piahi, 
C. soboliferus, Fries. 
A., P. 
On the g poss. Probably only 
a variety o atramentarius. 
Edible. 
C. fimetarius, Fries. 
Com- 
On manure heaps, &e. 
mon. 
C. niveus, Fries. 
On dung. Common. 
C. micaceus, Fries, 
On the ground near stamps, 
posts, &e. Growing in dense 
clusters; the us when 
young is thickly deste d with 
glittering par pk oe 
fragme nts of mic 
, Coprinus --cont. 
C. deliquescens, Buil. 
On trunks, heaps e — 
leaves , &c. Com 
C. tardus, ARR 
A: the ground near buried 
ood. A. 
C. tiles, Quélet. 
On dung. An interesting little 
ies, springing from a 
small black sclerotium. The 
sclerotia were found by Mr 
G. Nicholson, the Curator of 
the Gardens ; the sporophores 
appeared a week after the 
sclerotia w ere placed in damp 
ea 
was established by Quélet 
from French specimens (Bull. 
Soc. Bot. France, xxiv., 289, 
pl. 3,:1877).- B. 
C. Hendersoni, Berk. 
On soil in hot beds. 
C. Lagopus, Fries, 
On rich soil. A., P. 
C. radiatus, Fries 
only abovt 2 lines across. 
C. stercorarius, /ries. 
On dung, rich soil, &c. Com- 
mon. 
C. ephemerus, Fries. 
Com- 
On manure heaps, &c, 
POLYPOREÆ. 
Boletus, Di//. 
B. luteus, L. 
Under pines. A. 
B. elegans, Schum. 
Under pines. A. 
B. flavus, With 
On the ground under trees. A. 
B. chrysenteron, Fries. 
n ound. The most 
abundant species in the 
grounds. Very handsome, 
with its olive cap and bright 
| Boletus—cont. 
lemon- hec under surface, 
Poison 
B. Meere ? 
On the ground. Common. 
B. cruentus, Vent. 
On the ground under beeches, 
Smell strong ; flesh changing 
to red when eut or bruised. 
B. impolitus, Fries. 
Under trees. A, 
