THE FUNGI OF GUERNSEY. 201 



variation, and the great benefit to science generally, should 

 stimulate some one to undertake the task." 



Although the present list gives the result of only four 

 months' work, it shows clearly enough that Guernsey offers a 

 field quite as rich and varied to the mycologist as to the 

 phanerogamist, the lichenist, and the seaweed collector. It is 

 to be hoped, therefore, that with these admirable results before 

 them, the ladies and gentlemen who have so energetically and 

 so successfully collected during the past autumn will continue 

 their researches during the winter, spring and summer, so that 

 next year a substantial list of additional species may be drawn 

 up, thereby materially extending our knowledge of the fungus- 

 flora of the island. 



For convenience of reference it may be well to state here 

 that 159 genera and 456 species are enumerated in the follow- 

 ing pages. 



HYMENOMYCETES. 



Amanita phalloides, Fr. Very poisonous, causing a large percentage of 

 the deaths due to fungus -poisoning. Moulin de Haut, Castel (Le 

 Lacheur) . 



A. rubeseens, Fr. Edible. Anneville, St. Saviour's (Le Lacheur). 



Amanitopsis vaginata, Fr. Edible. Fir plantation near Bec-du-Nez 



(Luff). 



Lepiota proeera, Scop. An edible, excellent and safe species. Varclin, 

 St. Martin's (Miss Boley) ; Grandes Kocques, Burnt Lane, Grande 

 Mare and Grand Havre (Luff) ; l'Ancresse Common, Woodlands, Calais 

 (Derrick) ; Vielle Kue, St. Saviour's, and Pleinmont (Le Lacheur) ; 

 l'Ancresse (Hocart). 



L. raehodes, Vitt. Edible. Garden, Burnt Lane, and Ivy Castle (Luff) ; 



greenhouse, King's Boad (Miss Boyle) ; Saints' Bay (Miss Hoyte) ; 1'Islet 



(Collenette) . 

 L. permixta, Fr. Very rare in Britain. " A critical species, but truly 



distinct from L. proeera and L. raehodes " (Massee) ; l'Ancresse (Hocart). 



L. exeoriata, Schaef. Near Woodlands, and in garden, Mount Durand 

 (Derrick) ; l'Ancresse (Hocart) ; Ronceval and Pulias (Luff). 



L. gFaeilenta, Kromb. Near Woodlands (Derrick) ; l'Ancresse, Bordeaux 

 and Fort Doyle (Luff) ; Norgiots and Cambridge Park (Le Lacheur) ; 

 Icart Point (Miss Boley). 



L. Friesii, Lasch. Fauxconnaires (Collenette). 



L. elypeolaria, Bull. Fermain Bay (Luff). 



L. cristata, A. % S. Norgiots, St. Andrew's (Le Lacheur). 



L erminea, Fr. Vazon (Luff). 



L. holoserieea, Fr. L'Ancresse Common (Hocart). 

 L. granulosa, Batsch. Calais, St. Martin's (Derrick). 

 L. Sistrata, Fr. Grand Havre (Luff). 



L. ppomineus, Barla. Only a single specimen has been found in Britain, 

 and that many years ago. Near Richmond Barracks and near Ivy Castle 

 (Luff) ; Prevosts, St. Saviour's (Le Lacheur). 



