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teleutospores) may be commonly found on the leaves of this 

 insignificant yet beautiful plant throughout April and May. 

 In reply to a query, we have given in the correspondence 

 column a list of the Uredines which appear in May. 



Of agarics, the most noticeable is the St. George Mush- 

 room (Tricholoma gambosum), so-called because it generally 

 makes its appearance on downs and open pastures about the 

 23rd of April, the day dedicated to St. George. It grows in 

 circles, emerging from the ground as a little whitish ball, 

 which gradually becomes an agaric varying from 2 to 6 inches 

 in the diameter' of its biscuit-coloured pileus. It is of the 

 same stature as the common edible mushroom, but is very 

 distinct in having white instead of purple-brown or pink gills 

 and spores. The smell is strong but not unpleasant, being 

 somewhat like that of new meal. 



The Buckler (Entoioma clypeatum) is a gregarious species 

 not uncommon in spring and autumn in woods and in fields 

 bordering them. It is large and fragile, almost 3 inches 

 across the pileus, with a hollow, fibrous stem nearly 4 inches, 

 in length. Moist and livid at first, it is dry and spotted at 

 maturity. The spores are rosy or salmon-coloured. A very 

 poisonous species. 



The White-cap (Clitocybe cenissata) may be found amongst 

 dead leaves in fir and mixed woods. Entire plant white. 

 The glabrous pileus varies from 1 to 3 inches across. The 

 gills are at first adnate, then decurrent, always much crowded 

 and thin ; spores white ; stem solid, elastic and tough ; about 

 2 inches long. 



The little Button Omphalia (0. fibula) occurs throughout 

 the winter and early spring in damp places amongst moss, 

 especially on oak trunks near their base and on burnt ground. 

 The yellowish or orange pileus does not exceed half an inch 

 in diameter. It is tiiin but tough; hemispherical at first, at 

 maturity it is funnel shaped. The gills are whitish and 

 deeply decurrent. The stem is about 1 inch in length. 



