338 Crossland : Fungus Foray at Midgrave Woods. 



while species were few, certain individuals abounded ; Tricholoma 

 stans, a species usually rare everywhere, and T. terreum were 

 very plentiful. The sight of the elegant T. inamcenum was 

 limited to just a couple of specimens. The only Armillaria seen 

 was, of course, A. mellea, and it was all over the place, both in 

 typical tufts at the base of trunks and in isolated individuals 

 arising from strands of mycelium which had followed the 

 ramifications of infested tree roots. Some remarkably fine 

 specimens of Lepiota procera were seen in the deer park, 

 measuring- 9 in. to 10 in. across the pileus, and, with stems 

 12 in. to 14 in. long, they looked like miniature Japanese 

 parasols stuck in the ground. The Hygrophorce were in good 

 force, one-third of the whole number of British species being- 

 secured. Strange to say, only a single specimen of Paxillus 

 involutus was seen. Marasmius Hudsoni, with its peculiar 

 spinose pileus and stem, was plentiful on fallen holly leaves in 

 various parts of the woods. 



One feature in the Rhodosporese was the prevalence of little 

 groups of Eccilia atropuncta, a pretty species with decurrent 

 gills and black-dotted stem, and another the finding- of Entoloma 

 speculum. 



In the Ochrosporeae the Inocybo? and Cortinarii largely pre- 

 dominated both in species and individuals ; the charming little 

 /. geophylla being particularly plentiful. Only one Flammula 

 w T as collected. Crepidotus supplied us with a species new to the 

 European flora. It is a North American form known as 

 C. putrigenus Berk. & Curt. It was growing from the sides 

 and sawn end of a log almost buried in bracken. 



The Porphyrosporeas and Melanosporeag were about an 

 average. 



The Polyporaceae upon the whole were not too well repre- 

 sented, judging, of course, from the specimens met with.fi 

 Merulius lachrymans (dry rot) was found almost completely! 

 enveloping a large stump in the heart of the woods, the sporesjti 

 covering the ground with a rich browm powder. This discovery 

 is interesting, as Hartig, in his ' Diseases of Timber Trees, 'j 

 states that this species is exceedingly rare in the forest, being 

 more especially confined to wood in use in the structure oi 

 buildings. 



The Hydnacese were very limited in numbers. In the Thele 

 phoraceae fine specimens of Craterellus cornucopioides were fount 

 in quantity. A lovely little batch of Solenia maxima Mass. fel 

 to the lot of Mr. Gibbs. 



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