362 Crossland and N'eedhtim : Fungus Flora of Hea7'thriig. 



Another peculiar circumstance was noted. There came in 

 the same spot the following' year a fine tuft of Bolbitiiis flavidiis 

 (Bolt.), one of Bolton's species, figured on Tab. 149 of his 

 ' History of Fung'uses Growing about Halifax.' This tuft is the 

 only one of this plant we have had the good fortune to see. 



The bacteria were not studied, but doubtless there would be 

 numerous species in all employed in breaking- down the various 

 materials. 



Of fung'i proper, 17 species were noted ; possibly one or two 

 micro species may have been overlooked. The 17 consist of : — 



4 Basidiomycetes. 



1. Plurotus septicus. 3. Hebeloma fastibile. 



2. Bolbiiius flavidus. 4. H. mesophseum. 



II ASCOMYCETES. 



5. Anixia spadicea. 11. Humaria deerata. 



6. Perisporium vulgare. 12. Ascophanus carneus. 



7. P. funiculatum 13. Orbilia vinosa. 



8. Podospora fimisida. 14. Gymnoascus Reesii. 



9. Onygena pilogena. 15. Bolacotricha grisea. 

 10. Peziza linteicola. 



I Melanconiace^. I Hyphomycetes. 



16. Libertella fusispora. 17. Oospora Crustacea. 



The habitats of the whole may be classified as follows : — 

 Only known to occur on animal substances, as woollen 

 materials, bone, horn, hoofs, skin, feathers, etc. — No. 9. 

 On cheese, g"lue, etc., sacking- — ^No. 17. 



On manufactured linen, jute, cotton, etc. — Nos. 10 and 16. 



Possibly No. 16 will yet be found on rotting twigs. 



On rotting leather, cloth, old rope, sacking, cotton, paper, 

 dung of horse, cow, and rabbit — No. 12. 



On leather, bark, wood, old rope, cloth, sacking — No. 13. 



On rotting worsted, cloth, wood, straw, herbaceous stems, 

 paper, dung, and sacking— Nos. 6 and 7. 



On decaying twigs, leaves, grass, fungi, dung, and sacking 

 —No. I. 



On rotting straw, herbaceous stems, cloth, and sacking — 

 No. 5. ^ 



On decaying herbaceous stems and sacking — Nos. 11 and 15. 

 On dung and sacking — Nos. 2, 8, and 14. 



There are only two, Nos. 3 and 4, out of the seventeen, real 

 humus species. The spores of these may have already been in 

 the ground when covered by the rug. Most likely the developing 

 mycelium penetrated the overlying substance and produced 



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