The Scottish Naturalist. 



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H. MICKOMYCETES. 



By Prof. James W. H. Trail, AM., M.D., F.L.S. 



( All measurements, except where otherwise stated, are in thousandths of a 



millimetre.) 



BEFORE enumerating the species of Fungi collected by 

 myself in the West of Scotland from the nth to the 15th 

 September, 1888, it may be well to mention generally the locali- 

 ties in which they were collected, and the dates when each 

 locality was visited. These localities fall under three of the dis- 

 tributional regions of Scotland, viz., 



Argyle. — From Dalmally Station by Cladich to the watershed 

 between the basin of Loch Awe and Glen Aray, visited 

 on nth September, 1888. 



Clyde. — Glen Aray ; the neighbourhood of Inveraray, including 

 the grounds around the Castle, Duniquoich, and the 

 narrow glen of Essachossan, all between nth and 13th 

 September; St. Catherine's on the east shore of Loch 

 Fyne, Hell's Glen and Glen Croe, and Tarbet on Loch 

 Lomond, all on 14th September. 



Forth. — From the east end of Loch Katrine to Callander, 

 through the Trossachs and by Loch Achray, on 15th 

 September. 



As one's success depends in no small degree on weather, it 

 may not be out of place to mention that during the three days 

 spent in " Clyde " the weather was all that could have been 

 desired ; but that during the few hours spent in "Argyle " and 

 in "Forth" mist and persistent rain greatly hindered successful 

 botanising. Necessarily, it was impossible in the latter districts 

 to do more than pick up what 1 could find by the sides of the 

 roads ; and even in "Clyde" I had not much time to devote to 

 a careful search for the minuter fungi in their favourite habitats. 

 Necessarily also, owing to the season of the year, the Ascomy- 

 cetotis fungi were ill represented, while the Sph&rofinihcz and 

 parasitic Hyphomycetes were proportionally numerous. 



In the subjoined list are enumerated all the species that I have 

 been able to identify satisfactorily, omitting the Hymenomycetes* 

 Additions to the lists of Argyle, Clyde, or Forth are denoted by 

 an asterisk (*) prefixed to the name of the district. Additions to 

 the Scotch fungal flora are denoted by an asterisk piefixed to the 



