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distributional areas now mentioned for the first time are marked 

 below with an asterisk. New areas, recorded since i8yg, are 

 printed in italics. 



! following the names of areas, localities, or food-plants, &c, 

 denotes that I have myself found the fungi marked in localities 

 and on foodplants so indicated. 



Short descriptions of a few species in this list not included in 

 Phillips' Manual are given below. 



The following abbreviations are made use of, in addition to the 

 usual well-known abbreviations of authors' names : — 



M.S. — Mycologia Scotica ; Ph. denotes Mr. Phillips' Manual of 

 British Discomycetes ; J.F. — Rev. John Fergusson ; 

 M.C.C.— Dr. M. C. Cooke; J.S., Rev. Dr. Stevenson ; 

 F.B.W.— Dr. Buchanan White; W.P.— Mr. Phillips. 



Order I. HELVELLACEI Fr. 

 Genus I. Morchella Dill. 



1. M. esculenta (L.) Pers. (M.S. 1520, Ph. 3). 



In grassy places in woods. April — June. 

 Tweed, Forth, Tay, Dee ! Moray, 

 var. a. rotunda Pers. (Ph. 4). Tweed, Forth, Tay. 



2. M. COnica Pers. (M.S. 1520 as a var. of M. esculenta ; Ph. 4). 



On the earth. Moray (at Sluie and Forres, Drs. Keith 

 and Cooke). 



var. a. deliciosa Fr. (M.S. 152 1, as a distinct species ; Ph. 5). 

 Tay. 



3. M. serailibera D.C. (M.S. 1522 ; Ph. 7). 



On the soil in thickets. 

 Tweed, Forth, Moray. 



Genus II. Gyromitra Fr. 



4. G. esculenta Fr. (M.S. 1523, Ph. 8). 



In pine and oakwoods, and on tree-stumps ! March — June. 

 Tay, Dee ! Moray. 



Genus III. Helve ll a Fr. 



5. H. crispa Fr. (M.S. 1524, Ph. 10). 



On the ground, in woods, &c. July — September. 

 Tweed, Solway, Forth, Clyde, Tay, Moray. 



6. H. lacunosa Afz. (M.S. 1525, Ph. n). 



On the ground, showing a preference for burnt soil ; in 

 woods and on lawns. July — September. 



