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SOME EXOTIC FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
Agaxicus (Pleuxotus) platypus, CJce. fy Mass. 
Pileo carnoso, convexo, demum depresso, vel subinfundibuli- 
formi, glabro, lasvi, fulvente. Stipite excentrico, adscendente, 
solido, deorsum incrassato, clavato -bulboso, sursum rugoso, 
pallidiore. Lamellis longe decurrentibus, postice attenuatis, vix 
confertis, tenuibus, albidis. Sporis 10-12 X 4-5 m. Plerumque 
CEespitosus, esculentus. 
On trunks. Nepal. India and Colonial Exhibition. 
Lactarius (Dapetes) haemorrheus, Lowe in Serb. Berk. 
Pileo carnoso, convexo, demum centro depresso, ssepe difformi, 
flavido-fusco, expallente, sericeo (2-3 unc. lat.). Stipite brevi, 
obconico vel ventricoso, deorsum attenuato, albido, glabro, solido 
(1-1£ unc. long, £ unc. crass). Lamellis subdistantibus, decur- 
rentibus, incarnatis. Lacte copioso, sanguineo. 
On the ground. Madeira ( Lowe with fig.) 
Evidently quite distinct from L. sanguifluus. 
JYIarasmius cinctus, Berk., in Serb. 
Mitis. Pileo carnosulo, convexo-campanulato (3 unc. diam.), 
obtuse umbonato, glabro, radiato-sulcato, umbrino-fuligineo, ad 
marginem zono lato ochraceo depall ente, margine tenui, crenulato. 
Stipite subsequali, fistuloso, concolori (3-4 unc. long, £ unc. crass), 
glabro, deorsum radicali, flocculoso. Lamellis subdistantibus, 
ventricosis, albidis. 
On wood. Venezuela. 
British Uredinem and Ustilaginem. — Mr C. B. Plowright 
announces the speedy publication of a work on this subject ; price 
to subscribers, seven shillings and sixpence. Names of subscribers 
to be sent to 7, King Street, King’s Lynn. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF FUNGI. 
The fifth and sixth volumes of this work just completed, carry 
the plates to 938, finishing with the genus Hygrophorus. The 
next volume will really commence with Lactarius , and Sussula , 
although two intermediate parts towards a supplement have been 
issued between. It is desired and hoped that the seventh and 
eighth volumes (including the supplement) will complete the work 
to the end of all the gill-bearing species (Agaricini) . This is as 
far as the work will be carried at present. Should it be considered 
advisable to add Boletus and Polyporus, which it is estimated could 
be contained in one volume, this would be issued as a separate 
