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pilei confluent at the base. Odour and taste similar to H. repan- 
dum. Edible. 
Entorrhiza cypericola (Magn ). Weher. Bot. Zeit., Vol. 41 ,p. 369, t. 4. 
Swellings generally white, oval, nearly smooth, from the size of 
a pin’s head to that of a small pea. The outer layers after a time 
tend to become brown in colour, rendering the whole tumour brown. 
In the cells of the cortex lie the spores, connected by mycelium fila- 
ments. These filaments are wavy or spirally twisted, or collected 
in coils. The spores are produced at the tips of wavy or spiral 
branches, thinner than the ordinary branches from which they arise. 
They become round, and of an average *02 by ‘017 mm. The 
outer layer of the spore becomes covered with rather large warts, 
and is usually of a deep yellow or reddish-yellow colour. — Prof. 
Trail in Scottish Naturalist. Oct., 1884. 
On roots of Juncus hufonius . 
Melanotoenium endogenum. Unger. Exanth. 
The attacked plants become stunted. Stems dark, usually dull 
purplish or blackish throughout, or at the nodes. The cortex is 
much crowded with the spores of the fungus, usually collected in 
groups. The spores are more or less angular from mutual 
pressure, brown, varying considerably in shade or depth of colour. 
— Prof. Trail in Scottish Naturalist. Oct., 1884. 
On stems of Galium mollugo. 
Hypomyces ater. Fr. Grevillea xn., p. 80. 
Irregularly effused, usually covering the entire fungus on which 
it is parasitic, black. Perithecia semi-immersed, with a conical 
ostiolum of the same colour. Asci cylindrical, sporidia lanceolate, 
acute at each extremity, usually beaked at one end, continuous, 
hyaline, sometimes the rostrum seems to be divided from the body 
of the spore by an incipient septum (‘03-035 x ‘005-‘006 mm.). 
On small undetermined Agarics. Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle ). 
A very distinct species, agreeing perfectly with the specimens 
from Fries. 
BRITISH HYMENOMYCETES. 
W e must again direct the attention of our readers to the para- 
graph on page 97, in which it is announced that the Rev. John 
Stevenson is prepared to issue a “ Flora of British Fungi,” con- 
taining full descriptions of all the British Hymenomycetes. This 
work is proposed to occupy 2 vols., at half-a-guinea each, and we 
are assured will be sent to press as soon as sufficient subscribers 
are obtained to warrant the venture. It is to be hoped that all 
who are interested in British Botany will favour Mr. Stevenson 
with their support, and that we shall soon hear that the list has 
attained a sufficient length for him to send the first volume to the 
press. We believe that we are correct in stating that it is intended 
to embody all the valuable information contained in Fries’s “ Mono- 
graphia,” so far as relates to British species. Communications to 
be sent to the Rev. John Stevenson, Glamis, Forfar, N.B. 
