NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
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Agaricus (Psalliota) subgibbosus, Fr. Hym. Eur. 281. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex then plane, umbo even, smooth, but 
the circumference silky, fibrillose. Stem hollow, thin, ring fugacious, 
gills remote, white, then cinereous brown. 
In woods, &c. Pleasure grounds, Kew. 
The form figured in Cooke’s Illustrations, t. 532, is referred 
provisionally to this species, on the recommendation of the Rev. M. 
J. Berkeley. It is larger than the typical form. Pileus 2-3 inches. 
Stem 2-3 inches long, half an inch thick. 
Agaricus (Panaeolus) egregius, Massee. 
Pileus ovate-campanulate, smooth, even, viscid when moist, 
bright orange brown, disc darker, fleshy, exceeding the gills at the 
margin, with a trace of agglutinated down on the pileus, virgate 
when dry ; flesh ochraceous ; stem thickened at the base, solid, 
fibrillose, readily splitting longitudinally, brown without and 
within, duller than the pileus, white and cottony at the base, 
smooth at the apex. Gills broad, ventricose, adnexed, crowded, 
thin, brownish-black, edge entire paler, dry not deliquescent, 
spores brown, then blackish-purple, oblong-ovate with a minute 
apiculus. Smell none. 
On the ground, Scarboro’. (6r. Masse.) 
Pileus inches high, 2 inches broad. Stem 5 inches long, 
half an inch thick. Gills half an inch broad in the centre. A 
very remarkable species, with somewhat the habit of a Coprinus. 
We would willingly have avoided describing the following species 
of incomplete fungi, except in conjunction with the ascomycetous 
species to which they are accredited, but, as the “ Sylloge ” in- 
cludes their allies, as if they were autonomous, we have no other 
alternative. As we purpose commencing in our next issue a 
catalogue of the British Spheeropsideee, brought up to date, we 
have made no reference here to the large number of described 
species which have come to our knowledge since the publication of 
the “ Handbook,” as these will be contained in the proposed 
catalogue. Specimens of the majority have been deposited in the 
Herbarium of the Royal Gardens at Kew. 
Phyllosticta asiatica, Cooke. 
Spots orbicular or irregular, tawny, circumscribed by a dark 
purplish-brown border, which passes into crimson as it spreads into 
the leaf. Perithecia few, mostly on the upper surface, gregarious 
on the spots, very minute, black, punctiform. Sporules very 
small, hyaline (*004 X *0015 mm.) on rather longer sporophores. 
On fading leaves of Berberis asiatica. Kew. 
Fhoma Beckhausii, Cooke. 
Perithecia subglobose, scattered, covered by the bark which is 
slightly elevated, very indistinct. Sporules sublanceolate, con- 
tinuous, usually binucleate ('008-01 X *003 mm.) 
On branches of Viburnum lantana — in conjunction with Diaporthe 
Beckhausii , Nke. Dartford ; Kew. 
