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ENCHIRIDION FUNGORUM. 
the coloured-spored genera are disposed of, we come back to the 
Leucospori again under the designation of Asterospori, and here we 
encounter Lactarius and Russula. Then commences a new tribe, 
with a more coriaceous substance and tougher gills, under the 
designation of Lenti , where we have Cantharellus, Xerotus , 
Dictyolus (a mixture of Xerotus and Cantharellus ), Arrhenia , and 
Nyctalis. These five genera form the plicate section, followed by 
the lamellate section, which includes Marasmius , Pleurotus , 
Lentinus , and Panus. Another tribe, called Suberei , includes 
Lenzites and Scliizophyllum. Thus much will show how the 
genera and subgenera are disposed of. But if we attempt to 
analyse each of these new genera to ascertain how they are made 
up, we shall find in too many cases fearful changes which are 
wholly incomprehensible. So that, altogether, in the majority of 
instances, without the slightest index to specific names, it will be 
found that, in using this volume as a “ Field Book,” one may 
walk a mile or two before he discovers the location of any par- 
ticular species. Talk of puzzles, difficult groups, the mysteries of 
the Cortinarii , #c., these are minor troubles as compared with 
obtaining a complete mastery of “ Enchiridion Fungorum.” We 
commenced with congratulating our friend with being at work 
again, and, in conclusion, we will again congratulate him on 
having produced an elaborate Handbook of Fungi which is a 
marvel of topsy-turvyism that no fellow can understand, much 
less make any use of. We hope that no Mycologist will ever be 
tempted to take this “ Handbook ” into a lonely wood with him, 
unless his pockets are otherwise well fortified, and he has a trusty 
and cheerful companion. If known at all in the next generation, 
it will be as one of the “ curiosities of scientific literature.” 
NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
( Continued from Vol. XIV., p. 133.) 
Russula (Furcatae) olivascens, Fr. Hym. Fur., 441. 
Pileus everywhere fleshy, flattened, umbilicate, olivaceous, the 
disc becoming yellow, margin even, stem firm, even, white, gills 
attenuated behind, crowded, almost equal, white, becoming 
yellowish ; spores ochraceous. 
Amongst grass. Pleasure Grounds, Kew, August, 1886 (G. M.) . 
Russula (Fragiles) ochracea, Fr. Hym. Fur., 453. 
Mild. Pileus fleshy, soft, plane, then depressed, with a thin 
viscid cuticle, shining, margin thin, sulcate, flesh ochraceous, stem 
spongy, stuffed, soft, striate, gills reaching the stem, broad, 
scarcely crowded, ochraceous as well as the stem. — Kromb., t. 68, 
f. 9, 10. 
Amongst grass. Pleasure Grounds, Kew (G. M.), Aug., 1886. 
Pileus ochraceous, about 3 inches broad, disc a little darker. 
