BRITISH PYRENOMYCETES. 
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Gen. 4. MELOGHAMA, Fr. Stroma erumpent or super- 
ficial, subglobose, pulvinate or somewhat effused, perithecia aggre- 
gated in clusters, for the most part immersed in a stroma and 
rather prominent. 
* Valsaria. Sporidia uniseptate, brown. 
1. M. rubricosa, Fr., Sacc. Syll. 2814 ; Grev. iv, 25. 
On dead bark. Ringstead. 
| Sporidia triseptate , brown. 
2. M. vagans, Not., Sacc. Syll. 3381 ; Hdbk. 2405. 
On hornbeam bark. Rudloe, Oundle. 
3. M. homalea, Fr., Sacc. Syll. 3956 ; Hdbk. 2406. 
On dead bark of sycamore. 
Thyridaria. Sporidia multiseptate. 
4. M. rubro-notata, B., Sacc. Syll. 3367 ; Hdbk. 2407. 
On dead wood and bark of elm. King’s Cliffe. 
NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
( Continued from p. 29. J 
Agaxicus (Txicholoma) xussula, Schceff. Icon., t. 58. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then depressed, obtuse, granulate, viscid, 
rosy flesh colour ; stem solid, firm, nearly equal, rosy, squamulose 
at the apex ; gills rounded, then decurrent, rather distant, white, 
a little spotted with red. Taste mild. — Fr. Hijm. Eur., 52. 
Under trees. Arboretum, Kew, Oct., 1886. (G. Massee). 
Pileus 3-4 in. Stem 3 in. ; ^ in. thick. Spores elliptical ; 
10 x 5 fx. Quite distinct from Hygrophorus erubescens, with which 
it is often confounded. Has superficially very much the habit and 
appearance of some species of Bussula. 
Agaxicus (Txicholoma) pes-capxae, Fr. Hym. Fur., 68 . 
Pileus fleshy, thin, conical, then expanded, umbonate, fragile, 
unequal, grey, then dusky, smooth, margin cracked, at length 
splitting ; stem solid, equal (or attenuated at the base), smooth ; 
gills emarginate, broad, crowded, then rather distant, white then 
cinereous. 
var. multifoxmis, Schceff. Icon., t. 14. 
Caespitose, sometimes confluent at the base, margin involute, 
entire. 
Under trees. Kew Gardens, Oct., 1886. (G.M.). 
Agaxicus (Collybia) fodiens, Kalch. Icon., t. 36,/. 2. 
Pileus fleshy, firm, convex, obtuse, margin indexed (2-3 in.), 
even, smooth, flesh colour, becoming yellowish, darker and gilvous 
in the centre. Stem hollow, tough, somewhat ventricose, often 
longitudinally costate (2 in. long, 5-6 lines thick), attenuated into 
