SOME EXOTIC FUNGI. 
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Gnomonia coriacea, CIce. Mass. 
Peritheciis minutis, in maculos orbicularos congestis, foliorum 
parenchymati innatis, ostiolo elongato, sursum leniter attenuato. 
Ascis clavato-stipitatis, octosporis. Sporidiis uniseptatis, obtusis, 
hyalinis, 10 x 2-3 fx. 
On coriaceous leaves. Brazil ( Glaziou , No. 18083). 
Micropeltis maculata, CJce. Sf Mass. 
Epiphylla, maculaeformis. Peritheciis dimidiatis, orbiculari- 
convexulis, minutis, atris, nitidis, maculo fuligineo irregulari 
congregatis ; ostiolo pertuso ; ascis clavatis, octosporis ; sporidiis 
fusiformibus, triseptatis, hyalinis, 14-1*5 X 3-4 p . 
On dead coriaceous leaves. Brazil ( Glaziou , 18076, 18093, 
18080). 
Clypeolum zeylanicum, C. Sc M. Girev, xvil. 
This species also on the same and on other leaves from Brazil 
(< Glaziou , 18070, 18084, 18078). 
FUNGUS FORAYS, 1889. 
Hackney Natural History Society. — For the past ten years 
Epping Forest has been the scene of one or two forays in the 
antnmn in search of fungi, and on Saturday, September 14th, 
the first of these for the present season took place under the 
auspices of the Hackney Natural History Society. Fungus- 
hunters, like farmers, are privileged to grumble at the weather, 
and this year the traditional grumble was indulged in ; for, 
however fine and enjoyable the day might be, the ground was 
so dry and hard that the fungi had no chance. Somehow or 
other the past two or three years have been so exceptional as 
regards fungi, that fungus-hunters have been almost driven to 
despair. It has been the custom to make a list at these 
excursions of all the species identified during the day, and the 
totals are compared year by year. At the corresponding ex- 
cursion last year the list included some 150 species, of which 
twenty were new to the forest, but on the present occasion the 
list only reached 108, and only four new species (or five, includ- 
ing a new mould of great interest) and two well-marked 
varieties were determined. The species found for the first 
time in the forest area were Agaricus ( Pholiota ) prcecox , 
Agaricus semi-vestitus, Gortinarius torvus, and Trichia scabra. 
The new mould was Bhinotrichum aureum. The incident of the 
day, however, was the finding of Hydnum diversidens , upon 
some trunks in Monk’s wood. This species was first found in 
Britain in 1884, when Mr. H. T. Wharton collected it from a trunk 
at Fairmead, and since then it has only once been met with until 
the present occasion. It is a rare species in all parts of Europe. 
As for the residue of the day’s gathering, it was, on the whole, 
very commonplace ; the number of individuals of all species 
