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somewhat pruinose ; gills adnate, broadly linear, rather crowded, 
ochre. — Cooke Illus. Suppl. t. 1156. 
On road scrapings. Scarboro’. 
The variety figured turns pale when dry, thus differing from the 
type. Spores 12 x 7 p. 
Agaricus (Tubaria) muscorum, Pers. Syn. 470. 
Pileus membranaceous, convex, depressed in the centre, striate, 
smooth, tawny yellow ; stem fistulose, short, of the same colour, 
incrassated at the base, gills rather decurrent, horizontal, paler. — 
Fries Hym. Fur. 274. Cooke Illus. Suppl. t. 1175 B. 
Amongst moss on heaths. Scarboro’. 
Agaricus (Hypholoma) instratus. Britz. Melan.f. 110. 
Caespitose. Pileus hemispherical, convex, broadly umbonate 
(1 in. or more), dark brown, radiately rugose, stem hollow, equal 
white and smooth above, fibrillose or squamulose below, veil white, 
appendiculate. Flesh brownish. Gills subventricose, adnate, 
brown, then purple brown, paler at the edge. Spores 8x4 p. — 
Cooke Illus. Suppl. t. 1157. 
On stumps, near Shrewsbury. 
Possibly these specimens belong to the above species of Britzel- 
meyer, but we have been compelled to expand the description. 
Bolbitius grandiusculus, Glee, fy Mass. 
Pileus campanulate, expanded (1-2 in diam.), smooth, pallid 
and faintly striate at the margin, rufous at the apex, stem smooth, 
white, fistulose, slender, gradually attenuated upwards (3-4 in. 
long), gills crowded, linear, narrow, attenuated behind and free, 
rusty ochre. Spores 15 X 5 p. — Cooke Illus. Suppl. t. 1159. 
Amongst grass, on the cliffs. Scarboro’. 
Folystictus (Stuposi) fibula, Fr. Hym,. Fur. 567. 
Whitish. Pileus coriaceous, soft, tough, velvety, without zones, 
sometimes radiately rugose, white within, margin entire, acute ; 
pores small, rounded, acute, at length torn, turning yellowish. 
On stumps, &c. Carlisle, Holm Lacey, Epping, near Bristol. 
About the size of P. versicolor , but thicker, pores longer, surface 
less hairy, not distinctly zoned. Evidently not uncommon. 
Otthia crataegi, Fckl., Sacc. Syll ., No. 2781. 
Perithecia aggregated in dense tufts, rather large, black, globose, 
minutely papillate, at length perforate ; asci stipitate, cylindrical, 
eight- spored. Sporidia ovate, oblong, uniseptate, constricted, 
brown (25-28 x 12-14 p.) 
On branches of Cratcegus. Newcastle on-Tyne. 
Fhoma laminariae, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Perithecia gregarious, membranaceous, erumpent, depressedly 
globose, black, pierced at the apex with a minute pore, sporules 
profuse, elliptical, hyaline (8-10 x 3 p.) 
On decaying fronds of Laminaria. • West Kilbride, Ayrshire. 
( D . A. Boyd.) 
