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solid, whitish, then tinged with red, yellowish at the base, fibril- 
lose below the veil and becoming red, white, mealy at the apex ; 
flesh of both pileus and stem bright yellow, then lighter ; gills 
adnate with a sinus or adnato-decurrent, often forming a marked 
ring-like zone at the apex of the stem and occasionally breaking 
away naturally, crowded, 3-4 mm. broad, at first light ochre, then 
ferruginous ; margin unequal and tinging red with age or when 
bruised ; trama orange and then lighter ; spores ferruginous, 
9-10 x 4-5 /jl; smell none, taste acrid. 
Growing on the ground in woods under scrub oak. Whole 
plant reddening when touched and with age. Allied to Ag. 
{Flammula) astragalinus , Fr., from which it differs (1) in the 
pileus being viscid and innato-fibrillose ; (2) in the veil not being 
appendiculate ; (o) in the stem being solid and stouter, and with 
no fibrillose scales ; (4) in the flesh being bright yellow and never 
turning black when wounded ; (5) in the absence of a floccose 
margin to the gills ; (6) in its growth on the ground. 
Wyre Forest, July, 1893. (C. Rea.) 
Lactarius violascens, Fries. 
Pileus about 2 in. across, convex at first, soon becoming expanded 
and, more or less depressed at the disc, no trace of umbo present, 
even, glabrous, dry, grey or pale brown with darker zones ; flesh 
thick, white, firm ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded, white, about 
1 J line broad ; stem 2 in, long, ^ in. and more thick, equal, even, 
glabrous, solid, greyish white, milk white, becoming violet on 
exposure to the air, mild (becoming acrid?). 
Lactarius violascens, Fries., Epicr., p. 342. 
Agaricus violascens , Otto, Pers., 34, No. 30, Carn. Germ.; 
Krombh., t. 14, f. 13-14. 
Reported from Deeside in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., Oct., 1893. 
It is much to be regretted that an independent detailed descrip- 
tion of this rare and interesting fungus did not accompany the 
record, as such would probably have cleared up certain doubtful 
points, added spore dimensions, etc. 
Caldesiella ferruginosa, Sacc. 
In “British Fungus-Flora,” Vol. i., p. 166, some doubt is 
expressed as to whether the present species belong to the Basidio- 
mycetes. An examination of living material, collected at the last 
Y. N. U. annual foray, revealed the presence of large typical 
tetrasporous basidia scattered amongst the loose hyphae forming 
the downy spines. 
Fomes zoseus, Fries Hym. Fur., 562 . 
Pileus corky, then woody, hard, triquetrous, even, rather banded, 
externally and internally rosy, externally becoming sooty brown, 
or blackish grey, internally floccosely fibrous ; pores minute, round, 
rose-coloured pink. 
On rotten wood. Essex Field Club. First English record. 
Perennial. 1-2 in. broad, 1 in. high, becoming stratose. Edge 
of hymenium barren. 
