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a new species, Sphacria cschscholzii, and figured in plate i8, fig. 
8. The species is a Daldinia and closely related to D. concen- 
trica. It has since been collected in these islands and reported 
by Rehm as Daldinia esclischolzii. This is the first report of any 
fungous collection having been made in the Philippines. 
1830 
Nees von Essenbeck, C. J. Fungi, in Presl’s Reliquias Haen- 
keanae, p. 1-2. 
In March, 1792, Thaddeus Haenke reached IManila in his 
travels, begun in 1789, and remained in the Islands about six 
months. He visited the provinces of Bulacan, Ilocos, Pampanga, 
Sorsogon, Cavite and Mindanao, making some considerable col- 
lection of the island flora. The fungi of his entire travels, how- 
ever, number but three species which were identified by Nees 
von Essenbeck. But one of these, Polyporns sanguineus Fr., is 
reported as having been collected in Luzon. 
1837 
Blanco, P. Fr. Manuel, Flora de Filipinas, pp. 845-846. 
This work makes almost no mention of fungi. After men- 
tioning the fact that there are numerous species of Agarics to be 
found in the Islands, the name of one fungus is given. This is 
cited as Sclerotimn subteraneum, but is in reality a species of 
Xylaria ; probably Xylaria nigripes (Klotz.) Sacc., an interesting 
species cultivated by the termites in their underground nests and 
used by them as food. 
1842 
Berkeley, M. J. Enumeration of Fungi Collected by H. Cuming 
Esq., F. L. S. in the Philippine Islands. Lond. Journ. Bot. i : 
142-157, pi. 6, 7. 
The second reported collection of fungi of any importance to 
be made in these islands was that of Cuming made during the 
years 1836 and 1840, and, on being sent to England, were de- 
termined by Berkeley who published their descriptions in 1842. 
Meyen made a collection in 1831 but his “ Observationes ” were 
not published until 1843. This present list of Cuming’s material 
gives a total of thirty-five species, all Basidiomycetes with the 
