266 
Lett- 
•2 he Fungi of the North of Ireland. 
The Dr Sherard whose name occurs twice in connection with these four 
plants may be regarded as the first Ulster fungologist. Perhaps some more of 
his observations may be unearthed by future researches. 
The next worker in this department of the Botany of the district was 
Templeton, who carried on the collection and study of the Fungi found near 
Belfast more than eighty years ago, with the result of whose efforts the 
authors of the “ B.N.F.C. Guide to Belfast, &c.,” were unacquainted. Those 
efforts are embodied in a paper in the Annals of Natural History , Vol. V., 
pp 3-6 1840 the title of which is— “ Catalogue of the Species of Fungi 
obtained in the North of Ireland by John Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, Belfast,” 
by “ Thomas Taylor, M D., M.R.I.A., F.L.S ” And to the list is the following 
preface : — “ Dunkerron, Kenmare, 12th March, 1839.-The following Cata- 
logue of Fungi, collected by the late Mr. John Templeton in the vicinity of 
Belfast, is drawn up from drawings and specimens left by him, and whic 
Mrs Templeton placed in my hands, with a desire that I should carefully 
ascertain the species and their modern names, with a view to pnbhoa- 
tion. I have bestowed upon them my best attention, and yet the list is defi- 
cient by a few of the drawings whose counterparts I have not yet met with in 
nature, and by a vety few of the specimens, from whose imperfect state no 
satisfactory conclusions could be drawn. Still, I cannot but. admire the in- 
dustry and talents of one who, at least equally successful in all the other 
departments of zoology and botany, displayed so intimate a knowledge of 
plants difficult of investigation, at least before the termination of the last cen- 
tury, when the greater part of this collection was already made.-TnoMAS 
TayloR * * 
The 226 Species collected by Templeton are inserted in the following Cata- 
lo e ue which, for convenience of reference, is arranged according M - °- 
Cooke’s, Handbook of British Fungi , pp. 901 (London, 1871) whose des°rip- 
tions are referred to, except where otherwise stated. As I have adopted the 
classification used in that work, I have not thought it advisable to give 
titles of the Families and Orders as they occur. , 
Two forms of Sclerotium (complanatum, Tode. and durum, Pera) collected by 
Templeton have been omitted, as they are regarded by modern mycologists as 
immature states. 'Wherever necessary the Synonyms employed by Taylor 
have been added. . , 
There are six of Templeton’s species which, owing to being unable to con- 
sult any of the older writers on British Fungi, I cannot trace to their modern 
Synonyms, and therefore, for the present, enumerate them here. These are 
Thelephora aurantiaca, Sow. 
Peziza aquatica, De Cand. 
Peziza ly coper dioides , De Cand. 
Tremella difformis , With. 
Sphoeria rimosa, Sow. 
Pers, 
Demaiilium ciliare, 
