SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS, KOWEIT, 
ARABIA 
BY 
Humphrey gc Carter, m.b., ch. b.. 
Economic Botanist to the Botanical Survey of India. 
WITH NOTES BY 
Sir P. Z. Cox , K.c.s.i. y k.c.i.b. 
AND 
Lieutenant-Colonel S. 0. Knox , c.i.e. 
EEMYCETES. 
FUNGI. 
T^DIBLE fungi are generally confined to Basidiomycetes. Koweit and 
^ the surrounding country are said to be full of fungi, many of 
which are edible and some of which form a regular article of trade in 
the local bazars. Of these the most important is “ faga'ah 99 ( ) 
which is sold in the Koweit bazar in large quantities. There are, 
however, two kinds of “ faga'ah/' one soft and crumply which is some- 
what suggestive from the description of a Phellorina and the other 
harder and more compact. Another valuable kind is known as 
“ fukaiah ” ( ««£» ) which is largely eaten in Koweit and by 
the English at Basra as truffles. These are generally to be.found in 
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the soils where “ ragrog ” ( c3jpj ) or Ilelianthemum Lip fit Pers. 
grows and they are usually sought for in the mud plots between 
sandhills wherever this plant is met with. A smaller kind is known as 
the “ birds' faga'ah There are moreover plenty *of the Agaricaceae , 
only one kind of which, picked up near Bunder Shwaik, seemtf to have 
come within the knowledge of Sir Percy Cox as good. 
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