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FUNGUS-HUNTING IN SPRING. 
Of tlie Phragmidia, one can occasionally find the teleuto- 
spores of P. violaceum on leaves of Rubus fruticosus which have 
stood the winter. The uredo-stage (Uredo potentillarum), and 
I believe the oecidium-stage too, of P. obtusum are common 
wherever Potentilla fragariastnm■ grows ; and the teleuto- 
spores of the previous year also frequently linger on the dead 
leaves which still remain attached to the root-stock of this 
plant. Mr. Wilkinson once sent me the uredo of P. 
mucronatum , on young Rose leaves, from Gnosall, in April. 
The only one of the unattached Uredos that I have found 
is U. confluens, already mentioned. I have specimens from 
King’s Heath, Northfield, Temple Balsall, Hampton, 
Packington, Maxtoke, Shustoke, and Hunnington. It is 
unusually abundant this year. 
Uromyces Jicaria is tolerably common on leaves and stems 
of Ranunculus jicaria throughout the whole of April and May. 
I have specimens before me from King’s Norton, King’s Heath, 
Temple Balsall, Marston Green, Fillongley, Sutton, and 
Middleton. U. rumicis, the Uredo bi/rons of the “ Handbook,” 
has occurred on Rmnex acetosa at Marston Green about the 
middle of May ; and Mr. Hawkes has sent me Uromyces 
concentrica , on leaves of Scilla nutans , from Northfield, about 
the same time. 
Among the UstilagineaB of spring I have specimens of 
Urocystis pompholygodes on leaves of Anemone nernorosa from 
Barnt Green, Kingswood, and Maxtoke. This fungus is pro¬ 
bably widely distributed. Mr. Hawkes has sent me an 
imperfectly developed specimen of U. viola from Penns. I 
find Entyloma ficaricc, Fiscli. von Wald., rather common on 
leaves of Ranunculus Jicaria , on which it produces small 
angular whitish spots, which have a mealy appearance on the 
under side. It has occurred at Northfield, Coleshill, 
Packington, Maxtoke, and Shustoke, and can no doubt be 
found everywhere by searching for it in the early part of May. 
Peronospora Jicaria is another fungus which afflicts this 
long-suffering phanerogam. I have not found it myself on 
R. Ficaria , but on R. repens and R. acris, at Water Orton and 
Sutton, in May. P. parasitica grew on Alliaria at Northfield, 
and on some other Crucifer at Sutton ; P. nivea on Angelica 
and Anthriscus sylvestris, at Water Orton and Sutton ; and 
P. gangliiformis on Groundsel, also from Sutton, all in May. 
I mention these because some persons include under the head 
of Leaf-fungi the species of Peronospora , which, however, 
are not allied to the Leaf-fungi proper. 
This concludes the list of all the species of Leaf-fungi of 
which I have seen specimens from this neighbourhood in 
