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A FUNGUS FORAY IN THE MIDDLETON DISTRICT. 
the heathlike bushes of the black crowberry, and, I have no 
doubt, the still more rare whortleberry were to be found; but 
these are now merely records of the past. Scirpus caspitosus 
was also to be found in this district in Ray’s time, but so far 
as I have yet seen, this is also eradicated. Many of the 
fungi recorded by Ray were from this district, and it was 
from an interest in this great man’s work, and from a desire 
to see how many of the plants recorded by him were still to 
be found, that I began some ten years since to visit this 
district. My experience had taught me that the district was 
a rich one, and as it was also a most accessible one, I chose 
it for our excursion. As on this occasion Dr. Cooke and 
myself made notes of every Fungus that came within our 
ken, it may interest others to know what was noted. I may 
state that every fungus was carefully examined in the field, 
the more critical ones brought home for more thorough 
examination, and many of them afterwards exhibited at the 
Natural History Society’s meeting on the following Tuesday. 
The list of Fungi found I give below. Several of the species 
therein recorded are new to the district, and these I have put 
in italics. Many of them are rare and all were interesting, 
and gave a charm to a long but beautiful walk. 
Agaricus vaginatus 
Agaricus rimosus 
,, phalloides 
,, geophyllus 
,, mappa 
,, tener 
,, rubescens 
,, liypnorum 
,, granulosus 
,, furfuraceus 
,, melleus 
,, aeruginosus 
,, imbricatus 
,, sublateritius 
,, saponaceus 
,, fascicularis 
,, pliyllopliilus 
,, eric cms 
,, infundibuliformis 
,, semilanceatus 
,, tuba 
„ udus 
,, brnmalis 
,, spadiceus 
,, ditopus 
,, corrugis 
,, raetaclirous 
,, semiglobatus 
,, laccatus 
,, separatus 
,, platyphyllus 
,, retirugis 
,, butyraceus 
,, maculatus 
Coprinus atramentarius 
,, dryopbilus 
,, liiveus 
,, rancidus 
,, plicatilis 
,, galericulatus 
,, var. calopus 
Cortinarius caninus 
,, filopes 
,, liinnuleus 
,, galopus 
,, decipiens 
„ epipterygius 
,, cer vinus 
Paxillus involutus 
,, nidorosus 
,, pascuus 
Hygrophorus pratensis 
,, squarrosus 
,, virgineus 
