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NEW AND RARE BRITISH FUNGI. 
By CHARLES B. PLOWRIGHT, M.D. 
Continued from Grevillea, Vol. xiii., p. 73. 
In June, 1874, the first of a series of papers bearing the above title 
appeared in “ Grevillea” by Mr. W. Phillips and myself. ‘They were 
continued from time to time as material for them accumulated until 
that periodical ceased to exist. Their object was not simply the 
ennumeration of species new to the British Flora, but also the record 
of new localities for rare species, as well as reference to any other 
point of interest connected with them. Since the first of the series 
was published the study of Mycology has undergone great change : 
facts which were then keenly disputed have long since been accepted 
without demur, arrangements and nomenclature then in vogue have 
become antiquated. More attention is now paid to the biological 
aspect of the question than to the morphogical ; but to us the study 
of this group of plants still retains its fascination, and we hope from 
time to time to continue the publication of these papers. 
297. Mycena farrea Lasch. Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, then 
expanded, subumbonate, sulcate, covered with a shining pruina, becom- 
ing pale, margin crenulate, stem slightly rooting, silky striate, gills 
adnate, thin, connected by veins, rather fimbriate, white. 
Fries “ Hymenomycetes Europzi ‘ p. 134.) “cones t..79 f. 4. 
North Wootton Heath, 24th September, 1897. 
Amongst moss and heather. 
Fragile, stem 2-3 inches long, pileus whitish or yellowish, often 
with a tinge of flesh colour, about 1°5 cm. ($ an inch) across, at first 
with a floccose margin. It is easily recognised by its white pruinose 
appearance, which is due to the superficial cells of the pileus being 
dilated into globose hollow bodies 40 to 50 win diameter. PI. 2. fig. 1. 
298. Boletus radicans Pers. Pileus pulvinate, dry, subtomentose, from 
olive-cinereous becoming yellow, margin thin, involute. Stem attenu- 
