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NOTES ON HANTS FUNGI. 
By Rev. W. L. W. Eyre, MA. 
The circular of our present Meeting announces a paper, “ Notes 
on Hants Fungi.” ‘The remarks I have to make are limited to the 
larger forms. ‘There are apparently few persons who take much 
interest in our Fungi—as one of those few, a long residence in the 
County, and opportunities through moving about my parish to 
collect and identify the various forms, are the reasons which I would 
offer as a sort of justification for venturing to address members whose 
knowledge of the matter is far more wide and intensive. Some of 
us in connection with the Hampshire Field Club have made attempts 
to bring the subject of the Fungi into greater notice. We cannot 
at present be said to have met with much success. Natural history 
does not seem to be as popular as the antiquities and local history of 
our towns and villages. A few years ago we organized a day 
meeting—assembling at the close in the Hartley Institute, South- 
ampton; on two or three occasions since we have met at Lyndhurst. 
The results of our wanderings were the identification, chiefly by 
Dr. Cooke or Mr. Massee, of the species found. It is these species 
gathered on these occasions that I have admitted into the printed 
list—copies of which I would ask your acceptance lie on the table 
before me. ‘The list is based primarily on knowledge of the Fungi 
growing in the northern part of the County. So far as it extends, 
the list may be relied upon with every confidence, most generous 
assistance has been rendered by our leading authorities, and nothing 
questionable has been admitted without a large amount of certainty. 
It is important to mention this because the appearances of the 
Fungi are so erratic; some I have only seen once or twice, and it 
might be thought, if not found, some error had crept in. Among 
these varieties are Cortinarius azureus and russus, Lepiota Badhamt, 
Russula aurata and citrina, but sketches made at the time leave no 
doubt but that these species have really occurred. 
Some species the County has produced for the first time in the 
British Islands, as Cortinarius azureus, argutus, firmus, riculatus, inju- 
cundus, subnotatus and triformis, it is quite possible that we may meet 
with these again in our present researches, but so far, they belong 
