176 Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 
XXI. — Notices of British. Fungi. By tlie Rev. M. J. 
Beekeley, F.R.S., and C. E. Bkoome, Esq., E.L.S. 
[Continued from ser, 5, vol. vii. p. 131.] 
^Agaricus (Lepiota) crisfatns. 
A beautiful form occurred in a fern-case at Blacklieath, 
exactly according- with Krombliolz's t. 25. f. 26-30. It had 
not the strong smell of the ordinary form. 
1927. A. (Tricholoma) Schumacheri, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 69 ; 
Fl. Dan. t. 2267. fig. 1. 
In a hothouse, Apethorpe, Norths. Found once only ; 
agreeing very closely with the figure in Fl. Dan., especially 
as regards the gills. 
1928. A. (Tricholoma) ■poiyhyroleucus^ Fr. Hym. Eur. 
p. 75. 
Coed Coch, Oct. 1881. The long-stemmed form. 
1929. A. (Clitocybe) incilis, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 94. 
Shrewsbury, W. Phillips. 
"^A. (Clitocybe) ohsohtns, Batsch, fig. 103. 
Hothorpe, Norths., Nov. 2;-3, 1881, Miss R. Berkeley. 
Just the ])hint of Batsch, but the odour varying from that 
of bitter almonds to that of aniseed. The term ohsoletus used 
by Batsch does not refer to an odour less than that of A. 
fragrans, but to the pallid tint as compared with his A. obso- 
lescens. 
*A. (Mycena) coha-rens^ A. & S. p. 163. 
Coed Coch. Amongst pine-leaves in great perfection. It 
has much affinity with A. haJaninus^ B. ; but that has the 
margin of the gills purple. They have, however, the same 
fulvous bristles on the surface. 
1930. A. (Mycena) ecccisus, Lasch, in Linn. viii. no. 538. 
Hothorpe, Norths., Miss Ruth Berkeley. 
Magnificent specimens of this species occurred Nov. 17, 
1881, in the above locality. Pileus 3 inches across, stem 
4 inches high, root 2 inches long. Tlies])ecimens were either 
solitary or subcKspitose ; gills purplish, strongly cut out 
behind. The fig. Bull. t. 518 I is more characteristic of the 
specimens than that in Fries's ' Icones,' taken from smaller and 
probably more superficial individuals. 
^A. (Omphalia) huccinalis, Sow. t. 107. 
This is certainly no form of yl. wnhelliferus ; and it is too 
fleshy to be the same as A, steUatus. It is, as Sowerby says, 
not uncommon, and is in great perfection this Jan. 8, 1882. 
It has the habit of A. piychoi^hylius^ Cd., a species not 
noticed by Fries \ but the gills are not plicate. 
Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 177 
1931. A. (Oraphalia) f directus^ B. & Br. Albus, gracil- 
limus, pileo gompliiformi apice piano, stipite ascendente versus 
basin pilis longis vestito ; lamellis longe decurrentibus. 
On dead leaves, Chiselhurst, Nov. I860. Stem slightly 
rufous, thread-like, not an inch high. The same species was 
sent by G. W. Smith, May 4, 1870. 
1932. A. (Pleurotus) pantoleucusj Fr. Ic. t. 88. fig. 2. 
Blown out of a tree at Coed Coch during the great gale of 
Oct. 14, 1881. Exactly the plant of Fries, of which a draw- 
ing was originally sent from Sweden under the name of A. 
spodoleucKs, Ic. t. 87. fig. 1. 
1933. A. (Pleurotus) revolufus, Kickx, p. 158. 
On a poplar tree, Penzance, T. Pengelly. J. Ralfs (no. 
367). 
A magnificeut Agaric, clearly that of Kickx, but considered 
by Fries a form of A. salignus. It is clearly the same with 
A. corticatusj Saund. & Sm. t. 4. fig, 2. The stem is short, 
but distinct and swollen. 
1934. A. (Pleurotus) limjndus, Fr. Ic. t. 88. fig. 3. 
Penzance, J. Ilalfs. 
1935. A. (Entoloma) Itvtdus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 189. 
East Dereham, Norfolk, the Kev. J. M. Du Port. 
1936. A. (Entoloma) Batsc/nanus, Fr, Hym. Eur. p. 191. 
Coed Coch, Oct. 1881, Miss Ruth Berkeley. Spores rather 
irregular, "0003 inch in diameter. 
1937. A. (Entoloma) hulbigenus, B. & Br. ; A. Persooni- 
anus, Phill. Gard. Chron. 1881, p. 874; A. sericeusj Pers. Ic. 
et Descr. t. 6. f. 2. 
East Dereham, Eev. J. M. Du Port. Sibbcrtoft, Norths., 
Feb. 1882, Miss Ruth Berkeley. Just the plant of Persoon, 
who indicates in his figure the sclerotioid bodies at the base, 
though he does not mention them in the text. The name of 
A. Fersoonianus requires to be changed, as there is a species 
of similar name. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 25. Spores '0004 to 
•0005 inch in diameter. 
1938. A. (Entoloma) sjjecuhnn, Fr, Hym. Eur. p. 197. 
Coed Coeh, Oct. 1881, Spores irregular, •0005 inch in 
diameter, 
1939. A. (Plioliota) veivuculosus, Lascli, Fr. Hym. Eur. 
p. 221. 
King's ClifFe. A subspecies, according to Fries_, of A. 
squarrosus. 
'^A. (Pholiota) caperatics, P. Syn. p. 293. 
Var. macrojjusj Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 215. 
King's Clitic. 
t Nou tuba dirccii, uou aaia coruua floxi. — Ov. Met. 
178 Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 
1940. A. (Pholiota) 6?/.s.sm?//a?K'?, B. & Br. Pileo primum 
erebio, campanulato obtusissimo vix viscidulo hygrophano 
demum explanato albido, margine involuto ; stipite deorsum 
incrassato candido, basi gossypino ; annulo erecto lit plurimum 
persisteiite; lamellis pallidis argillaccis sinuato-adnatis deinuin 
decurrentibus. 
On sticks of hawthorn and sloe. Hothorpe, Miss E. 
Berkeley. 
Pileus at first of the colour of A . erehius^ but at length be- 
coming pale and expanded, about 1 inch across. Stem fistu- 
lose, with transverse dissepiments. Gills at length decurrent. 
It ought perliaps to be recorded in the section Tuha.ria^ which, 
however, is a purely artificial division, and the ring is against 
this. It must be placed at the head of the liygrophanous 
Pholiotce, though it is not allied to the species in that division. 
*^. (Inocybe) Bongardi, Fr. Myc. Eur. p. 229. 
Coed Coch, 1881. Spores bulging on one side, as in 
Eunotia, "0005 inch long. 
*yl. (Inocybe) flocculosus, B. Eng. Fl. v. p. 97. 
Coed Coch, CJct. 1881. Spores irregular, '0003 inch in 
diameter, sometimes slightly elongated. 
*^. (Inocybe) scabeUus, Fr. 
Hothorpe, Miss R. Berkeley, Nov. 23, 1881, witli A. 
scaher. 
This does not seem to be a common species ; but we were 
glad to get it again, as it enables us to ascertain that it has 
granulated spores, like A. fasUgiatus. 
1941. A. (Inocybe) ccesariatusj Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 234. 
Coed Coch, Oct. 1881. Spores even, "0004 long. 
l^Alhis. A. (Hebeloma) senescens^ Batsch,fig. 197. 
Amongst fir trees, Gwrwch Castle, exactly resembling the 
figure of Batsch, which does not seem to have been noticed 
by Fries. 
Pileo e convexo explanato leviter gkxtinoso ochraceo-fulvo, 
extreme margine subtiliter tomentoso albo ; stipite primum 
deorsum bulboso fusco, dein, excepto apice candido tomentoso, 
squamuloso, solido; lamellis confertis primum pallidis adnexis, 
dein cinnamomeis ; carne alba, odore acri. 
Sometimes semiglobose ; stem 5 inches high, always dark 
below ; pileus 3 inches or more in diameter. 
1942. A. (Hebeloma) sidjcollariatus^l^. &^\\ Pileo con- 
vexo subcarnoso pallido centro subfusco leviter glutinoso, velo 
floccoso evanescente ; stipite farcto demum subtiliter fistuloso 
basi brunneo pulverulento ; lamellis ventricosis secedentibus 
coUarium breve interruptum formantibus argillaccis acie 
candidis. 
Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 179 
On naked soil, Sibbertoft, Oct. 1881 _; about an inch in 
diameter. Allied to A. mesoplumis^ of wliicli we were at first 
inclined to consider it a variety. Spores elliptic, uninu- 
cleate, '0005 inch long. 
*^. (Hebeloma) /r«^M5, P. Ic. et Desc. tab. 5. figs. 3, 4._ 
This appears to be a very variable species. The figure m 
the ' Icones' does not accord in several respects with the cha- 
racters in Hym. Eur. The pileus is neither campanulate nor 
umbonate, but at length depressed. An Agaric, certainly re- 
ferable to this species, occurred at Hothorpe, Norths., Feb. 8, 
1882, in which, though the essential characters are the same, 
the pileus is at first of a deep brown, but hygrophanous, 
changing to tan-colour. The stem obviously though minutely 
scaly ; the gills adnate with a minute decurrent tooth, at first 
pale, then argillaceous, their margin distinctly edged Avith 
snow-white particles. 
1943. A. (Flammula) vinosus^ Bull. t. 54. 
Abundant on the Morfa, Conway, Miss R. Berkeley. A 
very interesting species which has scarcely been gathered 
since the time of Bulliard. Spores pale umber, '0002 inch 
long, shortly ovate. 
1944. A. (Flammula) astragalinus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 248. 
Sent from Glamis by the Eev. J. Stevenson, in whose 
specimens the flesh was intensely red, and when bruised, as 
described by Fries, became black. Perhaps the most beauti- 
ful of Agarics. 
1945. A. (Flammula) ajncreiis, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 249. 
Coed Coch, 1881. Very acrid. 
1945 his. A. (Naucoria) luguhris, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 253. 
Coed Coch. A single specimen only, in a mountain-fir 
wood. 
Spores very irregular, '0002 to -0003 inch long, subglobose. 
1946. A. (Naucoria) melinoides, Fr. non Bull., excepta 
560. fig. 1 F, the other figures belonging to A. hypnorum. 
Kew, Dr. Cooke. Spores elliptic, "0006 inch long, with 
one or two nuclei. 
1947. A. (Naucoria) sideroides, Bull. t. 588. 
Amongst moss, Sibbertoft, Nov. 10, 1881. Spores '0004 
to "0005 inch long, half as much wide. This and the two 
neighbouring species, though externally resembling each 
other, have very different spores. 
1948. A. (Naucoria) cerodes, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 257. 
Amongst moss, Sibbertoft, Sept. 23, 1881. Spores '0003 
inch long. 
1949. A. (Crepidotus) epigceusj Pers. Syn. p. 377 j A. 
depluens, Batsch, fig. 122. 
180 Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 
On the clay of the marlstone, Hothorpe, Nov. 10, 1881, 
Miss Ruth Berkeley. The spores of this species are oblonj^, 
"0004 inch long, not irregular, and more or less angular, as in 
the plant usually referred to A. depluensj as figured by Hoff- 
mann ; so that its affinities seem rather to be with Crepiclotus 
than Claudopus. 
The present is exactly the plant of Batsch ; and we think 
it better to leave the name with what has formerly been 
considered his species, and retain that of Persoon. ^1. deplnens 
occurred in 1881, on sawdust, at Coed Coch, just as it 
is figured by Hoftmann. It has sometimes a distinct stem, 
as we have ourselves found it. The gills in A. epigams are no 
longer red when dry. 
1950. A. (Hypholoma) Jacrymahundus^ Fr. Ic. 134. fig. 1. 
The species figured in the ' Icones ' occurred last October 
at Coed Coch and near Hereford. What has usually passed 
under this name is A. velutinus, P. We find the spores "0003- 
•0004 inch long, in A. pyrrhotrichus -OOOo-'OOOG. 
*^. (Hypholoma) cascus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 294. What 
we described in the " Notices " as an abnormal state of A. ap- 
pendiculatus is undoubtedly this species. 
1951. A. (Hypholoma) pilulcvformis^ Bull. t. 112. 
Penzance, Mr. Bali's. This is possibly a veil-bearing state 
of the very common A. spadiceus^ though Fries says " velum 
etiam primitus absolute nullum." We are inclined rather to 
consider it the young of A. hydro])hihis^ Bull. t. 511 ; still 
we think it right to record its occurrence in Cornwall. AVe 
do not suppose with Fries that it has any thing to do with 
BoJlnti'us. 
1952. A. (Psilocybe) hches, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 303. 
On grass by the side of a chestnut-plantation amongst dead 
leaves. Hothorpe, Miss li. Berkeley, Nov. 19, 1881. 
Not exactly the form figured by Fries in the ' Icones,' as 
the stem is taller ; but the colour of the hygrophanous pileus is 
the same exactly, the spores atropurpureous. Pileus at first 
obtuse ; but in drying it becomes spuriously and minutely um- 
bonate. Spores "0007 inch long. 
*A. (Psathyra) corrugis^ P. iSyn. p. 424. 
Shanklin. The short form figured by Corda in Sturm's 
Deutschl. Fl. under the name of A. vinosus. 
1953. A. (Psathyra) gossyjn'nus, Bull. t. 425. fig. 2. 
Coed Coch, Oct. 1881. Spores "0004 to '0005 long. 
1954. A. (Psathyra) nolifungere, Fr. Hym. Eur. ]). 309. 
Amongst moss. Sibbertoft, Sept. 3, 1881. Spores •00055 
long, more elongated than in A. gossyjjinus. A. ^.^eyinaiMi', 
Quelet, = ^. scmivestiiusj B. & Br. 
Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 181 
1955. A. (Psatliyra) micwrhizm, Lasch, no. 468. 
On the naked soil. Sibbertoft, Sept. 3, 1881. Gregarious, 
varying in size from a few lines to 1 j inch, when it approaches 
the finer forms of ^. qossypinus. 
1956. A. (Psathyrella) trepidus, Fr. Syst. i. p. 238. 
Hothorpe, Miss E,. Berkeley. Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 29. fig. 1 
is an excellent figure of this species. 
^Coprinus aratus, B. Outl. p. 176. 
A group of this fine species of large size occurred at Ho- 
thorpe, Dec. 5, 1881. 
As the character given before was drawn up from a solitary 
specimen gathered in a very different situation, it requires a 
little amendment. The disk is sometimes rugose, sometimes 
even ; the gills are at first attached, but so slightly that they 
easily part from the stem, so as to appear free ; but they are 
still connected at the base, as if there were a slight collar. For 
'•' lamellis liberis," " lamellis secedentibus " should be substi- 
stuted. 
1957. C. alternatus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 327; Fh Dan. 1961. 
fig. 1. 
East Dereham, Bev. M. Du Port, at the same time with 
A. Uvidus. 
This is scarcely a CoprinuSj but rather a Psathyrella. 
1958. C.papiUatus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 326. 
Shrewsbury, P. M. Berkeley. In a fern-case. 
1959. Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) serarnis, Fr. Hym. Eur. 
p. 350. 
Glamis, Rev. J. Stevenson. A small form. 
1960. C. (Dermocybe) cofoneus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 372. 
Clifton, C. Bucknall. 
1961. Paxillus Fagi^ B. & Br. Eximie gregarius, crispus, 
sursum pallidus, subtus aurantius, lamellis crispatis aurantiis. 
On a beech-stump. Coed Coch. Forming a wide crisped 
mass of great beauty, very diff"erent in appearance from P. 
2JanuoideSj which is confined to fir wood or sawdust. 
1962. Ihjgro2)horiisfasco-alhus^ Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 410. 
Amongst moss. Gwrwch, 1881. Bemarkable for its dis- 
tinct floccose veil. 
* Mara.s)nius Wynnei^ B. & Br. 
A good figure of this beautiful species is given in ' Fungi 
Tridentini ' by Bresadola under the name of Clitocyhe xantho- 
jphylla. 
*J/. scorteus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 468. 
Penzance, J. Balfs. 
1963. Polyporus MicheUi, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 533. 
Penzance, J. Kalfs. 
182 Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on British Fungi. 
1964. P. acantJioides^ Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 540. 
Penzance, J. Ralfs. 
1965. P. iiectinatus^ Kl. in Linn. viii. p. 485 ; Fr. Hym. 
Eur. p. 559. 
Penzance, J. Ralfs. We follow Fries, though with some 
hesitation, in considering the European forms figiired by 
Quelet identical with the Indian species. It cannot, how- 
ever, be referred either to P. salicimis or P. conchatus. 
1966. P. velutimts, Fr, Syst. i. p. 368. 
Penzance, J. Halfs, who has also sent P. Idrsutus. 
1967. P. mucidus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 577. 
Penzance, J. Halfs. On the under surface of very decayed 
firs. 
1968. Dmialea cinerea^ Fr. Syst. i. p. 336. 
Penzance, J. Palfs. 
The thick substance separates this from every form of D. 
unicolor^ also the inciso-strigose surface of the pileus. 
1969. Hydnuni Weinmannij Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 613. 
Penzance, J. Ralfs. 
1970. H. aureum^ Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 613. 
Penzance, J. Ralfs. A fine species, with a merulioid aspect. 
1971. H. denticulatuni^ P. Myc. Eur. ii. p. 181. 
Penzance, J. Palfs. 
1972. Irpex carneuSj Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 622. 
Penzance, J. Ealfs. When perfect it is a true Irjjex. 
1973. Phlebia lirellosa (P.), Doidalea lirellosa^ P. Myc. 
Eur. iii. p. 2, tab. xvii. figs. 2, 3. 
Penzance, J. Ralfs. This is not noticed by Fries in Hym. 
Eur. ; but it is very distinct. 
^Steremn vorficosum, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 639. 
Noble specimens of this very beautiful species, remarkable 
for its costate hymenium, were sent from Penzance by Mr. 
Ealfs, who is in a position in Cornwall to send many more 
novelties. 
1974. Corficium timhriuiim, A. & S. p. 281. 
Penzance, J. Palfs ; Hothorpe, Feb. 1882. 
1975. C. maci(hefo)-me, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 656. 
Penzance, J. Halfs. 
^Sparassis crisjja, Fr. Syst. i. p. 465. 
Penzance, J. Ealfs. 
This seems to be a southern species, not having occurred 
in this country north of Noi-folk. 
1976. Clavaria jjyxidatciy P. Comm. t. i. fig. 1. 
Penzance, J. Ealfs. 
1977. Calocera corticalis^ Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 681 ; Batsch, 
fig. 162. 
Messrs. Berkeley and Broome on Britisli Fungi. 1 83 
Penzance, J. Ealfs. 
1978. Pentcilli.um macrosporum, B. & Br. Aurantiacum, 
sporis globosismaximis. 
On a clecajing Lactarius^ J. D. C. Sowerby, whose drawing- 
is in the collection of the British Museum. 
1979. Cercaspora Bloxami, B. & Br. ]Maculis orbiculari- 
bus pallidis ; sporis elongato-fusiformibus utrinque acurainatis 
multiseptatis. 
On decaying leaves of turnips. Twjcross, Rev. A. 
Bloxam. Formerly distributed as Sepioria Bloxami. 
1980. Ovularia dliptica, B. & Br. Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 
p. 340 cum icone. 
On various lilies. Spores '0012 long. 
1981. 0. syringai^ B. Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. p. 665 cum 
icone. 
On leaves of Sgringa^ Aberdeenshire, A. Stephen Wilson. 
1982. ]\[ystro!<2)orium allioruvij B. Gard. Chron. 1878. 
On onions. Culver, Exeter. 
1983. Puccinia oxyvice^ Buch. White, MSS. 
On leaves of Oxyria reviformis. Ben Blabhein, Skje, Dr. 
Buclianan White, Sept. 1881. Spores, including the short 
hyaline stem, "0024 inch long ; the divisions of the head sub- 
globose, even. 
1984. Gloeosporium Lindemuthiamim^ Saccardo, Funs;. It. 
1032. 
On pods of Phaseolus. Very destructive at Sibbertoft in 
1881. 
1985. Leotia cMorocephaJa, Schwein. Syn. p. 88. 
Hampshire, Miss Broadwood. The tint of green is so dark 
that it is nearly black, so that the liouse-painters might call it 
invisible green. L. atrovirens^ P., occurred at Coed Coch in 
Sept. 1881 ; but it is clearly merely a state of Geoglossiim 
viride^ which accompanied it. Tlie specimens agreed in every 
respect with the figure in Myc. Eur. t. 9. figs. 1-3. 
1986. Sphceria lepvosa^ P. 
Penzance, J. Pali's. Spores "0008 inch long, narrow. 
* Valsa cratcvgij Currey. 
On .dead twigs. Spores '0012 long. 
1987. Sphccria aggregata^ Lasch in Kl. Herb. Myc. ii. 
no. 541 ; Fuckel, no. 977. 
On Eup)]irasia officinalis. Penzance, J. Palfs. 
1988. Didymium effusum (Lk.). 
On fronds of hart's tongue. W. G. Smith.