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 BOTANY that Cyanophallus caninus, which has been found by Mr. Saunders in Luton Hoo Park, was recorded by Abbot at Silsoe. In the fir woods on the Greensand the fungi grow in great profu- sion. Paxillus atrotomentosus, which Stevenson notes as rare, is really the prevailing form on fir stumps in these woods. It has come up regularly and in great quantity every season since 1885. Species of Boletus, notably elegans, and also of Russula are common in these woods. Agari- cus rubescens is very frequent, but A. muscarius is only occasionally found. The dangerous form, A. phalloides, is frequent in the Southill woods and probably elsewhere. A. procerus and A. rhacodes are both favourite esculents with the Bedford fungophagi ; but though numerous other kinds have been eaten by local specialists and their friends, the only kind that has any popular vogue outside the mushrooms is A. personatus, locally known as the blue-leg. This is extensively used for making ketchup. The shaggy top (Coprinus comatus) comes next in popularity, mainly because it is easily identified ; but the people will not look at such superior sorts as the champillon, the morell, and the chanterelle, of which the first is abundant, the second frequent, and the third locally plentiful at Woburn. In the following list the names of the Hymenomycetes are those of Stevenson's British Fungi : — Agaricus phalloides. Southill, Ampthill, Sharnbrook (W.B.G.) — muscarius. Ampthill Woods — rubescens. Common (W.B.G.) — vaginatus „ ,, — procerus „ „ — rachodes. Frequent, especially near Bed- ford (E.M.L., W.B.G.) — excoriatus. Ampthill (W.B.G.), Willing- ton (E.M.L.) — gracilentus. Frequent, 1892 (E.M.L.) — acutesquamosus. Adelaide Square, Bedford, 1896 (E.M.L.) — Badhami. Frequent, 1892 (E.M.L., W.B.G.) — cristatus. Common (W.B.G.) — granulosus „ „ — focalis. Ampthill Woods, 1887 (W.B.G.) — melleus. Common (W.B.G.) — portentosus. Near Bedford, 1892 (E.M.L.) — rutilans. Common in 1888 (W.B.G.) — luridus. Clapham, 1 89 1 (E.M.L., W.B.G.) — gambosus. Bedford, 1892 (E.M.L.) — terreus. Common (E.M.L., W.B.G.) — atrosquamosus. Ampthill, 1887 (E.M.L., W.B.G.) — loricatus. Ampthill, 1892 — personatus. „ (W.B.G.) — nudus. Common „ — melaleucus. Kempston, 1885 (W.G.S.) Agaricus brevipes. "I Kempston, Bedford, 1888 — humilis. J (W.B.G.) — subpulverulentus. Sandy, 1888 (W.B.G.) — nebularis. Milton Ernest, 1891 (E.M.L.) — clavipes. Common (W.B.G.) — odorus „ „ — cerussatus. Clapham, 1 89 1 (W.B.G. per E.M.L.) — phyllophilus. Bedford, 1 891 (E.M.L.) — candicans „ „ (W.B.G.) — elixus. Ampthill, 1887 — infundibuliformis. Typical near Bedford, 1891 (E.M.L.) — geotropus. Frequent at Ampthill ( W.B.G.) — brumalis. Common (W.B.G.) — metachrons. Ampthill, 1887 (W.B.G.) — fragrans. Common (W.B.G.) — laccatus (and var. amethystinus) Com- mon (W.B.G.) — radicatus. Common (W.B.G.) — longipes. Southill, 1890 (W.B.G.) — fusipes. Kempston, etc., 1889 (W.B.G.) — maculatus. Ampthill, Sandy „ — distortus. Milton Ernest, 1892 — butyraceus. Common (W.B.G.) — velutipes „ „ — tuberosus. Ampthill, 1887 (W.B.G.) — dryophilus. Clapham, 1892 (E.M.L.) — purus. Ampthill (W.B.G.) — rugosus. Ampthill, 1892 (W.B.G.) — galericulatus. Ampthill „ — alkalinus. Carlton, 1887 „ ^3