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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE Bartramia Halleriana, Hedw. Llanthony valley Philonotis capillaris, Lindb. Rare. Nash Scaur, Presteign and nr. Ludlow. On bare soil in hilly situations — calcarea, Schp. Plentiful and fertile throughout the Black Mt. district Breutelia arcuata, Schp. Black Mt. Rare and barren (Ley) Webera Tozeri, Schp. Moist river banks. Breinton and Clifford, by the Wye. Sterile Plagiothecium Zierii, Lindb. Black Mt. locally abundant (Ley) Bryum filiforme, Dicks. Black Mt. Scarce and barren (Ley) — concinnatum, Spruce. Black Mt. — lacustre, Brid. In the sand of Grwyne. Rare (Dixon) — turbinatum, Schw. R. Grwyne. River bank at Gt. Doward. Small and barren (Ley). Other stations on the Wye are also recorded — caespiticium, L. Var. imbri- catum, B. & S. Little Doward Hill (Ley) — provinciale, Philib. Limestone rocks in woods, occasionally fertile (Ley). Found also in hedge-banks — Donianum, Grev. Hedgebanks. Rare. Fertile at Dadnor, Ross (Miss E. Armitage) — rubens, Mitt. On recently disturbed mould in woods. Rare. Probably often over- looked. Winforton Wood — gemmiparum, De Not. In the Grwyne, abundantly (Ley) — roseum, Schreb. Not uncom- mon. Beautifully fertile in a wood at Mordiford, 1904 Mnium orthorrhynchum, B. & S. On old alder boles nr. Pont Esgob, 1890 (Ley) — riparium, Mitt. On stumps of trees covered with mud by a ditch. Willersley, Gt. Doward. A rare and little known species and not easily detected when present Fontinalis seriata,Lindb. First found in Britain in R. Wye nr. Winforton, 1895 ' Cryphaea heteromalla, Mohr. Strangely uncommon in the county. Found occasionally in old hedges Neckera pumila, Hedw. Very rare. Trees in damp woods Leucodon sciuroides, Schw. In fruit at Sellack, 1880 (Ley) Myrinia pulvinata, Schp. On trees subject to inundation. Be- tween Clifford and Leiton (Ley). A rare species Heterocladium heteropterum, B. & S. Occasionally in sub- alpine districts of the county. Var. p fallax, Milde. Not uncommon on stones in damp places. Brilley, Gt. Doward, &c. Pylaisia polyantha, B. & S. On thorn, hazel, &c., in old woody hedges in several localities. Generally rare Eurhynchium speciosum, Schp. Pool and well sides. Very rare. King's Caple, Gt. Doward (Ley) — abbreviatum, Schp. First dis- covered in this county by Rev. A. Ley. Found to be generally common in Here- fordshire, principally on shady banks on light soil, also in woods Eurhynchium circinatum, B. & S. On limestone rocks. Very rare in this county — striatulum, B. & S. Shady limestone rocks and woods. Rare. Gt. Doward, Hunt- sham Hill (Ley) Plagiothecium latebricola, B. & S. On rotting stumps, princi- pally alder, in damp and shady places. Rare Amblystegium juratzkanum, Schp. Only recently understood in Britain. Not uncommon on rotting sticks and stones in damp places — Sprucei, B. & S. Rocks in the Grwyne valley, Gt. Doward Rare (Ley) — fluviatile, B. & S. In the Garron, Teme, and Wye. Exposed to view only during drought. Not common — varium, Lindb. Not uncom- mon on rotting sticks and on willows in swampy, wooded places Hypnum Sommerfeltii, Myr. Plen- tiful on shaded limestone, Gt. Doward. Otherwise rare — vernicosum, Lindb. Recorded from nr. Malvern, nr. Dorstone, and Llanthony (Ley). Rare Hylocomium squarrosum, var. jS calvescens, Hobk. This beautiful and rare moss occurs in a very damp wood nr. Brilley. Splendid speci- mens were found, surpassing any seen from the north. A most interesting find for the county — rugosum, De Not. Ex- tremely rare. Gt. Doward (Ley) FUNGI In January, 1889, the Rev. William Henry Purchas and Rev. Augustin Ley published their invaluable Flora of Herefordshire, and Dr. M. C. Cooke and Mr. W. Phillips were responsible for the list of Fungi enumerated therein. The basis of this list was originally compiled by the late Dr. H. G. Bull, and it is to be regretted that many species recorded in the Transactions of the Woolhope Cluh and GrevUtea as having been found at their annual fungus forays, which were commenced in 1868, were omitted from it. This omission has now been rectified, and all such records added to the present list together with all additions appearing therein since the publication of the Flora of Herefordshire and the completion of Cooke's Illustrations of British Fungi. In 1 902 the British Mycological Society held their annual week's fungus foray from 22 to 27 September at Hereford on the invitation of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, when several additions were made to the Herefordshire list of Fungi.' By the kind permission of the late Mr. J. H. Lutley I have on many occasions investigated the rich fungus flora of the Brockhampton estate, situate near Bromyard, and some other additions to the list are recorded in the Transactions of the Worcestershire Naturalist^ Cluh. Where the name of an Agaric is preceded by an asterisk in the subjoined list it indicates that ' For further remarks, see Dixon, ad loc. ^ For complete list of Fungi gathered at this foray see Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. n, 5-12. 56