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 BOTANY Lecanorei {cont.) Lecanora pyracea var. ulmicola, DC. var. holocarpa, Ehrh. var. pyrithroma, Ach. — arenaria, Pers. — sophodes, Ach. var. exigua, Ach. var. roboris, Duf. — pyreniospora, Nyl. — haematomma, Ehrh. — Conradi, Nyl. — umbrino-fusca, Nyl. Pertusariei Pertusaria dealbata, Ach. — communis, DC. — fallax, Pers. — velata, Turn. — faginea, L. — globulifera, Turn. — leioplaca, Ach. Phylctls agelaea, Ach. — argena, Ach. Thelotremei Thelotrema lepadinum, Ach. Urceolaria scruposa, L. var. bryophila, Ach. Lecideei Lecidea decipiens, Ehrh. — ostreata, HofFm. — dispansa, Nyl. Lecideei {com.) Lecidea prominula, Borr. — flexuosa var. aeruginosa, Borr. — decolorans, Flk. var. escharoides, Ehrh. — dubia, Borr. — quernea, Dicks. — parascma, Ach. var. elaeochroma, Ach. — uliginosa, Schrad. — coarctata var. elachista, Ach. — contigua, Fr. — canescens, Dicks. — myriocarpa, DC. var. chloropolia, Fr. var. pinicola, Ach. var. muscicola, Pers. — caeruleonigricans, Lightf. — tricolor. With. var. insignis — Ehrhartiana, Ach. — diluta, Pers. — alboatra, HofFm. var. epipolia, Ach. — aromatica, Sm. — milliaria, Fr. var. syncomista, Flk. — premnea, Ach. — rubella, Ehrh. - — bacillifera, Nyl. — muscorum, Sv/. — effusa, Sra. — cupularis, Ehrh. — epigaea, Schr. Opegrapha herpetica, Ach. var. rubella, Pers. var. rufescens, Pers. — atra, Pers. — Turneri, Leight. — saxicola, var. Chevallieri, Leighl — varia var. pulicaris, Lightf. var. notha, Ach. var. tigrina, Ach — vulgata, Ach. — Leightonii, Crombie — lyncea, Sm. Stigmatidium crassum. Dub. Arthonia Swartziana, Ach. — epipasta, Ach. — cinnabarina, Wallr. — pruinosa, Ach. Graphis scripta, Ach. var. serpentina, Ach. Pyrenocarpei Endocarpam hepaticum, Ach. Verrucaria mauroides, Schaer. — nigrescens, Pers. — fuscella. Turn. — polysticta, Borr. — viridula, Schrad. — rupestris, Schrad. var. muralis — calciseda, DC. — gemmata, Ach. — nitida, Weig. FUNGI The first, and until very lately the only list of Suffolk fungi, is that contained in Henslow and Skcpper's Suffolk Flora. It is a good and extensive one, and is mostly due to Mr. Skepper, who for several years collected very diligently, especially in 1856, about Bury, and was very considerably assisted by the Rev. M.J. Berkeley, at that time our great authority on fungi. After the publication of his Flora of Suffolk in 1889, Dr. Hind paid much attention to the larger fungi, thus adding materially to the list of species ; many of his specimens were determined or confirmed for him by Mr. G. Worthington Smith, and a few by Dr. Cooke. We are also indebted for records of some of the rarer species to Dr. Badham, author of the Esculent Funguses of England, who resided at East Bergholt, in this county. A list of the species thus far recognized in Suffolk is given by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield in the Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1905-6), viii, 246-64. Although the fungi are of small economic importance as articles of food, yet on the other hand they are often very destructive in various ways. The only species usually eaten in this country are the common and horse mushrooms, Agaricus campestris and arvensis, which are both wholesome and much esteemed. The morel and truffle are well known and appre- ciated, but are scarce. Many other species are esteemed on the Continent, such as the Fairy-ring Cham- pignon, the Cantharelle, &c., but are seldom tasted in this country. Many species are very poisonous, even a small piece producing very severe illness or even death. Some of the larger species are very destructive to trees and timber, while many of the small kinds are well- known pests, such as the potato blight, the corn mildew, hop mildew, smut and bunt in corn, &c. I 81 II