BOTANY Lecidea albo-atra (Hofftn.). IB, ZB, 6 aromatica (Sm.). IB (Power), ZA abietina, Ach. ZA foveolaris (Ach.). ZA pachycarpa (Duf.). ZA milliaria, Fr. IB sabuletorum, FlOrk. 2A (Bloxam), ZB saxicola, f. ZB (?L. premnea, Ach. f. saxicola, Leight.) carneola, Ach. IB endoleuca, Nyl. IB muscorum (Sw.). ZA, 2B effusa (Sm.). var. fuscella, Fr. IB var. caesio-pruinosa, Mudd. IB geographica (L.). IB, ZA [f. atro-virens (L.). IB (Power)] petraea (Wulf.). IB (Power), ZA parasitica (FlOrk). IB Opegrapha herpetica, Ach. IB-ZB f. rufescens, Pers. IB atra, Pers. IB, ZA, 6 varia, Pers. 'Frequent' (Bloxam) IB, 6 f. rimalis (Fr.). IB vulgata, Ach. IB, ZB var. stenocarpa, Ach. IB lyncea (Sm.). I A (Bloxam), IB (Power), ZA (Bloxam) viridis, Pers. var. taxicola, Leighton. IB Stigmatidium crassum, Dub. IB Arthonia lurida, Ach. IB spadicea, Leight. IB punctiformis, Ach. IB (Bloxam) astroidea, Ach. 'Frequent' (Bloxam) IB-ZB, 6 - epipasta, Ach. ' Frequent ' (Bloxam) - Swartziana, Ach. IB (Pulteney), 6 cinnabarina (Wall.) Arthonia pruinosa, Ach. IB [ anastomans, Ach. IB (Power)] Graphis elegans (Sm.). I A (Power), IB, ZA scripta, Ach. ZA, ZB var. varia, Leight. IB var. serpentaria, Ach. IB var. eutypa, Ach. IA var. tremulans, Leight. IB inusta, Ach. ' Frequent ' var. divaricata, Leight. IB sophistica, Nyl. ZA var. flexuosa, Leight. IB var. divaricata, Leight. I B var. pulverulenta (Sm.). IA, IB Endocarpon rufescens, Ach. 2 A fluviatile, DC. ZA (Bloxam) (?) hepaticum, Ach. IA (Bloxam), ZA (F. Bates) Verrucaria epigaea (Pers.). IB laevata, Ach. var. nigrata, Leight. ZA nigrescens (Pers.). IB-ZB, 6 glaucina (Ach.). ZB macrostoma (Duf.). IB-ZB - viridula (Schrad.). IA 2B hymenogonia, Nyl. 6 rupestris, Schrad. IU-ZB, 6 var. muralis, Ach. IA, 6 epidermidis, Ach. ' Frequent' (Bloxam) IB, 6 - immersa, Leight. IA (Bloxam) cinerea (Pers.). ZA (Bloxam) punctiformis, Ach. ' Frequent ' (Bloxam) ZA biformis, Borr. IB chlorotica (Ach). ' Frequent' var. codonoidea, Leight. ZA nitida (Weig.). IB olivacea, Borr. IB [ umbrina, Wahlenb. ZA (Bloxam)] [ clopima, Wahlenb. ZA (Bloxam)] Strigula Babingtonii, Berk. IB FUNGI The Leicestershire Flora of 1886 contains 445 numbered species of fungi, of these 299 are Hymenomycetes, 14 are Gastromycetes, 74 are Ascomycetes, the remaining 58 belong to Uredineae, Ustilagineae, Phycomycetes, Hyphomycetes, 10 and the class Mycetozoa. The Rev. A. Bloxam con- tributed almost all the records, chiefly from the immediate neighbourhood of Twycross ; n when the other parts of the county have been worked the list will be enlarged considerably, especially in the Uredineae and Ustilagineae. Some very rare Hymenomycetes and Discomycetes were found by Mr. Bloxam as follows . Cypella Bloxami, Merulius serpens, Polystictus hirsutus, Hydnum argutum, Phlebia radiata, Nolanea Babingtonii, Mollisia micrometra, Lachnella Berkeleii, and Phacidium Rut! at Twycross. Calloria auricolor, Dermatea livida, Patellaria livida, and P. pallida at Gopsall ; most of these and the following are still believed to be very rare fungi : Geaster mammosus, G. rufescens (Berkeley), G. hygrometricus (Rev. Churchill Babington), Clavaria contorta, Grace Dieu (Mott), C.rosea (Babing- ton), Psilopezia Babingtonii, Grace Dieu Wood (Babington), and Merulius pollens. A few of these have been found in other places since Bloxam's time. There are some additions to the 1886 list. BASIDIOMYCETAE GASTROMTCET ' AE Cyathus vernicosus, DC. Scleroderma vulgare, Fr. verrucosum, Pers. Lycoperdon pyriforme, Schaeff. nigrescens (Pers.) plumbeum, Pers. GASTROMTCETAE (continued) Lycoperdon bovista, L. geminatum, Batsch. caelatum, Bull perlaturr, Pers. Geaster mammosus, Chev. rufescens, Pen. hygrometricus, Pers. Ithyphallus impudicus, Fisch. 10 The last four and the Pyrenomycetes need revision. 11 The less common are contained in Berkeley's OutRnet and supplement and Cooke's Handbook, the more uncommon ones, followed by Bloxam's name, rest solely on his authority. 55
