THE HISTORY OF MYCOLOGY IN ESSEX. 281 C. pistillaris (3. vermiculata Hud. In woods. Clavaria Hypoxilon [Xylaria Hypoxylon]. On rotten posts etc., on rotten trees. Clavaria hybrida ? [Xylaria polymorpha]. On posts near Wood street and in our yard. *Clavaria radiciformis [Rhizomorphs of Armillaria mellea]. Lichen radiciformis Lingard. and Cl. Hypoxylon. On rotten willow trees under the bark. (Near Seward- stone. In a hornbeam in a wood between Hale End and Chapel End). *Clavaria fastigiata [C. corniculata var. pratensis]. In woods (on the forest). Clavaria muscoides [C. corniculata.] On the Forest near the Great bog betwn Salters Buildings and the Windmill. *Clavaria coralloides [C. rugosa]. In the Shrubbery in Wanstead Park ; in one of the Islands in Warners Gravelpit Pond opposite Woodford Row. *Clavaria digitata [Xylaria], At the bottom of the Paling between our drying ground and Mr. Grosvenor's—perhaps No. 3 may be the same in a different state (i.e., X. polymorpha). Clavaria farinacea Dickson [Isaria farinosa]. On the larva of an Insect in the woody part of the Forest near Hagger Lane. *Clavaria ophioglossoides [Geoglossum hirsutum]. On an ant hill near the Great bog on the forest near the road from Salters buildings to the Windmill (Near Henham. Near Benet College Lodge). *Clavaria phacorrhiza [Typhula]. On the border in the garden (Autumn, 1789). *Clavaria pistillaris Light. [C. fusiformis]. On the Forest near the Kings Oak and near Gilbert Field. Lycoperdon Bovista. On the Forest and in fields very common. Lycoperdon echinatum. L. bovista echinatum Hud. On the Forest. Lycoperdon spadiceum Dicks. [Scleroderma verrucosum.]