BOTANY in Bedfordshire for these organisms i-s the parish of Flitwick, for which at least sixty species have been recorded (see ' Mycetozoa of the South Midlands,' J. Saunders, Journ. Bot. xxxviii. 83). 1 Ceratiomyxa mucida, Schrced. Badhamia hyalina, Berk, var. papaveracea — utricularis, Berk. — nitens, Berk. — macrocarpa, Rost. — panicea, Rost. — lilacina, Rost. — rubiginosa, Rost. — ovispora, Racib. First British record — foliicola, Lister Physarum leucopus, Link — citrinum, Schum. — viride, Pers. — nutans, Pers. var. violascens var. leucophaeum — calidris, Lister - — compressum, Alb. and Schw. — straminipes, Lister. Sp. nov. — didermoides, Rost. var. lividum — cinereum, Pers. — vernum, Somm. (E. Saunders) — bivalve, Pers. — diderma, Rost. — contextum, Pers. — conglomeratum, Rost. Fuligo septica, Gmel. — ellipsospora, Lister. First European record Craterium pedunculatum, Trent. — leucocephalum, Ditm. — mutabile, Fries Leocarpus vernicosus, Link Chondrioderma spumaroides, Rost. — testaceum, Rost. — Michelii, Rost. — reticulatum, Rost. — niveum, Rost. — radiatum, Rost. Diachaea elegans, Fries — subsessilis, Peck. First European record Didymium diffoime, Duby — serpula, Fries — clavus, Rost. — farinaceum, Schrad. — nigripes, Fries — effusum, Link — Trochus, Lister. Sp. nov. Spumaria alba, DC. Lepidoderma tigrinum, Rost. (Miss G. Lister) Stemonitis fusca, Roth, var. confluens — splendens, Rost. — ferruginea, Ehrenb. — Smithii, Macbride Comatricha obtusata, Preuss. — typhoides, Rost. — Persoonii, Rost. — rubens, Lister Enerthenema elegans, Bowen Lamproderma physaroides, Rost. — irideum, Massee — violaceum, Rost. Brefeldia maxima, Rost. Lindbladia tubulina, Fries Cribraria argillacea, Pers. — aurantiaca, Schrad. Dictydium umbilicatum, Schrad. Licea flexuosa, Pers. Tubulina fragifbrmis, Pers. Dictydiaethalium plumbeum, Rost. Enteridium olivaceum, Ehrenb. Reticulata Lycoperdon, Bull — lobata, Lister Trichia affinis, de Bary — persimilis, Karst. — scabra, Rost. — varia, Pers. — contorta, Rost. var. inconspicua — fallax, Pers. — Botrytis, Pers. var. munda, Lister Hemitrichia rubifbrmis, Lister var. Neesiana — intorta, Lister — clavata, Rost. Arcyria ferruginea, Sauter — albida, Pers. var. pomiformis — punicea, Pers. — incarnata, Pers. — flava, Pers. Perichaena depressa, Libert. — populina, Fries ■ — variabilis, Rost. Margarita metallica, Lister (Miss Crouch) Prototrichia flagellifera, Rost. Lycogala flavo-fuscum, Rost. First British record (C. Crouch) — miniatum, Pers. All records have been verified by A. Lister, whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged. 67
