Seynes, J. de, “Essai d’une Flore Mycologique de la Montpellier,” &c. (1863), p. 30.
Hoffman, “Icones Analyticæ Fungorum.”
The spores of Agarics which are devoured by flies, however, though returned in their dung in an apparently perfect state, are quite effete. It is, we believe, principally by the Syrphidæ, which devour pollen, that fungus spores are consumed.
All attempts at Chiswick failed with some of the more esculent species, and Mr. Ingram at Belvoir, and the late Mr. Henderson at Milton, were unsuccessful with native and imported spawn.
Tulasne, “On the Organization of the Tremellini,” “Ann. des. Sci. Nat.” 3me sér. xix. (1853), p. 193.