Manuscript, 'On the existence of amorphous starch in a new tuberaceous fungus' by Frederick Currey Currey provides an overview of existing research into amorphous starch in phaenogamic plants, suggesting that similar research has not been undertaken regarding fungi. He shares his observations on injecting a tuberaceous fungus with iodine. Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes three pages of figures of fungal asci. Subject: Biology / Botany / Cytology / Mycology Received 17 December 1857. Communicated by Joseph Dalton Hooker. A version of this paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the existence of amorphous starch in a new tuberaceous fungus'. 1857