WORK IN THE FIELD AMONGST THE FUNGI. 7 



Marasmius sclerotipes, Bond, identified with the CoUyhia 

 iirrhata of Cooke's Illnstvations pi. 144b, which is not the CoUyhia 

 cirrhata of Fries. 



Marasmius candidus, Bolton. Determined by Massee 

 and myself from specimens brought away froni the foray. 



Polyporus (Fomes) connatus, Fr. 



Helotium fructigenum, Bull. 



Daldinia concentrica, De'Not. 



In addition to 



Gomphidius gracilis Berk, which was collected in the 

 Forest by the South London Field Club, a fortnight previously. 

 Thus making an addition to the Forest Flora of 18 species. 



The total number of species determined, by myself and Mr. 

 Massee on the 17th and i8th was 134, which is in excess of the 

 usual number found at a forest foray, and with far fewer 

 collectors than on most occasions, and under rather unfavourable 

 weather. 



None of the species recorded are positively new to Britain, 

 although CoUyhia stvidula has probably been recognized only once 

 before in this country. Tricholoma stans, however, must be 

 regarded as a rare species in Britain, and Riissiila ochvacea is by 

 no means common. Gompliidius gracilis has apparently been 

 confined hitherto to the north and west of these islands, and is 

 only found occasionally, so that it may be regarded as a rare 

 species. 



II.— THE WORK OF THE YEAR. 



This may consist of local work, and of general work which 

 would affect local work, as in the case of literature. 



Of local work little can be said, except that there appears to 

 me to be a diminution of workers in these latter days, when we 

 have to regret the loss of old hands which were active a quarter 

 of a century ago, and have never been replaced. It seems to 

 me that the condition of British Mycology, as far as earnest 

 workers are concerned, is in much vhe same condition now as it 

 was forty years ago, and there are scant hopes of revival. I 

 observe, too, that the direction is somewhat different, for then it 

 was centred in the larger fungi of the mushroom and toad-stool 

 type, but now the strongest interest is in the parasites which 



