1 PROCEEDINGS, 



On this day the river was so low that it could be stepped across 

 in the park a short distance below the house. It had been in this 

 condition for at least a month, and during the summer and autumn 

 it dwindled almost to nothing, ceasing perceptibly to flow. It is 

 doubtful whether it has ever been in this state before. 



Field Meeting, 7th October, 1893. 

 DIGSWELL PARK AND SHERRARDS PARK WOOD, WELWYIST, 



The annual Fungus Foray was announced to be held in Sherrards 

 Park Wood in the afternoon, the place of meeting being Ayot 

 Station, but, by previous arrangement, a few members of the 

 Society met at Welwyn Station in the morning, to walk through 

 Digswell Park to Sherrards. The meeting was under the direction 

 of Mr. Hopkinson, and the species of fungi seen in the course of 

 the walk were determined and recorded by Mr. George Massee, 

 of Kew. 



The island on the River Mimram at Digswell proved very pro- 

 lific in fungi, especially in minute forms, furnishing nearly half 

 the species recorded. Here also, under logs of wood and rotten 

 branches of trees, the following MoUusca were collected by the 

 Director: — 



Arion hortensis, Fer. Helix hispida, L. 



Limax agrestis, L. H. serieea, Drop. 



Zonites cellarius, Miill. H. rotundata, Miller. 



Z. alliarius, Miill. Clausilia biplicata, Mont. 



Z. nitidulus, JJrap. Zua lubrica, Miill. 



The walk through Digswell Park is a beautiful one at all times 

 of the year. Now, the beauty of the scene was heightened by the 

 rich autumnal tints of the foliage, and the attention of the party 

 was divided between viewing the extensive sylvan prospect and 

 searching for fungi in the well-wooded park. 



After a frugal luncheon had been partaken of at the " Eed 

 Lion," near Ayot Green, Sherrard's Park Wood was entered, and 

 before long the members were joined by others who had come to 

 Ayot Station for the afternoon's foray. Not nearly so many 

 species of fungi were found here as in Digswell Park, but the 

 search for them had to be given up sooner than was intended. 

 Early in the afternoon ominous-looking clouds had begun to 

 gather, and distant thunder had been heard. Eain now fell 

 steadily, and the shelter of the trees was sought, its temporary 

 cessation being taken advantage of for the return walk through 

 the wood, and thence by Ayot Green to the station. Later in the 

 evening a terrific thunder- stonn occurred. 



The following is a list of the fungi recorded by Mr. Massee. It 

 comprises 155 species and 3 varieties, and adds 59 species and 2 

 varieties to our Hertfordshire list. To these new county records 

 an asterisk (*) is affixed; and the rare species, 15 in number, are 

 indicated by an obelisk (f ). 



