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A very lively discussion then took place In wliicL Jlr, Blasliill, Dr. Bull, 

 Messrs. Curley, Flavel Edmunds, Harrison, Haughton, Lloyd, Griffith Morris, 

 "Worthington Smith, and Williams took part. The opinion supported in the paper, 

 however, took every one by surprise, and its novelty as a matter of course, 

 created considerable antagonism. It was however thought better to postpone 

 the discussion until the observations of another year had been brought to bear 

 upon it. 



Yes, another year, thanks once more to Mr. Lees and to Mr. "Worthington 

 Smith, to whom in chief measure, it is due that the present "Foray Amongst 

 the Funguses" has been so eminently successful. As our American cousins 

 would say, it promises to become "an Institution" of the "Woolhope Club. 



We have yet to add a postcript, and say that another " Foray" was made 

 by Mr. Lees and Mr. Smith for a short time the morning after the meeting to 

 Haywood Forest, with an amount of success which deserves a record since it 

 is not only most interesting in itself, but it shows what a field we have at 

 hand for the interesting study of mycology. The result of this " Foray" was 

 two magnificent specimens of the extremely rare fungus Strohilomyces strobi- 

 laceus; the uncommon Nyctalis parasitica gro\ving upon Russula adusta ; the 

 Agaricus bvfonius; the A. placenta; the A. vulgaris; the A. velutinus; the 

 very pretty A. acutesquamosus which also is not common, the rare and 

 poisonous Coprinus picaceus, the magpie toadstool, and several other species 

 ■which the hurry of the Foray and their own perishable nature did not allow 

 time to determine. Greatly delighted with their success the Naturalists 

 departed with a high appreciation of the natural products of Herefordshire. 



