CAoalhope Naturalists’ Field Club. 
Ph. oN GUS. FORA Y, 
OctToBER, 1881. 
Durine the week the following Papers were read and discussed :— 
“The Progress of Mycology,” by Dr. But. 
““The Carices of Herefordshire,” by Rev. Augustin Lry, M.A., President. 
“*Mimicry in Fungi,” by Dr. M. C. Cooxr, LL.D., A.L.S., &e. 
‘‘The Fungi in the Dolomites,” by Mr. T. Howse, F.L.S., &c. 
**Protococcus,” by Rev. J. E. VizE, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 
‘*The Fungi which attack the Wheat,” by Rev. J. E. Vizz, M.A., F.L.S., &e. 
‘*Monstrosities in Fungi,” by Mr. Wm. Puiuies, F.L.S. 
‘Two Tomato Diseases,” by Mr. C. B. PLowrieut. 
“The connection of Wheat Mildew” (Puccinia Graminis, Pers.), with the 
Barberry Aicidium (42. Berberidis, Gmel.), by Mr. C. B. PLowricut. 
‘¢ The Germination of the Uredines,” by Mr. C. B. PLowricur. 
THE FUNGUS FORAY 
Ty accordance with time-honoured custom, the last week in October witnessed the 
gathering together of a large number of the infatuated fungus-hunters of England 
to the venerable cathedral city of Hereford, for the purpose of indulging in a week’s 
study of fungi in the woods and fields of that neighbourhood. For many years it 
has been the ill-fortune of those enthusiasts to pursue their investigations more or 
less beneath a cloudy sky, and often amidst the pouring rain. This year, how- 
ever, the weather was more propitious. Indeed it was all that could have been 
desired, except for the bleak cold wind which shrivelled up the fungi, and almost 
crumpled up some of the hunters, who were hardly prepared for the bleak sequel 
which many of the evenings furnished to a bright and sunny day. A fortnight 
before the meeting commenced we had seen some of the localities, and noted with 
pleasure the prospect of a rare harvest, for the fungi were appearing in great num- 
bers, and the Hereford forays of 1881 were anticipated as probably the most 
productive for many years. Then came cold nights and east winds, before which 
the fungi vanished, and with them the dreams which had been fo fondly cherished. 
To say the least, the result was a disappointment, because so much had been ex- 
pected. Blessed are they who never build their hopes on fungi, for they are the 
most uncertain and erratic of created things. 
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