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there was Sir Wm. Guise, Bart. , the President of the Cotswold Field Club, a 

 good practical mycologist ; Edwin Lees, Esq. , President of the Worcester 

 Club, who had ever been most kind and useful to them, and whom he trusted 

 always to see at their meetings ; the Eev, W. S. Symonds ; the Eev. W. A. 

 Leighton, of Shrewsbury ; Mr. Phillips, who is always finding rare funguses ; 

 Mr. Plowright, who had come specially all the way from Norfolk, and brought 

 many interesting Funguses with him ; the Rev, J. D. Latouche, and others too 

 numerous to mention. To one and all of these gentlemen the Club are greatly 

 indebted for doing them the honour to come to their forays, and for giving 

 them instruction so kindly and readily as they had done (applause). 



Dr. Bull then said the fungus year had been peculiar. In Spring Morels 

 were plentiful ; Chanterelles and the Fairy-ring agaric had been very abundant 

 all through the Summer, but the common Mushroom had been very scarce. 

 To this scarcity it was probably owing that the Horse-mushroom had been much 

 more commonly sold in the markets, and eaten instead of it, aided, he liked to 

 think, to some little extent, by the teachings of the Woolhope Club that the 

 Horse-mushroom was perfectly wholesome, and very good, though not quite so 

 rich and agreeable as the ordinary mushi'oom. 



Dr. Bull then concluded his remarks by reading some observations " On 

 the edible Funguses of the Year," by James Buckman, Esq., F.B.S., late Pro- 

 fessor to the Agricultural College at Cirencester. 



The Kev. W. G. Symonds then exhibited a very interesting series of 

 bones, of the mammoth, the cave lion, the bear, the rhinoceros, the reindeer, 

 the European bison, all in good preservation, but showing marks on the edges of 

 having been knawed by hyienas. They were found in the floor of King 

 Arthur's cave in the Doward HiU above "WTiitchurch, some 20 feet below the 

 surface, and some 300 feet above the present level of the river Wye. Mr. Symonds 

 gave a very interesting account of the discovery, and the nature of the earth 

 which covered the bones, tending to show the very lengthened period that must 

 have elapsed since they had been deposited. Mr. Symonds address created 

 some discussion. A paper " On the nomadic growth of Fungi, with reference 

 to the germs that are found in snow and rain," was read by Edwin Lees, Esq., 

 F.L.S., &c., &c. It was well illnstrated by many careful sketches. 



The evening had now considerably advanced, and after Mr. M. C. Cooke 

 had given a few words of warm recognition of the hospitality shewn and work done 

 by the Woolhope Club, the meeting adjourned to the residence of Mr. Cam, where 

 a very i^leasant and instructive evening was passed in Ustemng to a well written 

 practical paper entitled " Some remarks on the Cryptogamic Family Saprolegnia 

 and its Alliances," by James Renny, Esq., and the able discussion to which it gave 

 rise ; and in examining a collection of rare Lichens, which had been brought kindly 

 by the Eev. W. AUport Leighton, of Shrewsbury, author of " The Lichen Flora 

 of Great Britain," and other botanical works. 



So has passed pleasantly into history one of the most agreeable and instruc- 

 tive meetings of the Woolhope Club, 



