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in Autumn, but it is seldom the fully developed Helotium (H. @ruginosum) is 
seen. We were however fortunate in finding several specimens of it in the assig- 
erous state. The next find was Corticium sanguineum, Fr. on some old chips: 
this is a rare and very marked Corticium recognizable at a glance by its colour. 
On the same matrix was found Sphwria ovina, Pers. and Sp. innumera, B. and 
Br. On the ground some magnificent specimens of Ascobolus viridis, Currey, 
were observed, and hard by several very large and well-grown plants of the rare 
Peziza qaurelia, Pers. On the chips before mentioned a specimen of Peziza 
ceesia, Pers. was found. Within the space of a few minutes were gathered Peziza 
virginia, Butsch., Ceratiumhydnoides, &e., &e. Hysteriwm fraxini, Pers., Agari- . 
cus furfuraceus, and arvensis, Schaff., Lycogala epidendrum, Fr., arcyria puni- 
cea, P., Trichia pyriformis, Hoffim, and turbinata, With, Spheria pulvis pyrius 
P., and mammeformis Pers., Diatrype disciformis, Fr., Xylaria carpophila, 
Fr. and Hypoxylon serpens, Fr. The time was now well nigh exhausted, and we 
were all beginning to feel the need of refreshment, when one of the party had the 
good fortune to light upon Peziza candolleana, Lib., a minute but exceedingly 
interesting Peziza, which grows from a Sclerotium (8. pustula), found in Autumn 
on oak leaves. The whole party now searched diligently for further specimens of 
this plant, and while doing so, Mr. Phillips was fortunate enough to light upon 
a magnificent plant of the rare Peziza melastoma, Sow. This was the climax of 
success: the cup nearly an inch across, of a black hue; dusted externally with 
powdered vermilion, and opening from an aggregation of long, black, rooting, 
filaments, what more could be desired as the termination of one of the most 
pleasant and successful fungus hunting days we remember. A hurried walk across 
the path in which Agaricus Gambosus was gathered, brought us to the house 
where lunch was waiting us. The drive to Hereford in the cool of the evening 
was magnificent, and loud were the Mycologists in their praises of the Whitfield 
Woods. 
CHARLES B. PLOWRIGHT. 
North Wootton, 
17th May, 1875. 
