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The Rev. J. E. Vize then read some notes on a singular development of the 

 spores of Puccinia Conii, illustrated by drawings and specimens. This paper was 

 followed by one from Dr. Cooke, on the Myxomycetes, and some notes by Mr. 

 Phillips on Pezizse. Time would not permit of reading the Rev. Augustin Ley's 

 paper on the "Mosses of Herefordshire," which all regretted, although it was 

 nearly midnight when the last of the visitors left Mr. Cam's house. 



ANOTHEK EXCURSION. 



Friday, October 5th, was devoted to an exploration of Lyonshall Wood and 

 neighbourhood near Titley. Amongst notable plants found here, may be men- 

 tioned, Uredo vacciniorum, Puccinia veronicarum, Nyctalis parasitica, N. astero- 

 phora, Ptychogaster albus, Lactarius glyciosmus, Agaricus vaccinus, and many 

 other rarities too numerous to mention. The Rev. J. E. Vize lighted on Poronia 

 punctata growing on a discarded fragment of a rustic's corduroy breeches. After 

 this district had been well searched, the Woolhopeans drove direct to Moor Court, 

 where they were most hospitably received by the Rev. James and Mrs. Davies. 

 Here an excellent dinner had been prepared, and over this dinner, till dark, the 

 fungus men discussed fungus subjects in a variety of languages. French was pro- 

 bably most pronounced, often mixed with English ; when both failed, Latin came 

 to the rescue, with, sometimes, a touch of Greek — when all languages fell short of a 

 clear meaning, drawing, as a last resource, was resorted to. As an example, no 

 one at our end of the table could remember the French for Cranberry-pie ; 

 whereas Vaccinium Oxycoccus-pie was common to all? And so, with many 

 thanks to the kind host and hostess, the party drove off, in the black darkness of 

 evening, to the Titley station. Owing to the nature of the vehicles, and the 

 quality of the quadrupeds, the party was late at the station, but such is the respect 

 mth which fungus-men are held in Herefordshire, that the station authorities 

 detained the train for six minutes, till the arrival of the party. 



ODDS AND ENDS. 



Amongst objects of interest in the Woolhope Room, may be mentioned four 

 singular Vinegar plants in what once was a bottle of cider. They were overlooked 

 till the last moment, as every one took them to be four tracheae, or windpipes, or 

 something of the sort, in spirit, belonging to one of the doctors of medicine 

 present. The true explanation of the singpular growth is probably as follows : — 

 A small vinegar plant at first grew on the top of the cider, in the neck of the 

 bottle, and as layer on layer got formed, the plant took the shape of the neck of 

 the bottle, till it got heavy and dropped to the bottom in the form of a windpipe. 

 When the first plant had fallen down, another got formed and dropped away for a 

 third, till at last all the four perfect plants were free in the liquid. Another sin- 

 gular growth was shown in a plant of Craterellus comucopioides, in which a 

 curious lip-like growth on the edge, had embraced a branch, and carried it up in a 

 tight fold, reminding one of Mr. Darwin's observations on the leaf of Pinguicula. 

 Had the twig been a slug, a crane-fly, or a worm, we should have had an imitation 

 " carniverous fungus " at once. Mr. Berkeley sent for exhibition Cantberellus 

 cinereus and Craterellus sinuosus. It will be observed how much alike in sound 



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