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merit, and the handsome manner in which the whole work has been produced, gave 

 very gi'eat satisfaction to all the members present. A vote of thanks was unani- 

 mously voted to Dr. Bull and the Committee for the trouble they had taken with it. 



The dinner took place at the Green Dragon, when the two funguses, 

 Hygrophorus pratcnsis, and Agaricus ncbularis, were served to the guests, the 

 latter, which is one that is rarely eaten, proved to be a species well worthy of the 

 occasion. 



De. Bull, after dinner, gave the cordial welcome of the club to the scientific 

 strangers present, and then gave a report on the progress of mycology during 

 the past year. 



The Rev. Augustin Ley then read a very carefully prepared paper on " The 

 Mosses of Herefordshire," which was very highly applauded for the results of real 

 work in the fields which it contained, and which was ordered to be printed in the 

 Transactions of the Club. 



A soiree was held in the evening at the house of the treasurer, Mr. Cam, 

 which was well attended by the members and visitors. — Dr. Cooke read an elaborate 

 paper on the genus Corticium, with observations on the modes of distinguishing 

 the British species. — Mr. Phillips, of Shrewsbury described a new Peziza (P. 

 crucifcra), which gave rise to a long and animated discussion, and which created 

 great interest. — The Rev. J. E. Vize exhibited a,n ^c id iumirom the Cape of Good 

 Hope to the members, one of the finest of its tribe. He showed a number of other 

 interesting objects under the miscroscope. 



The evening passed off with as much interest and satisfaction as the foray 

 had done in the morning, and this is to award it a high meed of praise. The 

 pleasure of the evening was greatly enhanced, as it ever is, by the kind reception 

 and hospitality shown to the guests. 



ANOTHER ACCOUNT. 

 [By Mr. T. HowsE, E.L.S.] 

 The annual Fungus Foray of the Woolhope Club took place during the first 

 week in October. It was attended by most of the leading mycologists — Messrs. 

 Cooke, Smith, Renny, Phillips, Plowwright, Broome, Spencer Perceval, Lees, 

 Vize, Howse, Bicknell, and others. The weather was remarkably fine, and with 

 the exception of the afternoon of Friday no rain fell during the whole time. Al- 

 though many of the common Agarics were absent, owing probably to the 

 exceptionally early season, a larger number than usual of novelties were discovered, 

 many of which have still to be studied and named. 



The first excursion on Tuesday, October 1st, was arranged for the woods on 

 the banks of the Wye below Symonds Yat station on the Monmouth line. Few 

 fungi were found ; the mycologists were, however, much interested in the caves on 

 the right bank of the Wye, in which bones of bear, hysena, fee. have been discovered. 

 Among the Fungi found may be mentioned Trieholoma acerbus, Tricholoma ustalis. 



