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short discussion, and the exhibition in a dark room of a specimen of luminous 

 wood, traversed by the mycelium of a fungus. In the course of discussion it was 

 mentioned as a curious fact that all the species of luminous Ayarics known are 

 white spored, and belong to the same sub-genus, that of Pleurotus. 



The programme for Friday was an excursion to Moccas Park in open car- 

 riages, which the weather permitted to be carried out, but, in revenge, a pelting 

 shower accompanied the excursionists back to town in the evening, so that there 

 might not be a single day during the week without some small contribution to the 

 rainfall of the year. 



At Moccas, the party was conducted over the most interesting gardens, by 

 Sir George Cornewall, and afterwards to the Moccas Oak and other remarkable 

 trees in the Park. This is considered one of the best hunting-grounds for fungi 

 in the neighbourhood of Hereford, but on the present occasion these were con- 

 spicuous for their absence ; not a single cluster of Agaricus mellcus, or a specimen 

 of Parvus stypticus could be found, but the larger Polypori were abundant. A large 

 ash which had been blovifn down, had its stump completely surrounded by large 

 specimens of Polyporus fraxineus. In other parts of the park, Polyporus foment- 

 arius, was found and sliced up into sections, in order to exhibit the substance, 

 which, when duly prepared, is called "Amadou, "or "German Tinder." Tramctes 

 mollis, Polyporus fraijilis, Grandinia granulosa, clusters of Peziza aurantia, from 

 six to eight inches in circumference ; the Nectria aurea of GreviUe, the Sclerotium 

 of Eleocharis, which, when matured, produces the Claviceps nigricans, were 

 amongst the spoils of the day. Compared with its predecessors, this locality vidll 

 be entitled still to maintain its pre-eminence, and, had the conditions been more 

 favourable for perambulation, good baskets might undoubtedly have been filled, 

 but the exhibition day was past, enthusiasm had cooled, and with wishes for 

 "better luck next year," the return journey was undertaken. 



Saturday, at the hour of noon, a railway train started for Chester, en route 

 for Coed Coch, bearing a compartment filled beyond the boundary of comfort 

 with such of the fungus-hunters as had been invited to try a few days in North 

 Wales ; others had already gone southward to their homes. There was no rain, 

 the barometer was rising, there was blue in the sky, and joy in the hearts of the 

 travellers, whichever way their engine was turned. A screech, and a snort, and 

 then the train moved slowly onward and swept the railway travellers towards 

 their destination, and the Woolhope Foray of 1880 into the past. — M. C. C, 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, October 23rd, 1880. 



COED COCH, 



The residence of J. Lloyd Wynne, Esq., has long been celebrated for the beauty 

 and interest of its garden, and has become quite classical as regards mycology, in 

 consequence of the very numerous additions to our list of indigenous fungi, due to 

 the exertions of Mrs. Lloyd Wynne. It was suggested by Mrs. Wynne, in con- 



