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CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT: f, 



l)r. BULTj, Hereford. 



T. CUKLEY, Esq., C.E., F.G.S., Hereford. 



JOHN LLOYD, Esq., Huntington Court, Hereford. 



HONOR AHT SECKETAKT : 



Sir GEORGE H. CORNEWALL, Bart., Moccas Rectory, Hereford. 



TRBASURER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY: 



Mr. ARTHUR THOMPSON. St. Nicholas-street, Hereford. 



Dr. Bull, as Chairman of the Central Committee, then announced that the 

 Rev. TV. H. Purchas was prepared to publish at once the Second Part of the 

 Flora of Herefordshire. Mr. Purchas was unfortunately prevented from attend- 

 ing the meeting, but he had sent the result of his inquiries with reference to 

 the best means of publishing it. 



The subject was then discussed at considerable length, and it was eventu- 

 ally left in the hands of the Central Committee and Officers of the Club, to 

 confer with Mr. Purchas, and with full power to proceed with the publication 

 as soon as possible. It was also decided to continue the Illustrations of the 

 Edible Funguses, and the series of Photographs of the Remarkable Trees 

 of the county. 



By this time the carriages had arrived, and a little before 11 o'clock the 

 members set out for the day's exploration. The first stoppage was made at 

 MerryhJU Common, an excellent locality for rare funguses. A large fairy-ring, 

 almost complete, and fifteen yards in diameter, was observed. It was formed by 

 Agaricus ( Trickoloina) subpidverukntus, and greatly to Mr. Lees dtlight, several 

 mole-hUls were close to it. The ring had slightly increased in size since last year, 

 when it first came under observation. Near a clump of Scotch fir trees, Lactarim 

 deliciosus, was gathered, Agaricus duscminatus, in large patches and at every stage 

 of growth, and also Gomj)hidius viscidus, Russula vesca, Ag. arvensis, Ag. humilis, 

 Hygrophorus virgineus, and an abundance of Boletus granulatus. A mole run, 

 which had been observed when fresh made, and which formed a considerable 

 arc of a circle, was then inspected. Its position could just be observed by a 

 slightly increased freshness of the grass, but it was not occupied by funguses. 



The carriages were then taken for Haywood Forest, which was to be 

 the chief hunting ground for the day. Here it was that the rare fungus, 

 Strobilnmyces strobiiaceus, had been found last year. The very fact that it 

 had been found once again in Britain had created a lively interest amongst 

 the leading mycologists, and specimens were ardently coveted. Mr. Edwin Lees, 

 who had been the lucky finder thereof before, was present. He had carefully 

 marked the spot, and on alighting from his carriage made for it with all the 

 alacrity of scientific zeaL The search however was made in vain. It was not 



