
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 287 
Proceedings of the Society. 
SESSION 1897-98. 
28TH SEPTEMBER, 1897. 
Mr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., President, in the chair, 
Reports were read on excursions to Halkshil] Glen (see page 
127), Lennox Castle (see page 274), and Callander (see page 275). 
Mr. Wm. Stewart read a report on the Annual Conference of 
the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, which was held this year at 
Kilmarnock. The meeting was a very successful one, and the 
localities visited yielded many fungi of interest. On the first day, 
at Barskimming and Stair, the following species of fungi were noted 
among many others :—Agaricus virosus, Fr., A. phalloides, Fr., 
A. virgatus. Fr., A. fumosus, Pers., A. pyrotrichus, Holmsk., Phallus 
caninus, Huds., Libertella faginea, Desm., and Protomyces 
pachydermus, Thiimen. The most notable fungi observed at the 
excursion to Sorn Castle were:—Agaricus sericellus, Fr., A. 
tuberosus, Bull., Vyctalis parasitica, Fr., Lactarius camphoratus, 
Fr., and Cantharellus tubeformis, Fr. Among those found at 
Loudoun Castle may be mentioned—Agaricus gracilis, Br., A. 
hematopus, Pers., A. fibula, Bull, A. fragrans, Sow., A. 
crustuliniformis, Bull. (the small variety), A, hemactus, Berk. 
& Cke., A. pantherinus, DC., Lactarius pallidus, Fr., L. fuliginosus, 
Fr., Craterellus sinuosus, Fr., Clavaria cristata, Pers., C'. cinerea, 
Bull., Polyporus ferruginosus, Fr., and P. ceesius, Fr. 
Mr. George Murdoch, B.A., B.Sc., 6 Ruthven Street, Hillhead, 
was elected as an Ordinary Member. 
A collection of plants from the Swiss Alps was exhibited by 
Mr. Robert Brown, M.D., including Papaver alpinum, Linn., 
Anemone alpina, Linn., Pinguicula flavescens, Fl., Lychnis Flos- 
Jovis, Desr., Hutchinsia brevicaulis, Hoppe, Primula integrifolia, 
Linn., and Ranunculus alpestris, Linn. 
Mr. L. Wait sent for exhibition specimens of Vaccinium Vitis- 
Idea in flower, an unusual circumstance at this season, 
