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proceedings of the society. ill 



26th June, 1906. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd, President, in the chair. 



Reports were submitted on excursions to Ashgrove Loch, 

 Stevenston ; Mount Stuart (p. 96), Glengarnock Castle and 

 Ladyland (p. 97), and Sorn (p. 99). 



Mr. John R. Lee exhibited Cornus suecica from Ben Vorlich, 

 Dumbartonshire. Mr. Lee stated that, as far as he knew, this 

 was a new record for that district. 



Mr. T. B. Henderson, M.D., exhibited and described three 

 species of Coral Snake from South America. The species were 

 Elaps corallinus, Wied., E. marcf/rami, Wied., and Ilysia 

 scytale, L. 



By favour of Mr. Fen ton of the Pharmacy College, Mr. Wm. 

 Stewart exhibited specimens of the rare fungus Agaricus (Lepiota) 

 rachodes, Vitt., from the Forfarshire Grampians, found inside a 

 dilapidated hut and growing on the rush thatch, supported on 

 larch branches. Unfortunately the specimens, while abnormally 

 large, had been attacked by another fungus — one of the moulds — 

 and did not show the beauty of the genus nor the characteristics 

 of the species. Mr. Stewart also showed Agaricus (Lepiota) 

 cristatus, A. and S., from the mossery of the Botanic Gardens for 

 comparison. He further exhibited Lentlnus lepideus, Fr., 

 gathered by Mr. Robert Dunlop in New Zealand, South Island, 

 which seems identical at any rate with the British species. 

 Mr. Stewart concluded his exhibition by showing several examples 

 of a rare local species, Agaricus (Psaliota) echinaius, Roth., which 

 has appeared for several years on the ground among the tree-ferns 

 in the Kibble Palace. The pileus is about 2h ins. broad, of a 

 light fawn colour, curiously wrinkled, and the gills and stem 

 cinnabar purple. There seems to be considerable diversity of 

 opinion concerning it. Berkeley, followed by Stevenson, has 

 placed it among the Psaliota, considering the colour of the spores 

 purple. Massee has it among the Inocybe, calling the spores pale 

 yellow, with a red tinge ; while Worthington Smith, in Clavis 

 Agaricinorum, has created a new sub-genus for it and two other 

 species — Chamceota — calling the spores pale rose. This is a most 

 interesting plant, and, as Berkeley gives only two records and 

 Massee one, while Stevenson has none, it seems worthy of further 

 examination. 



