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to be made to the list in " The Flora of Herefordshire." They are as follows :— 



Corticium epiphyllum, P. Downton. Ag. (Panaolus) retirugis, Fr., Dinmore. 



Diaporthe inquilina, Fr. do. Ag. (Pholiota) praecox, Fr., Stoke Edith. 



Russula lutea, Fr. do. Ag. (Galera) mniophilus, Fr. do. 



Puccinia scorodoniae, Link. do. Ag. (Psathyrella) trepidus, Fr. do. 



Puccinia glechomatis, Z».C. do. Ag. (Hypholorna) cascus, i?"?-. do. 



Ag. (Mycena) acicula, Fr. do. Ag. (Naucoria) sobrius, Fr. do. 



Grandinia ocellata, Fr. do. Empusa muscse, Colin. do. 



A^. (Heheloma) nauseosus, C, Dinmore. Phyllachora angelica, Fr. do. 



and to this list must be added a MorchcUa Siaithiana found at Dadnor, near Ross, 

 by Miss Armitage, this being the first time this Morel has been recorded from 

 this county. 



A magnificent elm tree, growing soutli of the mansion of Stoke Edith in the 

 deer park, was observed, which, upon measurement of its trunk, was found to 

 have a girth of 10 feet 8 inches at the height of five feet from the ground. 



The following papers were read and discussed during this week :—" Some 

 remarks on the Puccinia attacking Galium," by the Rev. J. E. Vize, F.R.M.S., 

 &c. "The Breathing .system of Flowering Plants and their Allies," by the 

 Rev. J. E. Vize, F.R.M.S., &c. "Observations on Popularizing the Knowledge 

 of Edible and Poisonous Fungi," by William Phillips, F.L.S. "On the 

 occurrence of the Great Black Woodpecker, Picus martius, in Great Britain," by 

 E. Cambridge Phillips, F.L.S., M.B.O.U., M.P.I.O.C., &c. 



The two latter papers produced some discussion. As regards the instruction 

 of the public in the knowledge of discriminating the edible varieties, and over- 

 coming their general antipathies, it was admitted that the experiment attended 

 with tlie most favourable results was the appeal to the sense of taste. A dish of 

 funguses, well cooked, known to have been carefully overlooked by an experienced 

 hand, once tasted, never failed to produce many a convert to the belief in its 

 suitability to tlie palate, and to its innocuous qualities. 



Mr. E. Cambridge Phillips is not inclined to doubt the observations of some 

 few who have borne testimony to the accidental appearance, as a visitor, of the 

 Great Black Woodpecker in Great Britain, especially when amongst them is 

 numbered a man of such well-known accuracy and judgment as the Rev. Clement 

 Ley, familiar with the cry of the bird in its native country, and familiar from his 

 earliest childhood with the haunts, habits, migrations, notes, mysterious instincts 

 of birds, and beauties of bird life. 



The following mycological visitors attended the forays :— Dr. M. C. Cooke, 

 Rev. Canon Du Port, Rev. J. E. Vize, Mr. T. B. Acton, Mr. C. Bucknall, 

 Mr. Wm. Phillips, Mr. C. B. Plowright. Mr. Wm. Beacall, of Sunfield, Shrews- 

 bury, accompanied the party on Tue.sday, and the following members joined in 

 one or other of the excursions :— The President (Mr. H. Southall), Rev. E. J. 

 Hollo way. Rev. Augustin Ley, Rev. M. G. Watkins, Dr. T. A. Chapman, 

 Dr. J. H. Wood, Dr. A. J. H. Crespi, Messrs. R. Clarke, Luther Davis, 

 Charles Fortey, Walter Pilley, James B. Pilley (Assistant Secretary), and 

 H. C. Moore (Honorary Secretary). 



