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and Poisonous Fungi," which latter was followed by a lively and interesting 

 discussion, mainly on the proposal to recognize a few definite popular names for 

 common edible fungi, and to disseminate information concerning them as widely 

 as possible, especially amongst rural populations. The last day "of this eventful 

 history " was devoted to Stoke Edith Park, and as park lands are perhaps the 

 driest and most unproductive of any this year, it will not be surprising to learn 

 that the record scarcely exceeded fifty, although more than half of these were 

 pastoral species, which had not been met with on previous days. 



Keports have reached us of a plentiful harvest of fungi in Devonshire, 

 and of a profusion in the North, but our own experiences in Essex, Shropshire, 

 Herefordshire, Surrey, etc., during the past two or three weeks have satisfied 

 us that, as a general rule, the present autumn has been unusually barren of fungi, 

 no better, if not worse, than last year. — M. C Cooke. 



