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with its spines, it would prove a very indigestible morsel. A 

 bundle of Fasciolaria, white, jelly-like egg capsules, containing 

 five or six pink eggs, were beautiful. Among the shells found 

 were Mallens vulsellatus, Chione sp., Soletellina hiradita^ Stoma- 

 tella imhricata, and the shore plant Cakile maritima. On the 

 sandhills some long, winding, narrow mounds were observed. 

 These proved to be the work of the "mole cricket," and an 

 excavation at one of the ends of these mounds revealed the active 

 little creature, whicli accomplished the disappearing trick in 

 dojible quick time. 



Excursion, via the Greenhill Road, June 16, 1923. — Dr.! 

 J. B. Cleland led a small but enthusiastic party along the Green- 

 hill Road in search of Fungi. The weather had been propiti- 

 ous, and a great number of fungi were secured, covering many 

 genera and species. The specimens secured were used to 

 illustrate Dr. Cleland 's lecture on the following Tuesday. 



Lecture, "Some South Australian Fungi," Prof. J. B. 

 Cleland, M.D., June 19, 1923.— This lecture was illustrated by 

 over eighty different species of fungi, collected mainly on the 

 Greenhill Road during an excursion by the Section on the 

 previous Saturday. Some had been collected on the day of the 

 meeting. The various species were arranged according to their 

 genera and species, and plainly labelled. At the beginning of 

 the lecture the lights were lowered to enable the members to ap- 

 preciate the beautiful white glow of a strongly phosphorescent 

 fungus (Plenrotvs lampas (=P. nidiformis). The fungi ex- 

 hibited included the following species: — Lepiota procera, L. 

 cristata, Lepiota, sp., probably undescribed, growing in moss, 

 Tricholma, sp. ( ?) ; Mycena galericiilata, M. niemalis, M., sp., 

 Orange Omphalia, white 0., species near Clitocybe nehularis, 

 Laccaria laccata, Pleurotus lampas (one of our largest fungi- 

 phosphorescent), P., sp., Volvaria gloiocephala, Pluteus cervinus, 

 "Moss" Pholiota, Rozites australianus, Galera tenera, Galera 

 ruhiginosa, Flammula sp., Crepidotus sp., Paxillus sp., unde- 

 scribed, with decurrent gills and large brown spores; Psalliota 

 arvensis, the Horse Mushroom, an edible species; Stropharia 

 semiglohata, Hypholoma fasciculare, Psilocyhe ceres, P. sp., Cop- 

 rinus inwaceus, C. sp., Boletus luteus (edible), Polyporus Pan- 

 cheri, P. rufescens, P. cinnaharinus, Polysticttis versicolor, 

 Fow.es riniosus, Poria sp., Calocera nr. cornea^ Cyathus sp., 

 Stereum villerieum. S. memhranaceum, Cyathus stercorarius, 

 Geasters sp. (Earth stars), Tylostoma sp., Ascomycetes. The 

 lecturer dealt with the propagation of the fungi by spores, and 

 entered into the question of the edibility of certain species. All 

 but the few proved to be edible are to be regarded with very 

 grave suspicion as being possibly dangerous and even fatal. 



