FUNGUS FORAYS. 299 
LEICESTER PHILOSOPHICAL SocieTy.—The first Fungus Excur- 
sion of the Biological Section of this Society was made in Charn- 
wood Forest on Wednesday, October 8th. The morning was by 
no means promising, and consequently but few members came to 
the starting post. About noon the rain began a continuous drizzle, 
which, by 3 p.m., settled into a regular downpour. Foraging had 
to be conducted for some time under considerable difficulty, and 
finally abandoned. No rare species were met with, but an accurate 
list was kept of all that were examined and determined during the 
day, so that, in the evening, when the results were compared, it 
was found that some forty species had been added to the list of the 
Fungi of Leicestershire. The sole lady of the party exhibited 
some very characteristic sketches which she had made of several 
species of Agaricint, and we then, as now, entreated her to per- 
‘severe, and, by so doing, perform good service for Leicestershire 
botany. 
THe Woo.LHopE Cius Foray.—The usual week at Hereford 
commenced on October 13th, and the first excursion to Leominster 
for Croft Ambury on the 14th. The walk was pleasant, the 
weather and company agreeable, and the view extensive and 
picturesque; but many of the baskets remained almost empty, 
most of the time being occupied in marching up a hill and then 
marching down again. On the 15th a short excursion to Haywood 
Forest was much more satisfactory in its results. On the r6th the 
general excursion was to Dinmore, where the beautiful Cortinarius 
triumphans was found, again under birches, the only previously 
known locality being Haywood Forest. On October 17th, the 
last, and worst, excursion was made in Eastnor Park, near Ledbury. 
During the evenings the following papers were read at the soirées: 
“Notes on the Edible Fungi of North Italy,” by A. S. Bicknell ; 
“On Colour Nomenclature in Fungi,” by H. T. Wharton, M.A. ; 
“ British Species of Nidularia,” by W. Phillips; ‘The Spermogonia 
of the Uredines,” by C. B. Plowright; ‘Researches into the 
Oospores of some Fungi,” by the Rev. J. E. Vize, M.A.; “On 
Bunt,” by C. B. Plowright; “ Recent Views on the Lamelle of 
the Agaricini,” by the Rev. J. E. Vize, M.A.; “Some Recent 
Additions to our Mycologic Flora,” by W. Phillips, F.LS.; 
“’Trinomialism in Zoology,” by H. T. Wharton, M.A. ; and “Some 
Gigantic Fungi,” by M. C. Cooke. 
The week was conspicuously deficient in novelties, which were 
chiefly confined to those sent from a distance. A. O. Walker, Esq., 
of Chester, sent a box of specimens from North Wales, which con- 
tained nothing rare. H. T. Wharton exhibited Agaricus Elvensis 
from Kingsbury. W. G. Smith sent Aydnum coralloides from 
