300 THE MICROSCOPICAL NEWS. 
Newark. C. Bucknall brought Cortinarius papulosus from near 
Bristol. T. Howse also sent a box of specimens from Guildford. 
Excepting Ag. melleus, the white-spored Agarics were very scarce. 
Polyporus tntybaceus was found for the first time in Herefordshire. 
Geaster fimbriatus occurred plentifully in Eastnor Park. Lactarius 
flexuosus was again found in Haywood Forest. Aygrophorus cossus 
rather plentifully at Dinmore, but novelties were conspicuously 
absent, and critical discussion unusually wanting in vigour for lack 
of material. Some of the sub-genera were not represented by a 
single species. 
Very large specimens of Agaricus melleus were measured in 
Haywood Forest, ten, and ten-and-a-half, inches in diameter of the 
pileus. Curious malformations of the same ubiquitous- species 
were found at Dinmore. 
HERTFORDSHIRE NaturaL History Society.—The Crypto- 
gamic Meeting and Fungus Foray in the neighbourhood of St. 
Albans was held on Saturday afternoon, November 1st. The 
leaves had been falling briskly for two or three days, and conse- 
quently covered many of the few species of Fungi on the ground. 
Two or three small woods and Gorhambury Park were explored, 
but only 43 species were recorded, of which 15 had not been re- 
corded for previous Forays. Nearly all the Fungi found were of 
common species, and these represented by few individuals. The 
most noteworthy species was Agaricus (Collybia) longipes, Bull. 
Numerous specimens of Agaricus (Tricholoma) personatus, in ex- 
cellent condition, were taken from Gorhambury Park, and operated 
upon afterwards to test their esculent qualities, as also were several 
individuals of Ag. (Zricholoma) nudus, in both cases with satis- 
factory results. The Fungi found at the Foray were determined 
by M. C. Cooke and Worthington G. Smith. 
These are the only Forays of which we are enabled to report 
from personal observation. The general impression in all localities 
is, undoubtedly, that the number of Fungi seen was far inferior to 
that of very many previous years. Some say “the worst for 
twenty years.” —Gyvevillea. 
