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the woods in the immediate vicinity of the picturesque ruins 

 were explored. Here some nice examples of Cyphella galeata 

 (Schum.) Fr., Lactarius circellatus Fr,, Lactarius obnubilus 

 (Lasch) Boud. and Mycena amicta Fr. were collected. The 

 roadway was then crossed and a prettily wooded bank 

 traversed in the direction of Uftlngton. The ground, beneath 

 numerous fine beeches growing amidst short grass and moss, 

 yielded an abundant harvest of the common fungi but the 

 rarer sorts were few and included PhoHota adiposa Fr., 

 Polyporiis intybaceus Fr., Pleurotus corticatus Fr., Marasmius 

 gl.obularis (Weinm.) Fr., Russula atropurpurea (Krombh.) 

 Maire, Fomes resinaceus (Boud.) Rea and Amanita recutita 

 Fr. On reaching the village of Uffington the return drive 

 was taken to Shrewsbury. In the evening, at nine o'clock. 

 Miss A. I.orrain vSmith, F.L.S. delivered her presidential 

 address entitled " Relation of Fungus Hyphae to other 

 Organisms" (see p. 17). 



On Thursday, the 27th of September, the members 

 assembled at the railway station and departed by the 11.20 

 a.m. train for Buildwas Junction which was reached about 

 mid-day. Mr. W. B. Allen met the members and led them 

 across the pastures in the direction of Tickwood. The grass 

 was somewhat long but specimens of Trichoglossum 

 hirsutum (Pers.) Boud., Clitopilus cretatus B.&Br. and 

 Cortinarius (Hydrocybe) bicolor Cke . were noticed on the way. 

 The woods at Tickwood were then worked by kind permission 

 of Col. G. G. P. Heywood, and under the able leadership 

 of Mr. Allen, who is a native of these parts and intimately 

 acquainted with this covert, they were conducted to the most 

 favoured spots for the rarer fungi. The undergrowth was 

 very rank but notwithstanding this drawback the following 

 interesting plants were obtained : — Naucoria escharoides Fr., 

 CoUybia vertirugis Cke., Helvetia lacunosa Afz., Amanita 

 strobiliformis Vitt., Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) scaurus Fr., 

 Entoloma Bloxamii Berk., Amanita solitaria (Bull.) Fr., 

 Lactarius scrobiculatus (Scop.) Fr., Hygrophorus sciophanus 

 Fr., Cortinarius (Telamonia) stemmatus Fr., Armillaria 

 ramentacea (Bull.) Fr., Inocybe incarnata Bres., Leptopodia 

 ephippium (Lev.) Boud., Cortinarius (Dermocybe) coto- 

 neus Fr., Marasmius foetidus (Sow.) Fr., Cortinarius 

 (Phlegmacium) calochroiis (Pers.) Fr., Boletus impolitus 

 Fr., Polyporus stipticus (Pers.) Fr., and Lycoperdon 

 velatum Vitt. Tickwood Hall was reached about 4.30 

 p.m. and Mrs. G. P. P. Heywood welcomed the 

 members to a dainty tea, which was much appreciated. The 

 light began to fail and a rather hurried walk across the fields 



