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brouglit the members to the Buildwas station in time to catch 

 the last train back to Shrewsbury at 6.39 p.m. In the evening 

 the President took the chair at nine o'clock Mr. W. Norwood 

 Cheesman, J. P., F.L.S. read a paper on "The British 

 Tremellineae " and iMiss E. W. Wakefield, F.L.S. , followed 

 with " Observations on some Sand-Dune Fungi " (see p. 33). 



On Friday, the 28th of September, the morning was occu- 

 pied in the critical examination of the rarer fungi. These in- 

 cluded Slrobilomyces strobilaccus (vScop.), Berk., and Boletus 

 felleus (Bull.) Fr., gathered by iMiss C. Cooper and iMiss K. 

 Smith in Lythe Wood, near Shrewsbury, on the previous 

 day. At 11. 15 a.m. the 'bus v^as taken from the adjoining 

 square to Bayston Hill, from whence a short walk across 

 the fields brought them to Bomere. The members spread 

 out in all directions through the woods surrounding this 

 pool, but the woods were too overgrown and dry with the 

 exception of the lower portions adjoining the water, which 

 yielded an abundant crop of mycetozoa. A few additions 

 were made to the list, namely, Aleuria ampUata (Pers.) Gill., 

 Tubaria paludosa Fr., Hydnum ferrugineum Fr., Psilocybe 

 uda (Pers.) Fr., Inocybe calospora Quel., and Russula integra 

 (Linn.) Fr. A large patch of Lactarius vcllereus Fr. was covered 

 with the parasitic mould Amblyosporium botrytk Fres. The 

 members returned to the headquarters about six o'clock. 



In the evening, at 9 o'clock. Miss A. Lorrain Smith took 

 the chair, and Mr. A. A. Pearson read a paper on " Two- 

 spored basidia " (see p. 39). A hearty vote of thanks was 

 passed to the F^arl of Powis, Col. G. G. P. Heywood, Capt. 

 Plowden, and Mrs. Hugh Corbet, for the kind permissions 

 given to visit their estates, and to the two former for their kind 

 hospitality. A similar vote was also passed to Mr. R. Parry 

 and Mr. W. B; Allen for their able leadership in the field, 

 and especially to the latter for the selection of places to 

 visit during the foray. On Saturday, the 29th of September, 

 some of the members availed themselves of Mr. Allen's 

 kind ofTer to conduct them through Caughley Wood, 

 adjacent to Linley Station, on the Severn Valley line. 

 Many scarce fungi were collected, including Lepiota hispida 

 (Lasch) Fr., Lepiota pratens\s (Bull.) Fr., Lepiota rosea Rea 

 (new to science),* Lepiota haematosperma (Bull.) Boud., 

 Lepiota sistrata Fr., Lepiota Bucknallii B. & Br., Pluteus 

 salicinus (Pers.) Fr., Omphalia atropuncta (Pers.) Quel., 

 Polystictus Wynnei B. and Br., Clavaria chionea (Pers.) 

 Qu^l. (new to Britain), Clavaria rugosa (Bull.) Fr., var. 



*See description (p. 6i). 



