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IHora (in collaboraticjn with W. II. Fitch) we are all familiar. 

 His own publications are mostly accompanied by delightfully 

 executed drawings. A work entitled " Mycological Illustra- 

 tions " was projected by W. Wilson Saunders, the drawings 

 in which were to have been supplied by W. G. Smith. Only 

 one volume was issued, which contains 48 coloured plates with 

 accompanying descriptions. The text figures in Stevenson's 

 " Ilvmenomycetes Britannici " are other instances of his 

 wonderful draughtsmanship. The unpublished drawings 

 are no less noteworthy. A large and attractive series repre- 

 senting all the larger British Fungi is exhibited in the Botani- 

 cal gallerv of the Natural History Museum. These coloured 

 drawings are in constant request during the F'^ungus season. 

 A further extensive series of similar drawings illustrating 

 forms and varieties is a substantial component of the valuable 

 museum collection carefully preserved in the cryptogamic 

 herbarium. 



Smith's work was almost wholly confined to British Fungi. 

 Onlv one excursion does he seem to have made into foreign 

 fields in supplying the Section " Fungi " of Seeman's " Flora 

 Vitiensis." Few fungi had been collected, but these include 

 a black Rhizomorpha which, as a fringe, formed a much 

 coveted article of dress in Fiji. The plant is called Wa loa 

 in the vernacular, meaning creeper; it grows on decaying 

 wood in swamps. 



Worthington Smith had a thorough knowledge of British 

 fungi with their many forms and varieties, and that knowledge 

 he was always ready to share with others. \o one who came 

 in contact with him will ever forget his ready and willing as- 

 sistance and his kindly, courteous personality. 



