NEW YOR» 

 BOTANICAL 



THE PAINSWICK FORAY. 



2ist-2=)th May, 1920. 



For the first time since 1915 it was found practicable this 

 year to hold a Spring Foray. This took place during the Whit- 

 sun holidays, May 2Tst to 25th, at Painswick, Gloucestershire, 

 the headquarters being at the Falcon Hotel, Painswick, where 

 a large, well-lighted room was secured for the exhibition of 

 specimens. 



Some twenty-five members and friends attended, and a most 

 enjoyable week-end was spent, favoured by glorious weather. 

 From the mycological point of view the Foray was disappoint- 

 ing, owing to the dry weather, which is fatal to fungus growth 

 in these hilly districts. Although fungi were scarce, however, 

 there was a wide field in other directions, and as the party in- 

 cluded lichenologists, bryologists and conchologists, as well as 

 phanerogamic botanists, there was plenty of varied interest. 



Larger fungi were of course very few. The most outstanding 

 species was Sarcosphaera coronaria, which was fairly common in 

 all the beech woods, and of which some very large specimens 

 were gathered. On the Sunday at Sheepscombe several of the 

 party collected Alcuria umbrina, a rather unusual Discomycete, 

 and at Birdlip Mr Pearson secured a single specimen of Aceta- 

 biila vulgaris. Tramctes suaveolens was found by Mr Rea at 

 Sheepscombe. 



Of the microfungi perhaps the most interesting was Chryso- 

 myxa Pyrolae, found in two localities. Dichaena faginea was 

 abundant on the beeches, but only in the conidial stage. 



In Pope's Wood Mr Grinling came across a single specimen of 

 Eichleriella spinulosa. This is the first time it has been collected 

 in the South — the only previous collections known to me being 

 from Forres, Glamis, and Mulgrave Woods. This is an interesting 

 plant, which has had a varied history as regards its nomen- 

 clature. Brcsadola, who first noted its large septate basidia, 

 placed it in a new genus Eichleriella, calling it E. Kmetii. 

 Then it was found that English records of Stereiim rufuni were 

 based on this plant, and further that Radidttm deglubens B. & Br, 

 was the same species, so the name became E. deglubens. Now 

 Burt has shown that Radulum spinulosuin B. & C. is also the 

 same, and as this is a still earlier specific name the combination 

 E. spinulosa Burt must stand. It is to be hoped no one will 

 find yet an earlier name than this. 



On the Saturday evening a short meeting was held, at which 

 the Secretary read on behalf of Mr A. D. Cotton, who was un- 

 able to be present, some notes on "Black Rust on Wheat." 



