Nov. 189.'..] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OK EDINBURGH. 469 



Presidency of Professor Trail of Aberdeen. The day of 

 meeting was 16th September. Owing to the remoteness 

 of the Glen the number of members present was small, 

 consisting of the President, Dr. Stevenson, of Glamis, 

 the Secretary ; Professor King, of Glasgow, the Treasurer ; 

 with Dr. Paul, of Eoxburgh, Dr. Watson, of Edinburgh, 

 and Messrs. Poison and Crawford. 



On Tuesday the 17th it rained nearly the whole day, 

 and very little could be done in the way of exploration, 

 but next day, Wednesday the 18th, was fine, and the 

 whole party, under the guidance of ]\lr. Angus Grant, a 

 local botanist, spent the day in the woods surrounding the 

 Earl of Seafield's mansion-house. Fungi were tolerably 

 abundant, more rain having fallen there than in the eastern 

 and southern parts of the country. About a hundred 

 different species of Hymenomycetes were noted, most of 

 them being those that may be found in suitable woods 

 anywhere in Scotland, and v/hich need not be specially 

 mentioned here. A full list, however, is set down at the 

 end of the paper as a contribution to the geographical 

 distribution of Fungi in Scotland, the locality having prob- 

 ably not before been specially examined. But some of the 

 less common and rare Fungi found on the first day may be 

 mentioned. Xot far from the mansion-house rises a knoll 

 covered with rocks on the top, and clothed with old Scotch 

 firs everywhere but on the very summit, whose dark-green 

 foliage forms a striking contrast to the lighter tints of the 

 mixed woods around, and presents a conspicuous object as 

 seen from the neighbourhood of the hotel. Many of the 

 trees are magnificent specimens of the Finns silvcstris. 

 On one side of this knoll a great number of specimens of 

 CortinariiLS armillatus, Fr., were found along with Ladarms 

 vietv.s, Fr., in still greater abundance. One specimen of the 

 rare Trametes pini, Fr., was discovered. Near the path 

 leading from the house to this knoll a minute and beautiful 

 Polyporus was detected on a fallen and decayed birch 

 bough, which proved to be Pohjporv.s ciliatns, Fr,, and 

 which, so far as is known, has not been found before in 

 Britain, In another part of the grounds a fine Hydnum 

 occurred, which has been identified as Hydnum compactum, 

 Pers. These were the principal finds of the first day. 



