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as usual, and considerable hunting had to be done. Old charcoal 
heaps yielded a few charcoal-loving species, as Polystictus 
perennis, Humaria carbonigena, Pyronema confluens, and Collybia 
ambusta. Some stacks of birch logs near Dowles Brook were 
rich in micro-fungi. A noteworthy find here was Hymenochaete 
tabacina, which appears to be much more rare in this country 
than H. rubiginosa and H. corrugata. Russula chloroides was 
abundant, and Nyctalis parasitica was found everywhere on 
decaying R. nigricans. Mr W. B. Allen brought a number of 
rare and interesting species from Horderley and Benthall, 
Shropshire. 
On Wednesday Ockeridge Wood and Monk Wood were 
visited. The former proved most productive, very few addi- 
tions to the list being made in Monk Wood which was more 
dry. Some fine specimens of Pholiota squarrosa were secured at 
the base of an Abzes, which is an unusual habitat for this species. 
The best finds of the day were Hygrophorus Wynniae and 
Otidea leporina, the latter gathered by Miss M. Brett. In the 
evening Mr Carleton Rea delivered his Presidential Address. 
On Thursday a visit was paid to Shrawley Wood and was 
remarkable for the large number of specimens of the somewhat 
rare Strobilomyces strobilaceus. A characteristic tree here was 
the small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata), and a number of re- 
supinates, including Tulasnella incarnata, were recorded on this 
host. Some fine tufts of Polyporus intybaceus were found growing 
at the roots of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea vesca). This day’s foray 
proved the most interesting of all, this wood being damper than 
others visited. Clitocybe cinerascens (Bull.) Quél., Cvraterellus 
cornucopioides, Cortinarius triumphans, C. cyanopus, Lactarius 
lilacinus, Polyporus rutilans, P. mollis and Corticium atrovirens 
were among the more noteworthy finds. The owner (Mrs J. H. 
Allan) very kindly entertained the Council to a welcome cup 
of tea and the President reported that on a preliminary visit 
to this wood in company with their foray secretary, Mr A. A. 
Pearson, he had found Avachnopeziza nivea Lort, a discomycete 
new to the British fungus flora. j 
In the evening Professor A. H. R. Buller gave a short paper, 
illustrated by lantern-slides, on “Snails in relation to Fungi,”’ 
and Dr Butler initiated a discussion on ‘‘The Amateur in relation 
to Mycology.” 
An expedition to the Trench Woods was made on Friday. 
These were very dry, and very few of the larger fungi were 
found, but notwithstanding this Miss C. A. Cooper detected 
specimens of Astrosporina duriuscula; Mycena dilatata and 
Androsaceus epiphylloides, and some interesting micro-forms 
also occurred. In one spot a large patch of Corticium fasti- 
