^n ^//>t«f /arm o/Anellaria separata. Somerville Hastings. 35 



seemed to the \mter that similar characteristics to those de- 

 scribed above for alpine flowering plants, had been acquired 

 by some of these. ]\Iany specimens of Anellaria separata were 

 found in the alps on all three sides of Grindelwald, between 

 6000 and Sooo feet, and in all not less than 200 were examined. 

 In all cases the cow-dung on which they grew must have been 

 deposited the pre\-iou5 summer, as no cows had yet reached 

 the pastures. 



It was obsen-ed that, 



(i) AU the specimens of Anellaria separata seen, had short 

 stalks, and in no case were the stalks longer than t\rice the 

 diameter of the cap. 



(2) Owing to the lateness of the season, and the fact that 

 the cow-dung cannot have been free from snow for more than 

 a few weeks, it would appear almost certain that the myceUum 

 must have passed through a resting stage during the winter 

 months. 



(3) The caps appeared definitely larger than those familiar 

 to the writer in England. Unfortunately no measurements 

 were taken. 



The two photo.graphs reproduced were taken at about 7400 

 feet on the slopes of the Lauberhom, close to the Httle Scheidegg 

 Pass, on Jime 22nd, 1922. There was unmelted snow quite near 

 them, and they could not have been bare of snow for more 

 than two or three weeks. 



EDIBLE FUNGI. 



By Carleton Rea, B.C.L., M.A., Hon. Member British 

 Mycological Society, membre d'honneur de la Societe 

 mycologique de I' Est, etc. 



It is unnecessar\' for a would-be mycophagist to determine 

 his species as accurately as a systematist, but at the same time 

 it is necessary- that he should get approximately near the plant 

 that he has in \iew or he may suffer himself for the erroneous 

 determination. In this case however he has the comfort of 

 knowing that he has only misled himself. I consider a student 

 of our larger fungi is really making some progress when he feels 

 competent to identify the species and to back his opinion 

 further bv eating it. This is a much better way to acquire a 

 knowledge of their edible qualities than one I saw described 

 in the obituary notice of our late member, the Rev. D. C. O. 



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