2 Transactions British Mycological Society. 
The Treasurer’s statement showed the necessity for the 
increase in the annual subscription from Ios. to £1, due notice 
of which had been given to members. The discussion which 
followed showed that many present were of the opinion that an 
even greater increase was advisable, but it was suggested that 
it would doubtless be more beneficial to the Society if the 
necessary funds were obtained by increased membership. _ 
The invitation from the Haslemere Natural History Society 
to hold the Spring Foray at Haslemere at Whitsun, and that 
from the Worcestershire Naturalists Club to hold the autumn 
foray at Worcester* were accepted. 
Mr W. N. Cheesman was appointed delegate of the Society 
to the British Association meeting at Edinburgh. 
The President paid tribute to the memory and work of 
Monsieur E. Boudier and Signor P. A. Saccardo who were highly 
esteemed honorary members of the Society. He proposed that 
Monsieur N. Patouillard and Professor R. Thaxter be elected 
honorary members. 
It was decided that fraternal greetings be sent to the Société 
Mycologique de France}, and to couple with them expressions 
of sympathy on the death of M. Boudier. 
On Wednesday a start was made at noon, the mornings being 
devoted as usual during the rest of the foray to an examination 
of the previous day’s finds. The woods at Selworthy were 
visited. Just before turning into the woods a number of 
specimens of Clavaria stricta were found in the hedge bottom 
and a mass of Hirvneola Auricula-Judae on Berberis arcuata. This 
proved to be the best day of the foray for collecting Basidio- 
mycetes but the district had not had sufficient rain from a 
mycological point of view. Interesting additions to the list were 
Lepiota excoriata, Tricholoma columbetta, Russula incarnata, 
Poria sanguinolenta, Femsjonia luteoalba and Septoria thecicola. 
In the evening Mr T. Petch gave his Presidential Address on 
“Fungi parasitic on scale insectst.”’ 
Porlock woods were visited on Thursday. The most inter- 
esting addition was a patch of about 30 specimens of Geaster 
fimbriatus. Owing to the day being wet certain members of 
* Sept. 19-24, 1921. 
+ The following reply was received from M. A. Maublanc, General Secretary 
of the Société Mycologique de France. ‘‘Les membres de la Société Mycolo- 
gique de France, réunis en séance le 4 Novembre, aprés avoir pris connaissance 
de la lettre que vous avez adressée & M. Moreau, me prient de bien vouloir 
étre leur interpréte pour adresser 4 la Société Mycologique anglaise leurs 
chaleureux remerciements pour le fraternel salut et les voeux qu’elle leur 
adresse. 
Trés touchés de la marque de sympathie de leurs confréres d’ Angleterre, ils 
pent leurs souhaits les plus sincéres pour la prospérité de votre Société.” 
f See p. 18. ' 7 ‘ 
