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Report of the Fungus Foray held at Oxshott, October 6th, 



1906. 



By Edward Step, F.L.S. Read January 10I/1, 1907. 



Although up to the end of September the continuance of 

 drought and high temperature gave little promise of a successful 

 fungus hunt, a few timely rains made a great difference ; and though 

 the individuals were less abundant the species were more numerous, 

 and their representatives in excellent condition. Several members 

 went down in the morning and divided attention between Entomology 

 and Mycology. I have no record of the entomological results, 

 except that Mr. Turner devoted the time to searching for the pre- 

 winter cases of the Coleophorids, and found on the birches an 

 abundance of the minute, recently made cases of Coleophora fuscedi- 

 nella on their small mines. Among them were a few minute, black 

 pistol cases of either C. ibipennella or C. ardecepennella, and a case 

 which must have been that of C. bicolorella, although Mr. Turner was 

 not previously aware that this last species ever frequented birch. 



We had the advantage of the presence of Mr. J. F. Rayner, of 

 Southampton, who helped greatly in the identification of the fungi, 

 and but for whose assistance the following list of species seen would 

 have been much shorter [species recorded in previous years have 

 been omitted from Mr. Step's list] : 



Lycoperdon perlatum, L. depressum, Polystictus abietinus, Fames 

 annosus, Polyporus sulp/iureus, P. adustus, P. adiposus, Boletus 

 piperalus, B. bovinus, B. ccespitosus, B. luridus, Panceolus campanu- 

 latus, Gomphidius viscidus, G. ?-oseus, Psilocybe ericaa, P. udus, P. 

 semilanceata, Hypholoma hydrophilum, Stropharia albo-cyanea, Cor- 

 tinarius leucopus, C. decipiens, C. hinnuleus, C. collinitits, C. elatior, 

 C. cinnamomeus, and its var. sanguitieus, Flammula supinea, Hebeloma 

 ??iesophceum, Inocybe carpta, I. asterospora, Uygrophorus com'cus, 

 Lacca7'ia baccatus, var. amethystina, Lactarius t/ieiogabus, L. rufus, 

 Russuki adusfa, P. virescens, P. drimeta, P. rubra, P. fragilis, P. 

 heterophylla, Mycena epipterygia, M. ga/opoda, M. sanguinolenta, M. 

 filopes^M. ammoniaca, M.gabertcubata, Collybia macu/ata, C. dryophila, 

 Marasmius peronatus, M. ramealis, Tric/zo/oma nudum, T. grammo- 

 podium, T. columbetta, Lepiota procera, Amanita spissa, Amanitopsis 

 vaginatus, Leiocarpus fragilis, Fuligo varians, Rhytisma acerinum. 



Several slugs found feeding on Boleti were taken by Mr. Sich, and 

 turned out to be Arion circumscj-iptus and A. intermedins. 



