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powdery, sterile thallus on the underside of almost every stone in 

 the base of an old wall was puzzling until apothecia were discovered 

 by Mr. James McGrath. Mr. Nearing later determined this crustose 

 lichen to be Lecidea lucida. A number of Cladonias were collected 

 on this hillside, including C. cristatella ffs. vestita and ahhreviata, 

 C. mitrula f. imbricatula, C. chlorophaea f. simplex, C. delicata f. 

 quercina, C. pleiirota, C. jurcata, C. Floerkeana, C. rangiferina and 

 C. coniocraea. 



After lunch, the party moved on to climb Sugarloaf Mountain, 

 a crystalline rock hill. On the rocks Cladonia pyxidata, C. uncialis, 

 Stereocaulon paschale and Lecanora rubina were collected. Along 

 the trail up, a tree yielded an abundance of Physcia tribacia in fruit, 

 P. endochrysea, and P. stellaris. More of the unusual Lecidea lucida 

 was found on the walls of the old roadway on the way up. It was 

 fruiting in greater abundance than on Goat Hill but was difficult 

 to collect as it chose to grow in the darker crannies in the bottom 

 of the wall. The best find of the day was made by Dr. M. L. Massey. 

 On the way up the southwestern slope of the hill she found a colony 

 of the "Iceland Moss," Cetraria islandica. When further search of 

 the slope was made, the colony was found to be of large size and 

 the plants luxuriant, with broad lobes. It is not likely to be much 

 disturbed as it is off the regular trail by which hikers ascend the 

 southern face of the hill. This find adds a new station to the scanty 

 records of this interesting lichen in the range of the Torrey Botanical 



J. W. Thomson, Jr. 



Trip of May 16-18 to Branchville, N. J. 



The Sixteenth Annual Nature Conference of the Club at Branch- 

 ville, N. J., was held May 16-18, 1941. Mr. Wallace M. Husk, 

 manager of the hotel, "The Pines," made the arrangements and 

 was host. At least one hundred persons were present. More than 

 ninety registered at the hotel and others stopped nearby or came 

 for only one or two of the walks. 



The leaders were Dr. J. M. Johnson in charge of the bird walks, 

 William Hassler who led trips for the study of reptiles and amphibi- 

 ans, Dr. John W. Thomson in charge of lichens and liverworts, 

 W. H. Dole who conducted trips for ferns and the writer who 

 led hikes for the study of trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Insects 



