528 THE: 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE: 
E. 
[OCTOBER 23, 1875, 
m 
the writer of these notes here promises to give one or 
two entire days to othe best a 
erwise, 
from x distance; if this coul it is don 
London exhibition aud ү? ат to 
that ic Hereford and Perth, both in contributors and 
specimens of fungi. 
There is pe good work done at Hereford, ad 
this year is therefore like its predecessors. A: here 
tofore, itid р papers have been read by Mr. Broome 
various new species have aii added 
ye en hene 2€ of the first 
he d at once 
lighted on pides одеа деб eri a plant o 
the greatest interest, am to а very small rib- 
gen to Bri 
щл 
S 
Most of си visitors to o Hereford arrived м, ао do 
Осїоһет 1 eek's “ Sen M began on the 
neresi "Tuesday when a mabe to the 
Bishopstone Woods, ud the me te hen of the Rev. 
illiams, of B his gentleman not 
Aca Bekk fig. 1 1 16), was found, and 
tate A gari us balaninus of Persoon. Another "LI 
poc pon possibly A, p was met with, 
but the probabilities were altogether i in favour of this 
at f geom valued). A third dubious plant with blood- 
tains 
was doubtfully referred to Cortinarius 
Баша; it had n i however, brilliant crimson 
mycelium peculiar to this The singular Heck 
e 
in 
curn — АГАН cus — КТІ 
phyllus, which were all common. Mr. Ber diio „ар s 
lee Agaricus Iris was found pus with its sei кы 
ut fugitive tints of blue. Young plants of this exqui 
site little plant, си seen from abo ove, have 
appear: blue eye with its pupil, ape 
it is probable that T gentes had the pass 
of the rainbow in view when he named the p iut 
But in classic mythology oy Pi the messenger of the 
gods when di discord was brewing, so opinions are eis 
to A 
number of species coming = 
Lactarius, Helvella, &c., we 
ning various minute fungi epee the microscope. 
Amongst the most шеси сые ere examined 
: . specimens of Phe ly sent 
d » first been » to the second of fruit of 
the Z€— disease by Mr. view i 
now generaly accepted amongst cce The 
specimens were critically maminih, V Tara. 
cussed ; as tephens' confirmatory 
original sketch (published in Cobden? Chronicle for 
peo 2, 1875, p. 433) was also exhibited, together 
with the original drawings of the resting-spores of the 
On Wednesday, October 13, several of the most 
active botanists were up before 
at work in the museum 
ry г ortentous, and the 
erii had rapidly fallen, 1 [y happily the 
storm passed off, mino n fe 
threat- 
: im 
meus, growing round the drip of a Larch, attracted the 
ey beautiful page 
шен of most of the Vaio Hy. eom the Rev. 
W. Houghton found a Specim n of the and beau 
tiful Tola aurata,— te andsomest of the 
sa Berke 
genus," s Mr. ere plant with eep 
golden-orange юр and wh aps furnished. with a 
golden edge. rrubia pe др with— 
this a crimson, ач shaped rise ‘found, win 
upon the dead pupze they li uried in 
of moths e buri 
the ground. Mr. Percival row pe ther rare and 
Agari 
a plant only once before meer in неее, Тһе 
groun A = dcc um brilliant with the golden- 
of Peziza aurantia, and more than once 
S and 
m 
por A. 
s, S кА agrant Hydra ae 81y- 
ciosmus, and the fœtid, but very handsome M 
oprinus, C. rd were also found. 
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and beer. On returning to the station various speci- 
Fic. 
I16,—GEASTER RUFESCENS. 
= 
mens of the Roast Beet plant, Iris fcetidissima, were 
and admired eir brilliant -red 
seen, 
and prostrate p iul the 
in the woods n in some eee covered for many 
yards the curious but uncommon lichen 
ишү poe futs: the plats belonging to this 
enus are A mistaken for fungi 
Pei evening, fun théfed 
taken to the Free Libary Br. Bull, who was un- 
able to QU the durin 
ood n 
kind bet a oe pai the 
at Mr. 5 private sta- 
At Ven may be seen some of the finest Hemlock 
pruces in this country, and near these trees, which 
' true 
SER she ear-seented А А. ругі 
orcella, and A. sulfureus in some abundance were 
met with, the latter Smelling of gas- bens Near the 
and under 
house of Leb: ban non, 
was a аг t broken 1 ring of ieri 5 specimens b 
the Mushroom ; many of these e plants 
orse 
taken to Hereford for the evening’s dinner, tothe 
oom in i 
ver, smoke s so ics 
akia, which practice мі, а ten 
even been heard to = 
€ lt pouch were аан A 
s piperatus and Agar h faia us, and that 
pipe-lights: were the only Раем араада апі Flammu- 
this man ur- 
ing the Club-day part of the Grea y Offa, _ 
ing o of Mer ercia, was visited : the dem ditch ig ago 1 
On the side of part of this [stupendous eed 
Dr. Bull gathered several nice specimens of the edible _ 
which were ea E 
e varia 
amethystina, a ihn prie brnchet fungus new to 
Hereford, and very se eldom E 
hig 
Agaricus roris posus — 
үкөл Й vitellina, with its fine shades of yellow, 
as ith in ra p as was the - 
gorgeous ortinarius cinnabarinus. The latter plant - 
as found ти und the | 
а autumn-tinted 1 
were almost exactly за 
with the fu ungus itself, ws one a 
Was every w. M pale, — 
mois t; а face of this fungus may be жт to е; 
pallid from pk goes malignity. 
The Mus reford i once more —-— 
ppre | 
the Medic pute = in order, and a paper read in 
the Free Library (see р. 525) on “ Reproduction in - 
the Mushroom Tribe " (see pp. 488, 519 3 
t quite so comprehe 
belonging to the Perth dinner, but fw was as equally 
for I e paci forget my shock when 
of M. oread 
terrified by a poisonous fungus, but when Я 
e harrowing possibility of ** D, Deal” doing for жей 2 
he has done for so man er men—viz., wri 
melancholy tuary of me the Journal of 
Horticulture—it makes me shiver in my shoes, and, in 
о be far less reckless than I other- 
* 
the way o 
Lamb's Kidneys, Vases Exe: 
Bees): y egetabie Oysters, | D Y 
Goose has not yet been discovered, and, i en a real 
roas before the MI pos wes 
seen der li i eam 0 
to nd dim er like a fungologist in a р “Де” 
>in Macbeth. 
After dinner, Dr, Bull at once rose and e 
brilliant and lengthened ed of all the fungus wore — 
of the year, especially ae to the X пай. found — 
by Her fori men. cies Britait 
he mentioned Agaricus (Есей) “поршань йош 
last mem by himself, and certainly one of the most - 
interesting plants of the Br British Flora ; por ет, 
А. (Omphalia) Postii September, and $ 
veis Ua years a third was A. (Phc- 
ht for again in vain 
