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supplies a list, with notes, of the Mycetozoa met with at the 
Doncaster meeting, and also an article on Japanese Mycetozoa 
which had been sent her by Mr. K. Minakata; one new species 
and two new varieties are described and fig ured, and interesting 
facts are given concerning the collector, scat from hig letters. 
The Presidential Address of Professor A. H. R. ae: on ‘“ The 
Fungus Lore of the Greeks and Romans” gathers together from 
numerous sources what is known of the quaint ‘lees of Te 
times concerning these plants, their nature and uses. iss 
EK. M. Wakefield continues her notes on resupinate fungi, and 
describes several which have recently been found in this country, 
including one new species. Dr. J. W. is has a further 
oo to his lists of new British micro-fungi, and ‘cache: 
new species. Dr. Bayliss Elliott records the constant 
presence of fungus mycelium in the carton lining the nests of 
two species of British ants, the fungi being different in each case 
The facts are most interesting, having regard to what is recorded 
of tropical ants and associated fungi. ‘The paper is illustrated by 
a — Mr. G. K. Su sn rland has an article on the Pyrenomy- 
cetous fungi which occur on marine alge; in this vachiaslly 
biology iss 0 Smit r. J. Ramsbottom record 
new and rare British micro-fungi and “laut ten new speci 
Mr. Ramsbottom also has pap “Recent published results 
obituary notices of Dr. M. C. Cooke (a shortened form of which. 
appeared in this Journal) and the Rev. W. L. W. Eyre. The 
At the eninelini of the Linnean Boaiay on » Jane 3rd, 1915, 
Mr. Horace W. Monckton communicated a note on the Plant- 
association at the foot of the Boium Glacier, Norway. The 
Shetlands. At the ren ai pat ice there is the usual desolate 
space with fresh moraine, and plants are gradually finding 
