232 MR. NICHOLAS TEMPERLFA" S REPORT OF 



Xylaria hypoxylon 



Tricholoma personatum 



Boletus sp . 



Hypholoina sp. 



Coprimis sp. and many more. 



GiBSiDE Park, 27TH October. 



In spite of recent and continued tempestuous weather the 

 autumn tints of foliage were very beautiful and varied. Mature 

 beeches, chesnuts, etc., of noble growth were much admired. 

 The hornbeam only appeared as a low-growing tree. A fine 

 cedar of Lebanon displayed a big crop of staminate catkins 

 standing erect on the upper surface of its branches. Acorns 

 seemed plentiful in places, and the mossy-cupped acorns of 

 the Turkey oaks were gathered. 



Among the fungi identified were : — 



Pesiza willkommii (the larch canker, in an early stage) 



Pholiota squarrosa (the shaggy scaly-cap) 



Ithyphalhts impmhcus (stinkhorn) 



Stropharia aeruginosa (verdigris toadstool) 



Stropharia semiglobata (half-sphere toadstool) 



Lactarius trivialis 



Plydniiin 7-epan(htm 



Sterettm hirsutuni 



Corticiinn cclccuin 



Xylaria sp. 



Fonies s/^. 



In moist places in the woods Carex pendula still stood up 

 five feet high, handsome and graceful. By a pond, Equisetuni 

 Tehnateia was quite dominant. Lonicera xylosteuiii, the fiy 

 honeysuckle, was seen in fruit. 



A single species of moth, the winter moth {Chei'rnafobia 

 hnimata) was abundant, sitting on the bark of trees, where it 

 was almost invisible from its protective colouring. The 

 squirrel, jay, jackdaw, blue-tit, robin and chaffinch were seen, 

 and the hooded -crow was lieard. 



There is much of interest in the Jacobean hall and the artistic 

 erections in the park, each visible at the end of a long vista, 



