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In the Mycological Section some good work was done, 

 allowing- for the season. To the general naturalist the most 

 interesting- fungus of the day was the Edible Morell, which 

 attains a very larg-e growth in this district. The writer has 

 often eaten it when he lived in Hertfordshire, and can testify to 

 its pleasing and delicate flavour as an adjunct to the breakfast 

 rasher. He was accustomed to gather it about half the size 

 of the specimens seen at Oldstead, probably in a younger stage. 

 Mr. T. Gibbs reports that the date was too early for a large 

 ' bag ' of fungi, so the list given below must be considered 

 fairly satisfactory. The district, with its fine woods, its well- 

 watered valleys and rich meadows, looks as if it would well 

 repay a regular 'foray.' The most productive ground met with 

 was a little wooded ravine near the hamlet of Wass, with rocky 

 and precipitous sides, and containing a stony stream-course 

 (then dry). Here on the dead wood and herbage the smaller 

 Discomycetes abounded, none however being of special interest. 

 A fine large Peziza {Peziza venosa Pers.) was found in a quarry 

 in the same wood. Some very fine specimens of the Morell 

 (Morchella esculenta Pers.) were a prominent feature on the 

 hedge banks near Oldstead. The Agarics were fairly repre- 

 sented for so early in the year, and included the curious and 

 rather uncommon Cantharellus infundibuliformis Fr. The 

 following 32 species were identified : — 



Lycoperdon Bovista L. Hysterium ilicinum DeNot. 



Agaricus campestris L. Stegia ilicis Fr. 



Hypholoma fasciculare Huds. Both on dead Holly leaves. 



Psilocybe spadiceo-grisea Schff. 

 Coprinus atramentarius Fr. 

 Coprinus radiatus Fr. On dung. 

 Coprinus plicatilis Curt. 



On dead wood. 



Peziza venosa Pers. 

 Helotium cyathoidum Bull. 



On dead herbaceous stems. 



Marasmius oreades Bolt. In large 



' Fairy ring ' in meadow. 

 Cantharellus infundibuliformis Pers. 



In Cam Wood. 

 Poria vaporaria Fr. On dead wood. 

 Dacryomyces stillatus Duby. 



On dead wood. 

 Lasiosphasria ovina Pers. 



On dead wood. 



Leptosphseria acuta. 



On dead stems of Nettle. 

 Nectria cinnabarina Fr. 



Conidial stage on dead twigs. 

 Xylaria hypoxylon. On dead wood. 

 Ditiola radicata Fr. On rotten wood. 



Mollisia cinerea Batsch. 

 Dasyscypha virginea Batsch. 

 Dasyscypha hyalina Pers. 



The last three on dead wood. 

 Ascophanus testaceus Phil. 



On Rabbit clung. 

 Ascobolus glaber Pers. 



On Rabbit dung. 

 Orbilia leucostigma Fr. 



On dead wood. 

 Orbilia succinea Quelet. 



On dead stems of Nettle. 

 Rhytisma acerinum Pers. 



On dead Sycamore loaves. 



Morchella esculenta Pers. 

 Cystopus candidus Lev. 



On Shepherd s Purse. 



1902 September i. 



