NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
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Sporidia uniseriate, ellipsoid (*006 X •OOSS-’OOd mm.), often un- 
equal sided, biguttulate, hyaline. 
On rotten wood, probably oak. Mattishall, Norfolk (0. B.). 
Didymosphaeria conoidea, Niessl. Sacc. Syll. 2644. 
Perithecia scattered, covered, becoming free, rather large, 
conoid, flattened at the base, the apex sometimes a little depressed. 
Ostiola papillate or somewhat conical, black, shining, rather 
hard. Asci cylindrical, with a short stem. Sporidia uniseriate, 
obovate, septate at the middle, a little constricted, pale olivaceous 
(•006-*009 x *005 mm.). 
On herbaceous stems. Near Bristol (C. B). 
ANNUAL FUNGUS FORAYS. 
Essex Field Club. — This excursion, as last year, was extended 
over two days, October 2nd and 3rd — the foray for the first day 
being near Epping, and on the second day more in the neighbour- 
hood of Lough ton. It need not be said that the present is 
the worst year for fungi in our experience, owing to the dry 
summer succeeded by a cold autumn. Notwithstanding this, 
some interesting additions were made to the Epping Forest Flora. 
Of these we may enumerate — Ag. (Coll.) confluens, Ag. (Pleur.) 
septicus , Ag. (Myc.) hcematopus, Ag. (Crep.) mollis , Ag. (Ino.) 
eutheles, Ag. (Pan.) phalcenarum , Cortinarius armillatus, Corti - 
narius talus, Cortinarius paleaceus , Marasmius erythropus, Boletus 
laricinus , and Clavaria contorta , together with Cortinarius deco- 
lorans , and Cortinarius evernius. In the evening, after tea, a meet- 
ing was held, and several papers read. 
Tunbridge Wells Natural History Society. — This Society 
had its first Fungus Foray this year in Buckhurst Park. The 
number of fungi collected was small, and these were afterwards 
exhibited in the rooms of the Literary Institution. Mr. Howse 
kindly forwarded a list of the principal species collected, none of 
which can be considered rare, and most of them the commonly and 
widely distributed species. 
Hertfordshire Natural History Society. — The annual 
Fungus Foray and Cryptogamic Excursion took place on October 
17th, in Bricket Wood, being, as heretofore, a Saturday half-day 
excursion. We have received no record of results. 
Birmingham Natural History Society. — No regular myco- 
logical excursion was undertaken by this Society in the present 
autumn, but during a private excursion with two or three friends, 
in the neighbourhood of Kenilworth, we found Agaricus (Stro- 
pharia) luteo-nitens, Fr., for the first time in this country, of which 
figures will be given in the “ Illustrations.” 
