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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 
rULY rUnUo. 
squamosus, Fr. 
= 
1,072. 
B. squamosus. 
varius, Fr. 
= 
1,066. 
B. nummularius. 
elegans, Fr. 
1,073. 
B. elegans. 
lucidus, Fr. 
= 
1,071. 
1,075. 
B. obliquatus. 
B. rugosus. 
intybaceus, Fr. 
= 
1,074. 
B. frondosus. 
sulphureus, Fr. 
= 
1,084. 
B. sulphureus. 
adustus, Fr. 
= 
1,088. 
B. flabelliformis. 
hispidus, Fr. 
= 
1,085. 
B. hispidus. 
fomentarius, Fr. 
= 
1,087. 
B. fomentarius. 
igniarius, Fr. 
= 
1,086. 
B. igniarius. 
versicolor, Fr. 
1,082. 
B. versicolor. 
DjEDALEA. 
quercina, Pers. 
= 
1,061. 
A. quercinus. 
unicolor, Fr. 
= 
1,083. 
B. unicolor. 
MERULIUS. 
corium, Fr. 
= 
1,100. 
A. papyrina. 
lachrymans, Fr. 
= 
1,081. 
B. lachrymans. 
HYDNUM. 
imbricatum, L. 
= 
1,090. 
H. imbricatum. 
auriscalpium, L. 
= 
1,089. 
H. auriscalpium. 
SISTOTREMA. 
coufluens, Pers. 
(To be 
1,091. H. subiamellosum 
continued.) 
tUprls of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Geological Section. August 15th. Mr. Wilkinson in the 
chair. Mr. T. Y. Hodgson gave a report of the excursion to the Wrekin, and 
exhibited specimens obtained there. Mr. Marshall exhibited granites from 
Norway, and a collection of plants; Mr. Wilkinson, proliferation in white 
clover ; also, for Mr. Bradley, Spiraea Filipendula, from Portland. 
BIRMINGHAM MICROSCOPISTS’ AND NATURALISTS’ UNION.— 
July 24th. Mr. G. H. Corbett showed a series of triassic pebbles containing 
fossils, notably one of Monograptus priodon, and another of part of Phacops 
caudatus ; Mr. Round, a series of specimens of basalt from drainage cuttings 
at Oldbury, showing gradations from basalt to cinder; Mr. Deakin, a 
collection of the smaller moths from Wicken fen. Mr. Wykes then read a 
paper on “ The Planet Jupiter.” The writer described the size of the planet, 
its form, weight, and distance from us. Jupiter was said to be in a glowiug 
heat, covered by bands of hazy cloud, except in the equatorial part which 
was comparatively free from them. The paper was illustrated by a series of 
drawings showing the different aspects of the planet.—July 31st. Subject 
Diatoms and Desmids. Messrs. Rodgers, Parker, and Mulliss showed a 
number of these beautiful objects, some living. Several kinds of fresh-water 
algae were also shown, including the water-net, Hydrodictyon utriculatum ; 
Mr. Corbett showed a pipe-coral, Syringopora bifurcata ; Mr. Rolan, an 
entomological collecting case, containing all accessories for field work ; also 
the result of a recent holiday’s collecting in Wicken feu.—August 14th. Mr. 
Corbett showed a collection of coal-measure fossils from the Wakefield 
district; Mr. Deakin, three varieties of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum, 
L. alpinum , and L. annotinum. 
September, 1893. 
