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bullate, then plane, slightly depressed in the centre, chrome-yellow ; 
margin turned down, at length patent, perfectly even or slightly striate 
when old, often paler than the disc, but sometimes of a deeper colour; 
cuticle not so easily separable as in ochroleuca ; flesh white, yellow 
beneath the cuticle; stem l£-2^in. x £-§in., smooth, white, cylindrical, 
blunt at base, slightly spongy within, at length rugose and cinereous or 
even blackish ; gills scarcely crowded, not reaching the stem so much 
as in ochroleuca , not united behind, white, then altogether pale-lemon 
yellow, at length sub-ochraceous. Amongst grass in damp places, 
Wyndley Pool, Sutton Coldfield. September-October. 
W. B. Grove, B.A. 
Reports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Sociological Section, August 28th, Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., 
m the chair.—Mr. Bagnall exhibited Cuscuta Europeca, Bupleurum 
rotund ifolium, Arundo Epigejos, A. Calamagrostis from Upton, Warwick¬ 
shire ; for Mr. Bolton King, liosa scabriuscula, from Gaydon; for 
Miss Gingell, Helleborus viridis, fasciated form of Verbascum nigrum, 
Epipactis latifolia, Solidago virga-aurea , &c., from Dursley, Gloucester¬ 
shire ; and a specimen of dry rot, Merulius lachryvuins, from a manu¬ 
factory in Birmingham. Mr. C. J. Wainwriglit exhibited larvae of 
Selenia illustraria, a case of mimicry of sticks. Mr. W. B. Grove 
exhibited Vicia tetrasperma, Sison amomum, and Hypericum hirsutum, 
from Spernal, and a number of Fungi, among which were Cortiuarius 
torvus, Ag. infundibuliformis var. membranaceus, and Nyctalis parasitica, 
growing on old stems of Russula nigricans, and itself having Hypoynyces 
b ary anus parasitic upon its gills. Mr. J. Edmonds exhibited Bovista 
nigrescens and Lycoperdon gemmatum var. furfuraceum, from Pendinas 
Wood, Aberystwitli. Microscopical Section. — Meeting, Tuesday, 
September 4th, Mr. J. F. Greenway in the chair. Mr. Buncher 
was duly elected a member of the Society. Mr. T.E. Bolton exhibited 
Chirocephalus diaphanus, the fairy shrimp. Mr. W. P. Marshall, M.I.C.E., 
exhibited some interesting plants that he had collected with Mr. 
Pumphrey in Norway. Biological Section. —Meeting, September 
11th, Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., in the chair. The following exhibits 
were made :—By Mr. Herbert Stone, a very interesting series of plants 
from Budleigli Salterton, including Erodium moschatum, Iris feetidissima, 
Lycopodium Selago, Ruscus aculeatus, dbc. By Mr. E. W. Wagstaffe, 
Feziza scutellata ; also coal from Hamstead Colliery, enclosing spores 
of Salvinia. By Mr. W. B. Grove, fungi, Leotia lubrica and Russula 
claroflava, from Sutton Park. By Mr. J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S., for Mrs. 
E. Hopkins, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Sphagnum acutifolium, S. fimbri- 
atum in fruit, and Dicranella cerviculata, from Foxfield, Westmoreland ; 
for Miss Gingell, Clematis Vitalba, Picris echioides, and an edible fungus, 
Cantharellus cibarius, from Dursley, Gloucestershire ; for Mr. W. R. 
Hughes, F.L.S., Festuca rigida and Catalpa syriugoefolia, a fine tree, 
native of North America, from a plantation near Rochester ; for Mrs. 
Coker Beck, the rare Gentiana germanica , and a fungus, Spat hula ria 
flavida, from Crowell, Oxfordshire. Geological Section. —September 
17tli, Mr. T. H. Waller, B.A., B.So., in the chair. Mr. Wilkinson 
exhibited: Selenite crystals, and a collection of fossils, including 
