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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 
Oct., 1891. 
Comfort, Purt. ii. 693. Banks, Allesley, Bree in Purt. 
iii. 470. Hopsford, Adams. On a beech stump in Pack- 
ington Park, July, 1886. 
665. C. vernicosus, DC. Nidularia campanulata, With., Purt. 
Woods, gardens, and fields. Rare. September-October. 
In the garden of the workhouse atErdington, With. 350. 
Kinwarton, Purt. ii. 693. In a garden at Sutton, and 
in Mr. Levick’s garden at Aston. “ Call'd in Worcester¬ 
shire, Cornbells, where it grows plentifully,” Ray, Syn. 
n. 20. 
CRUCXBULUM. Tut. 
666. C. vulgare, Tut. Nidularia Icevis , Purt. On ferns, sticks, 
&c. Rare. Autumn and winter. Near Coleshill, on a 
decayed fern stalk, Bree in Purt. iii. 267. Warwick, 
Perceval. Combe Ridings, Adams. Near Erdington, 
August, 1888. 
SPHiEROBOLUS. Tode. 
667. S. stellatus, Tode. Lycoperdon carpobolus , With. On 
rotten sticks, &c. Rather rare. June to November. 
Packington, With. 271. Driffold Lane, Sutton ; New 
Park, Middleton ; Bradnock’s Hayes ; Edgbaston Park ; 
Olton Reservoir, &c. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Geological Section, August 18th. Mr. Pumphrey 
(president) in the chair. Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited Oxyria reniformis, 
Cochlearia Danica, Carduus heterophyllus, from Glencoe, Juniperus nana 
from Goat Fell, Salix herbacea (Glencoe), Lycopodium selaginoides, 
and also specimens of rock from summit of Ben Nevis. Mr. W. 
Hodgson exhibited some fossil specimens from the Wren’s Nest and 
Open Coal Working obtained during recent excursion to Dudley.— 
Microscopical Section, September 1st. Mr. C. Pumphrey (president) 
in the chair. Mr. S. P. Bolton exhibited Leptodora hyalina , Dendro- 
soma radians, and Ophrydium - ? Mr. T. Y. Hodgson exhibited 
Limnias ceratophylli, Zootliamnium arbuscula, and other vorticellidse. 
Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited Lemna polyrhiza and Peronospora infestans. 
All these were collected on the recent excursion to Solihull. Mr. Grove 
also exhibited a large number of fungi, among which were Lentinus 
cochleatus, Agaricus sinuatus, and A. incanus. Mr. J. Levick then 
gave a brief account of his trip to Ben Nevis and neighbourhood.— 
Biological Section, September 8th. Mr. C. Pumphrey, president, in 
the chair. A dish of fungi, Cantharellus cibarius, cooked by Mr. W. B. 
Grove, was handed round for the members to taste. Mr. Grove also 
exhibited the following fungi from Kenilworth:— Agaricus acervatus, 
Ag. fragrans, Ag. ammoniacus, Cortinarius purpurascens , Russula rosacea , 
Craterellus cornucopioides, Peziza hemispherica , and Sphcerella rumicis. 
Mr. W. R. Hughes, F.L.S., exhibited the following plants from the 
