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THE LICHFIELD EXCUKSION. 
The Lichfield detachment numbered about fifty, and left Tamworth 
to proceed in a diametrically opposite direction to the Hartshill party. 
Mr. Grayston, F.G.S., the leader for the day, called the first halt at 
Sir Robert Peel’s seat of Drayton Manor, where the fine picture 
gallery and the American garden were inspected with much interest. 
Driving thence in a north-westerly direction along the Watling Street, 
the tumuli at Hints and at Ofilow were noted, and the village of 
Wall—The Roman Station, Etocetum—was examined with care, its 
chief features being pointed out by the Rev. T. F. Rolfe. Lichfield 
was the main point of the day, and its centre of attraction was, of 
course, the Cathedral, whose beauties were discoursed upon by Dean 
Bickersteth, Canon Lonsdale, and the Rev. H. Dale, whose remarks 
were listened to with great pleasure and instruction. After lunch at 
the George Hotel the return route was taken through Hopwas Wood 
and by Whittington Heath to Tamworth, where the party arrived 
almost simultaneously with the Hartshill division. 
FUNGI OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BIRMINGHAM. 
FIRST LIST, 1881-82. 
(Continued from Vol. V., p. 274.) 
DISCOMYCETES. 
Uncinula bicornis, Lev. Sparkhill. Oct. 
Erysiphe Martii, Lk. Sutton, on peas. Oct. 
E. communis, Schl. Water Orton, on Lotus major. Sept. 
Clnetomium datum, Kunze. Water Orton; Great Barr. June—Oct. 
Eurotium herbariorum, Lk. Edgbaston, etc. May—Oct. 
Geoglossum glabrum, Pers. Sutton Park, IV. II. Wilkinson. Nov. 
Peziza aurantia, Fr. Sutton Park ; Sutton. Sept.—Nov. 
P. vesiculosa. Bull. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Sept. 
P. omphalodes. Bull. Crystal Palace, Sutton, on a heap of burnt wood 
in the vinery. April. 
P. granulata. Bull. Water Orton, Sutton Park, etc. Aug.—Oct. 
P. umbrorum, Fuckel. On moist ground, Barnt Green. Aug. 
P. scutellata, Linn. Driffold Lane, Sutton, etc. June—Nov. 
P. stercorea, Pers. Quinton; Harborne. Feb. 
P. theleboloides, A. and S. Sutton; a single specimen, which was 
growing on a brick, is referred by Mr. Phillips, though rather 
doubtfully, to this species. Sept. 
P. Dalmeniensis, Cooke. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on the ground among 
coltsfoot plants. This very rare fungus, like most of the other 
Pezizae, was named for me by Mr. W. Phillips. Sept. 
P. virginea, Batsch. Driffold Lane, Sutton; Edgbaston, etc., on 
squared timber and logs. Aug.—Feb. 
P. nivea, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Feb. 
P. calycina, Schum. Sutton Park, on larch. Sept.—Nov. 
P. palearum, Desm. Water Orton, on straw. June. 
P. hyalina, Pers. Driffold Lane, Sutton. April—May. 
P. stereicola, Cooke. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on the hymenium of a 
dead Stereum ; named by Mr. W. Phillips. Very rare. Sept. 
P. chavetiee, Lib. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on chips. Feb 
