HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
XXX111 
For the last month, however, rain had fallen about three days out 
of every four, and this day was the second of two wet ones, on 
which, together, nearly one inch of rain fell. Had the foray been 
a few days later, again, there would have been a very different 
record, owing to the frost of the morning of the 8th, the tender 
tissues of the fungi not being able to withstand the effect of a few 
degrees of frost. 
In drenching rain and macintoshes, the party, with Mr. Hopkinson 
as director, and Mr. Massee as mycological referee, walked from 
Watford by Bushey Mill Bridge to Otterspool, the road traversed, 
which after leaving the bridge is usually deep in mud except in 
the dryest weather, being now found to be in many places some 
inches under water. Berry Grove Wood was entered at the Otters* 
pool end, and at this lower part of it some thirty species of fungi 
were seen. In the higher part, nearer Aldenham, this number was 
increased to nearly one hundred, and a few more species were 
found in Hearts Spring Wood. In the course of the afternoon the 
rain ceased, but not before the waning light rendered it a difficult 
matter to detect the fungi amongst the fallen leaves, which some 
of them so much resemble in colour. In returning to Watford by 
the Aldenham Boad, the 100th species was seen growing in 
profusion on an old willow stump, where this road in floods is 
always under water. 
The meeting was brought to a close at Wansford House, the 
residence of the Director, where tea was partaken of by the party, 
and a few species of fungi, sent by Dr. Brett, of Watford, and Mr. 
B. T. Andrews, of Hertford, were examined and named. 
The following is a list of the species collected, and identified by 
Mr. George Massee, F.B.M.S.:— 
Hymenomycetes. 
Agaricus {Amanita) muscarius, L. 
,, ,, vaginatus, Fr. 
,, ,, mappa , Batsch. 
,, {Lepiota) clypeolarius. Bull. 
,, ,, cr (status, Fr. 
,, ,, procerus , Scop. 
,, ( Glitocybe ) cyatlxiformis, Bull. 
,, ,, infundibuliformis , 
Sch. 
,, ,, brumalis , Fr. 
,, ,, phyllophi/us, Fr. 
,, ,, flaccidus, Sow. 
,, ,, cerussatus , Fr. 
,, ( Collybia ) raneidus, Fr. 
,, ,, butyracens, Bull. 
,, ,, dry op hi/us, Bull. 
,, {Mycena) epipteryginus, Scop. 
,, ,, galericulatus, Scop. 
,, ,, roridus, Fr. 
,, ,, alcalinits, Fr.. 
,, ,, stylobates, Fr. 
,, ,, kcematopus, Pers. 
,, ,, lacteus, Fr. 
,, ,, purus, Pers. 
Agaricus {Mycena) galopus, Schrad. 
,, ( Pleurotus ) salignus, Fr. 
,, {Pluteus) nanus, Pers. 
,, ,, cervinus, Sch. 
,, ( Entoloma) sinuatus, Fr. 
,, (Molanea) nigripes, Pers. 
,, ( Pholiota) sqaarrosus, Mull. 
,, ( Eebeloma ) crustuliviformis, 
Bull. 
,, ,, fastivilis, Fr. 
,, {Naucoria) pediades, Fr. 
,, ,, hamadryas, Fr. 
,, ,, melinoides, Fr. 
,, ,, semiorbicularis , Bull. 
,, ( Galera) tener, Sch. 
,, {Tubaria) furfuraceus, Pers. 
,, {Psalliota) campestris, L. 
,, ,, ,, var. silvicola. 
,, ( Stropharia ) ceruginosus, Curt. 
,, ,, semiglobatus, Batsch. 
,, ( Hypboloma ) fascicularis, Huds. 
,, ,, suhlateritius, ScheefL 
,, ,, velutinus, Pers. 
,, ( Psilocybe) spadiceus, Fr. 
,, {Paneolus) campanulatus, Linn. 
