PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
xxxviii 
Field Meeting, 8th October, 1890. 
HATFIELD PARK. 
Having obtained permission from tbe Marquis of Salisbury to 
wander at will in his park and in the grounds surrounding Hatfield 
House, the members, but few in number, first crossed the park 
from the entrance opposite the station to the woods beyond’ the 
Yineyard, and made a. most exhaustive search for fungi, this 
being the annual Fungus Foray. Their efforts, however, were 
not rewarded with much success, for, owing to the dry autumnal 
weather, these moisture-loving plants were here as elsewhere un¬ 
usually scarce. Several conspicuous and usually common species 
were now conspicuous only by their absence, but on the other hand 
a considerable addition was made to the Hertfordshire list, and 
a few rare species were found, including one which had only once 
before been seen in Britain, as mentioned below. 
Phallus impudicus made known its whereabouts by its smell, but 
the specimen was so hidden in shrubby undergrowth that the search 
for it was almost given up before it was espied. 
Leaving these woods, the members crossed the park towards 
the house, and met with rather better success in the beautifully- 
timbered private grounds adjoining it. But the shades of evening 
soon were falling, and it became a difficult matter to detect the 
minuter species under the trees and amidst the fallen leaves, so at 
dusk this happy hunting-ground was abandoned, and, after a walk 
through the more trim and stately gardens, the park was left by 
the door in the picturesque old gate-house near the Church. 
Mr. George Massee accompanied the party and has furnished 
the following list of species found; those now first recorded for 
Hertfordshire having an asterisk affixed, and the rarer species a 
dagger. 
Hymenomycetes. 
Agaricus (Amanita) mappa, Batsch. 
,, (Lepiota) muscarius, L. 
,, ,, granulosus, Batsch. 
,, (Armillaria) melleus, Valil. 
,, (Tricboloma) terreus, Schcef.* 
,, ,, personatus, Fr. 
,, ,, saponaceus, Fr. 
,, (Clitocybe) fragrans, Sow. 
,, ,, odorus, Bull. 
,, ,, pbyllopbilus, Pers. 
,, ,, mfundibuliformis, 
Schwein. 
,, (Collybia) maculatus, A. and S.* 
,, ,, esculentus, Wulf. 
,, ,, rancidus, Fr. 
,, ,, radicatus, Behl. 
,, (Mycena) galericulatus, Scop. 
,, ,, epipterygius, Scop. 
„ ,, purus, Fers. 
,, ,, bsematopus, Pers. 
,, ,, filopes, Bull. 
,, (Ompbalia) rusticus, Fr.* 
Agaricus (Pluteus) cervinus, Schceff. 
,, ,, cbrysopbseus, Schcef.* 
,, (Entoloma) sinuatus, Fr. 
,, (Pholiota) squarrosus, Muell. 
,, ,, adiposus, Fr.* 
,, (Hebeloma) spumosus, Fr* 
,, (Flammula) carbonarius, Fr. 
,, (Galera) hypnorum, Batsch. 
,, (Stropharia) seruginosus, Curt. 
,, (Hypholoma)fascicularis,Arw(?s. 
,, ,, lanaripes, Cooke.* 
,, (Psatbyra) pennatus, Fr.* 
Coprinus radiatus, Bolt. 
,, aratus, B. and Br.*\ 
Cortinarius acutus, Pers* 
,, pbolideus, Fr* 
,, violaceus, Linn.* 
Paxillus involutus, Fr. 
,, Alexandri, Fries* f 
Hygropborus eburneus, Fr. 
Lactarius subdulcis, Fr. 
„ subumbonatus, Lind.* 
Russula fellea, Fr. 
