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President. Dr. Plowright then gave a short resumé of new species of 
the Uredinee and Ustilagineae found during the past year, and 
exhibited specimens of Urocystis Filipendulae, ‘Tul. from Mr. ‘Tatum 
of Salisbury, and of the two species of Barley-smut, Ustilago Hordei 
and ‘fensent. He pointed out in regard to these two latter, that until 
recently they had been taken as one species both by agriculturalists 
and mycologists, but recent investigation had shown that they were 
very distinct, the one was pulverulent and disappeared before harvest, 
leaving only a bare rachis, whereas the other was a malignant 
parasite present in the ears of corn, which not only made the sample 
dark and therefore of less value, but also if sown without a previous 
remedial dressing, ensured in the next year a diseased crop; this he 
ventured to think was of great consequence to the farmer. Mr. A. 
Clarke then read his promised paper on “ Photography as applied to 
Mycology,” illustrated by many splendid photographs of various 
species of fungi, and all present were agreed that no abler exponent 
of that side of mycology could have been found to set forth the 
advantages of such a reproductive process, and especial appreciation 
was expressed for his magnificent stereoscopic examples. 
On Friday, the 17th of September, a long drive from Worksop 
brought the members to their trysting place, where their guide, 
Professor J. W. Carr, who somewhat impatient at waiting for the 
members at the appointed spot, met them shortly after they de- 
scended from the carriages. Under his kind conductorship a pleasant 
ramble was taken to the heart of the Birklands, which at the present 
day is the sole remnant of the ancient Forest of Sherwood. On the 
way Amanita recutita Fr. was found in some abundance, and the 
older trees, now living wrecks, were noted as being specially the 
habitat of Polyporus sulphureus, Fr., the condition of which Dr. 
Plowright attributed to this fungus, but other members not imbued 
with Hartig’s views, thought that age and not that parasite were 
responsible for their condition. "The members then reached the 
“¢ Butchers’ Shambles Oak” or “Robin Hood’s Larder,” and many 
interesting forms of fungi were here noted, amongst which we may 
enumerate a lovely group of Pholiota adiposa, Fr., and numerous 
examples of Collybia vertirugis, Cke. At the shooting box the 
carriages met the members, and thus terminated a most enjoyable 
week’s ramble in search of fungi. In the evening, a hearty vote of 
thanks was accorded to the Dukes of Portland and Newcastle and 
Earl Manvers, for the kind permissions that had been granted for 
visiting their estates. Over three hundred species were gathered 
during this foray, but as the majority were common ones, only the 
most interesting are enumerated in the subjoined list, 


