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THE NEW FOREST FORAY, 
2nd—7th October 1899. 
The third annual week’s fungus foray was held in The New 
Forest, where the members assembled on the evening of Monday, 
the 2nd of October, at the Crown Hotel, Lyndhurst, under the 
Presidency of Mr. C. B. Plowright, M.D., who exhibited, on behalf 
of Mr. W. Phillips, F.L.S., some fine examples of Geaster limbatus 
Fr., and the Rev. W. L. W. Eyre placed out on exhibition a lovely 
specimen of the excellent esculent Amanita strobiliformis Vitt. from 
North Hants, where he said it was common. 
On Tuesday, the 3rd of October, the members proceeded, under 
the conductorship of their member, the Rev. W. L. W. Eyre (who is 
intimately acquainted with the Forest and had kindly arranged the 
details of the different days’ forays) to the Woodlands enclosure, 
where amongst the pines a good crop of fungi were found. These 
included Tremellodon gelatinosum Pers., Rhixopogon rubescens Tul, 
Polyporus spongia Fr., P. amorphus Fr.. Boletus candicans F Tey 0s: 
Hon, Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Rea reported that he had 
enrolled 4 new members, whilst they had lost, by death, 2 eminent 
members during the year, The Rev. Canon Du Port and Mr. H. T. 
Soppitt, and one member, Mr. J. W. Sutcliffe of Halifax, had resigned, 
he accounts showed an adverse balance of £3. 168. §d., but against 
that amount there were outstanding subscriptions due and unpaid of 
over £6, and some numbers of the Transactions for sale. The in- 
On Wednesday, the 4th of October, the members explored the 
Forest, going through the beech woods on either side via Lyndhurst 
Hill to Allum Green, returning home by the Christchurch Road, 
