THE EXETER FORAY. 
23rd to 28th September, 1901. 
The fifth annual week’s Fungus Foray was held at Exeter, where 
the Governors of the Royal Albert Memorial College had kindly 
placed a room at the disposal of the British Mycological Society. 
This room was constituted the headquarters, and there the specimens 
collected from day to day were set out, the Presidential and other 
papers read, and the business of the Society transacted. 
On Monday, the 23rd of September, the members assembled at 
Exeter, and in the evening at the headquarters found a few exhibits 
on the tables, viz., Lepiota leucothites Vitt., collected by the Rev. 
W.L.W. Eyre. Amanita Vittadini Morett.; Boletus aurantiporus 
Howse., radicans Pers. and Cronartium ribicolum Dietr., collected by 
Dr. C. B. Plowright. Lactarius controversus Fr., collected by Mr. 
J. Rose. Volvaria bombycina Schaeff., collected by Mr. C. T. M. 
Plowright, and Geaster fimbriatus Fr., Tricholoma scalpturatum Fr. 
and Sparassis crispa Fr. (the two latter from Dawlish) collected by 
Mie Ca Reas 
On Tuesday, the 24th of September, the Newton Woods at Saint 
Cyres were explored, and subsequently the Squire and Mrs. E. H. 
Quicke kindly entertained the members to tea. 
In the evening the Society’s dinner was held at the Rougemont 
Hotel, and at the headquarters afterwards Professor H. Marshall 
Ward, D. Sc., F.R.S., delivered his Presidential address, entitled, 
“Some Methods employed in the investigation of Fungi.” (See p. 166). 
On Wednesday, the 25th of September, the Whitestone Woods, 
near Newton Saint Cyres, were carefully searched. Dr. C. B. 
Plowright found growing on birch Femsjonia lutecalba Fr., a genus 
of the T'remellinez hitherto unrecorded for Britain, and Mr. Biffen 
secured Hymenogaster tener Berk. 
In the evening the business meeting of the British Mycological 
Society was held at the headquarters. Professor James W. H. Trail, 
M.D., F.R.S., was unanimously elected President for the ensuing 
year, and Mr. Carleton Rea, B.C.L., M.A., Hon. Sec. and Treasurer. 
It was also resolved that the office of Vice-President should be created 
and the rules altered accordingly, and Dr. C. B. Plowright was 
unanimously elected to that position. The Hon, Secretary was 
