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bourhood of Grayshott, but some of the older members could not 
keep up with the pace set by Mrs. Lyndon and so probably 
covered quite distinct ground from that traversed under her 
leadership. They however secured some examples of Clitocybe 
hirneola Fr., Cotlybca atrata Fr, Inocybe eutheles B. & Br. 
Boletus castaneus Bull, and Hydnum nigrum Fr. The two 
divisions reunited at the Fox and Pelican at Hindhead at 5 p.m. 
and the carriages were then re-entered for the return drive to 
Haslemere, during the course of which it was ascertained that 
the forward division had collected nice specimens of Cortinarins 
(Inoloma) violaceus (L.), Clavaria argillacea Pers, Hydnum 
conatum Batsch, Ulocolla foltacea Bref. and Otidea Leporina 
(Batsch) F'ckl. In the evening the annual club dinner was held 
at the White Horse Hotel, and subsequently the President (Mr. 
R. H. Biffen, M.A.) at the headquarters delivered his Presidential 
Address entitled “ Combating the Fungoid Diseases of Plants ” 
(see p. 112), after which the Hon. Secretary brought to the 
notice of the members two recent additions to the British list, 
viz, Polyporus benzoinus Fr. and Marasmius archyropus Fr. 
var. swaveolens Rea., both of which are dealt with in the Fungi 
New to Britain (see p. 127). Mr. Rea also exhibited a specimen 
of P. benzoinus Fr. and of the somewhat rare Chotromyces 
meandriformis Vitt. which he had received from their member 
Mr. W. B. Allen from Benthall earlier in the season and he also 
handed round a drawing by Mrs. Rea of Lactarius spinosulus 
Quél, which from the books seemed as regards the type to have 
been hitherto unrecorded for Britain, and Mr. W. B. Allen, with 
the same end in view, brought a specimen in spirit for their 
examination. Mr. A. D. Cotton, F.L.S., exhibited some pota- 
toes infested with Edomyces leproides Trabut. 
On Thursday, Sept. 28th, the morning was devoted to the 
examination of the material collected on the previous days and 
after the members had been photographed, a late start was made 
about 12.30, under the leadership of Mr. E. W. Swanton. They 
hrst proceeded up the High Street and took the right hand road, 
and after a short time traversed a pasture on the other side of 
which they entered a wood that had been very recently cut 
down and which was now overgrown with brambles. Mr. 
Voodcock, who had very kindly offered to conduct the members 
next led them into a very swampy wood belonging to Mrs. 
Stewart Hodgson, where but very little of interest was to be 
found. The members next explored the wood on Grayswood 
Common, where on two separate occasions examples have been 
found of the rare Phalloid Clathrus cancellatus Tournef. A 
very careful and prolonged search was made here but the wood 
Was too thick and Overgrown, and although the members tried to 
detect the Clathrus by its vile odour nothing better than 





