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mittee of The British Association for the Advancement of 
Science, to apply to them for this Society to be put on the list 
of Affiliated Societies. In answer thereto he made the applh- 
-ation, and on the Oth March, 1906, he received the announce- 
ment that The British Mycological Society had been placed on 
the list of Affiliated Soczetzes “on consideration of its local 
scientific work of an original character.’ This he considered 
very flattering and was sure it should act as a stimulus to all 
their members to continue to do if possible even better work. 
Miss A. Lorrain Smith had kindly undertaken to represent them 
at the recent meeting of The British Association in August last, 
and now they would have to decide who should represent them 
at the meeting of that body next year. It was unanimously re- 
solved that their President elect (Miss A. Lorrain Smith) should 
be nominated to represent them, and their best thanks were ten- 
dered to her for having represented them at the York meeting. 
The question of life membership was next considered and after 
some discussion was adjourned sine die. Hearty votes of thanks 
were tendered to Mr. Arthur Lister for his services as President 
during the current year, to the Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, and to 
Mrs. Carleton Rea for painting the originals of the plates that 
appeared in their last Transactions, and to the Rev. W. L. W. 
Eyre for his generosity in bearing the cost of one of the plates. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd, of West Kilbride, Miss H. C. I. Fraser, PaiSe 
and Miss E. J. Welsford, F.L.S., both of the Royal Holloway 
College, Englefield Green, Surrey, were then duly elected 
ordinary members of the Society. During the day the Rev. 
W. L. W. Eyre put out on exhibition an interesting example of 
Merulius modluscus Fr. from Swarraton, and Mr. W. B. Allen 
sent on from Benthall Polyporus rufescens Fr. Lrametes 
rubescens (A. & S.) Fr. (new to Britain), and Lycoperdon exci- 
puliforme Scop. 
On Wednesday, the 3rd of October, the members were busy 
during the forenoon examining the finds of the previous day and 
at 12 o'clock hastened to welcome the members of the Essex 
Field Club, who were cordially invited to join in any of the 
forays during the week. On the arrival of Mr. B. G. Cole (Hon. 
Secretary of the Essex Field Club) the brake started for Great 
Monk Wood. This portion of the Forest was very carefully 
examined and the walk was continued through Little Monk 
Wood and by Mount Pleasant to the King’s Oak Hotel at High 
Beach, where the brake was re-entered for the return drive. The 
most noteworthy species collected during the day were 
Omphalia striaepilea Fr., Pleurotus septicus Fr., Pluteus hispt- 
dulus Fr, Pluteolus aleuriatus Fr., Polyporus cuticularis Fr., 
and Puccinia hydrocotyles (Link) Plow. . 
In the evening the annual Club dinner was held at the Royal 
