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students who were present, eagerly noting in their notebooks the names
of species which were of special interest to them.
Tea was taken at 4.30 o'clock. At the ensuing formal meeting the
Chairman (our President), after welcoming the visitors present, called upon
our referees for remarks on the results achieved by the day's Foray,
Mr. Gould, in his speech, deprecated the taking of names only by
students ; he urged personal study of the individual forms rather
than the easier way of depending on names given by others. He defended
the older classification of the agarics by spore-colouration, as being more
simple for students than more recent ones.
Mr. Pearson opened his remarks by referring to Miss Lister's much-
regretted absence, and moved that a vote of sympathy be sent her from
the meeting. The Chairman at once rose and put the motion, which
was carried unanimously. Resuming. Mr. Pearson urged that people
should collect on such occasions as the present for the general exhibition,
not for their private use. He defended the microscopic study of the
agarics rather than trusting to macroscopic characters.
Mr. Ramsbottom considered that the classification of the agarics was
still indefinite, and therefore present systems may. and probably will,
be superseded by others in the future. Like Mr. Gould, he approved
the Friesian system of classification by spore-colouration for such a
gathering of students as this, and thought it had far more in its favour
than the more modern systems. The present autumn was not a remark-
able one for fungi : some of the more notable finds that day were Collybia
longipes (apparently a new record for Epping Forest), Tricholoma carneum,
and Pleurotus lignatilis (found growing in the hollow of a beech-trunk).
Mr. Ross, who expressed his regret at having to act as recorder for the
myxomycetes in Miss Lister's absence, reported that 15 of these
interesting organisms had been met with during the Foray, with two
additional forms gathered earlier in the morning between Chingford and
Loughton. The weather was not too favourable for the myxomycetes,
vet he had seen in all 23 species in the Forest during the past week.
The President expressed the thanks of the meeting to all our conductors
and referees, and the proceedings ended with a further inspection of the
specimens exhibited.
REPORT OF THE CLUB'S DELEGATE TO THE
CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF
CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES.
British Association Meeting in Aberdeen, 1934.
By D. J. SCOURFIELD. I.S.O., F.L.S., etc
DURING the week's visit of the British Association to
Aberdeen at the beginning of September this year the
usual two meetings of the Delegates of Corresponding Societies
were held under the presidency of Sir Henry Lyons. As many
of you are no doubt well aware, Sir Henry Lyons, until quite