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AUTUMN DAY FORAYS, 1954

Our Society has always welcomed visitors on its advertised Day Forays.In response to requests from some of our members, I approached otherNatural History Societies to ask permission to advertise their Day Foraysin our programme and also permit any of our members who happened tobe in their areas to attend the Forays . Permission was freely granted, andI would like to thank the Societies concerned for welcoming any of ourmembers who went to their meetings, which are recorded below.

Home Counties Day Forays organized by the British MycologicalSociety were held as follows: 18 September, Windsor Forest; 25 September,Gomshall, near Dorking; 2 October, Juniper Hall, near Dorking, rst area;9 October, Virginia Water; 16 October (joint Foray with South LondonBotanical Society), Oxshott, Surrey; 23 October, Juniper Hall, 2nd area;30 October, Ashridge Park, Herts,

An outstanding event of these Day Forays was the finding, on 23 Octoberat Juniper Hall, of three toadstools unrecorded for Britain: Hygrophorusbymenocephalus Smith & Hesler, first described from North America in1942; H. quietus KUhner, formerly confused with other species, notablyH. obrusseus, but clearly typified by Prof. KUhner in 1947 from Frenchmaterial and, finally, Pholiota albocrenulata Peck. This was first describedfrom North America in 1873 and this is only the third occasion on whichit has been recorded in Europe. Not only are these species interesting asnew records but also in themselves, and a full account of them is beingprepared.

In other provincial areas and in Scotland, the following Day Forayswere advertised in our programme as indicated above: 25 September,Botanical Society of Edinburgh at Tynninghame, North Berwick; NorthWestern Naturalists' Union at Cotterill Clough, near Ringway, Cheshire;Haslemere Natural History Society at Waggoners Wells, Surrey;26 September, Botanical Society of Edinburgh at Gifford, East Lothian;Bedfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club at Turvey; 3 October,Sorby Natural History Society in Hope Valley area;9 October, BirminghamUniversity Botany Department at Lickey Hills; Lincolnshire Naturalists'Union at Canwick Park; Sheffield University Botany Department atEcclesall Woods and Limb Valley; 10 October, Sheffield University BotanyDepartment at Chatsworth Park; Essex Field Club at Epping Forest;17 October, Birmingham University Botany Department at Wyre Forest,near Bewdley; 24 October, Birmingham University Botany Department inBirmingham area; Northamptonshire Natural History Society and FieldClub at Harlestone Firs ; Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in Kirkburtondistrict, near Huddersfield.

F. B. HORAForay Secretary