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134 Roy Watling, President of the Yorksh ire Naturalists' Union . The Unio n must be congratulated and thanked by many mycologists who have been tanta...

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134 Roy Watling, President of the Yorksh ire Naturalists' Union . The Unio n must be congratulated and thanked by many mycologists who have been tantalised by seeing these 'Pearson keys' at forays where they have long been established in the 'Foray Box'. The set includes the following keys by Pearson , th e genera Russula, Lactarius, Ino cybe, My cena and British Boleti. Hera's 'Genus Panaeolus' in Britain and two parts of Cortinarius (I) My xacium and Phlegmacium and (II) Inoloma and Dermocybe are by Peter Orton. The set is available post free at £2.50 from M.R.D. Seaward, University of Bradford, BRADFORD, West Yorkshire BD7 lOP. For members of the Y.N.U. the price is £2. Please make cheq ues out to Dr M.R.D. Seaward.

FLORA AGARICINA DANICA - Dr Philip Gregory is pruning his book collection and his copy of Lange is for sale to some-one who will not break it up for the beautiful illustrations thus: GOOD HOME WANTED for a copy of Jacob E. Lange: Flora Agaricina Danica. Excellent condition, bound in red cloth in 5 volumes. Offers by January 1st 1979 to P.H . Gregory, II Top Street Way , Harpenden, Herts. AL5 5TU.

Dr C.E.D. Smith, on becoming Chairman of the Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation is moving to a smaller house and has a run of the Transactions for sale . They begin with volume 32 pts 3 and 4 and 33-69 complete, unbound. Chris Smith's new address is Parkersfield , North Petherton, Bridgwater, Somerset.

NOTELETS and BOOK-PLATES: Ray Collings' address was wrongly given in the last Bulletin and although orders have been reaching him he be lieves some may have gone astray. As it is the book-plates are out of stock now but there are notelets available. The correct address to send to is 49 (not 41) Heol y Farlan, Cardiff CF4 2A Y.

LAST MOMENT S.O.S. Brian Lewis and colleagues are trying to determine a race structure for AscocllY ta pisi in a joint project with the John Innes Inst. Samples of diseased material please to Mr Peter Darby or Brian at Univ, of East Anglia , School of Biol . Sciences, University Plain, NORWICH NR4 7TJ . Plant material in polythene bags for separate collection with a note of date , location of crop and culivar name. By the time this appeal appears in print the crop may well be over but isolates may still be available. Corrections in the Foray List for the Isle of Man, Court is mentioned here and in the lists but not in should have been included in the plac e names as Be. should read Maughgld , not Manghold. I am grate ful these po ints to my attention. M.N.

Vol. 12 pt I p. 10 Bishops the list of places visited . It Same page line 5 fro m foot to Dr Hopkins for drawing

UNUSUAL HOST for Daedalia biennis - W.P.K. Findlay's son Geoffrey has noted in ' La Recherche Dec . 1977 no.84' that Jean Mouchatca records its occurrence on the mummy of Rameses II thus 'I.e D. biennis s 'avene aussi I' agent biodeteriogene le plus nefaste de la momie '. The title of the art icle is 'Us champignons de Rameses fl. M.N.