44 Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union: Annual Report, 1915. 
Mr. G. Webster, of York, found near Rillington Thuidium 
Philibertt var. pseudo-tamarisci, new to N.E. Yorkshire. 
Mr. J. Mennell found on Skipwith Common two stems 
submitted to the writer, of Paludella squarrosa. 
Mr. W. Ingham added Lepidozia sylvatica (Strensall Common) 
to Yorkshire, also Oligotrichum hercynicum (Skipwith Common), 
and Chiloscyphus pallescens (Skipwith Common), to the East 
Riding. 
MYCOLOGICAL COMMITTEE.—Mr. A. E. Peck writes :—With 
the close of the year 1914, Mr. Chas. Crossland retired from 
the office which he had so long and ably held as Secretary to 
the Mycological Committee and keeper of the County Records. 
At the same time Mr. Geo. Massee, V.M.H., retired from the 
Chairmanship. For report of presentation to Mr. Crossland, 
see The Naturalist, December, 1914, pp. 380-386. 
The eighth supplementary list of recently discovered 
Yorkshire Fungi since the publication of the ‘ Yorkshire 
Fungus Flora’ appears in The Naturalist for March, 1915,~ 
PP- 99-103. 
Messrs. M. Malone, J. W. H. Johnson, M.Sc., and A. E. Peck 
represented the Committee at the Sawley Excursion held in 
April. For report see The Naturalist for July, pp. 235-236. 
From May 29th to June Ist a meeting of the Committee 
was held in the Scarborough district with headquarters at 
Forge Valley. 78 species and one variety were met with, two 
being new to Yorkshire and three to vice-county N.E. The 
outstanding feature was the discovery of Cordyceps capitata Fr., 
which so far as has yet been ascertained, would appear to 
have only three previous British records and these dating 
back to the years 1786, 1787 and 1803. For report of meeting 
see The Naturalist, July, pp. 222-224. 
At the Bishop Wood excursion held on June roth, the 
Committee was represented by Messrs. W. N. Cheesman, 
ee aos las, Peck. Mr. R. Fowler Jones also attended. 
For list of fungi and mycetozoa found see The Naturalist 
of September, pp. 289-290. 
The Autumnal Fungus Foray was held in the Scarborough 
district (with headquarters at Forge Valley), from September 
25th to September 30th, and was attended by eleven members 
and friends. An account will duly appear in The Naturalist. 
GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Messrs. J. Holmes and C. Bradshaw report :—Owing to 
abnormal conditions, attendance at several of the excursions 
was below the average. This, however, could not be said of 
the Settle meeting, at which a large number of members spent 
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