FIELD NOTES. 
MOSSES. 
Bryum Warneum Bland in the Humber Estuary. 
Mr. G, Allison, of Grimsby, has recently brought me specimens 
of this rare Bryum for verification. 
He gathered it on the Humberstone Sandhills, where it 
occurs in profusion, on wet sand, in similar surroundings to 
those of previous records: Tent’s Moor, Fife ; shore at South- 
port ; Coatham Marshes, Yorkshire; and a few more places, 
generally near the sea. 
It belongs to the Cladodium section of Bryums, and is 
frequently associated with B. calophyllum, B. lacustre, and 
B. Marrattii. We are now searching for the other members 
of the group. It is a very good addition to the Moss Flora of 
Lincolnshire.—]J. J. MARSHALL, Grimsby. 
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The Annual Report for 1910-11 of The National Trust for Places of 
Historic Interest and Natural Beauty contains an excellent record of work 
accomplished, chief amongst which must be mentioned the acquisition of 
Grange Fell and the Borrowdale Birches, One Tree Hill in Kent, Coombe 
Hill, etc. These are to be preserved for the public for all time. The 
Trust still needs £6200 for Colley Hill, £75 for the Old Priest House at 
Muchelney, and £220 for the Chantrey Chapel at Buckingham. The 
Report is well illustrated, and copies will doubtless gladly be sent on 
application to the Secretary, 25 Victoria Street, Westminster. 
British Fungi and Lichens, by G. Massee. 551 pp., G. Routledge & Sons, 
price 7/6. 
‘This remarkably useful book is written by Mr. G. Massee, Royal 
Gardens, Kew, and contains forty beautifully coloured plates by his 
daughter, Miss Ivy Massee. In addition there are twenty-one illustrations 
in black and white, exhibiting the structure, and other features of fungi 
generally. The volume meets a long felt want, and has appeared at a 
very opportune time of the year. Part I. consists of a General Intro- 
duction—Terms used in describing Fungi—Classification—How to Study 
Fungi—When and Where to Collect—Collecting and Preserving—Edible 
and Poisonous Fungi—Diseases Caused by Fungi—etc. Part II. opens 
with a synopsis and characteristics of the various Genera forming the 
family Agaricacee, followed by a short but pithy description of each 
species, Occupying pp. 65-353. The Polyporacee, Hydnacee, and remain- 
ing groups of Basidiomycetes, including the Gastromycetes, are similarly 
dealt with. Then follow short accounts of the features exhibited in the 
various groups comprising the Ascomycetes, and a chapter on Lichens. 
The names of the species are not encumbered with the initials 
of authorities, which have no interest to the amateur. The descriptions 
are crisp and concise, the use of abstruse terms which would require the 
use of a glossary has been skilfully avoided, and many explanatory notes 
are given which are usually absent in the more technical works on the 
subject. 
The plates are interspersed throughout tne descriptive text exactly 
in the places where they are most useful. Coming as it does from 
hands of long and wide experience with fungi, alike in field and laboratory, 
it 1s calculated to be of great service to the rapidly increasing number 
of students of fungi. The book is well got up in every way, and does 
credit to both writer, artist, and publisher. The words ‘See Frontispiece ’ 
are printed:on Key to Plate II, instead of Plate I. No. 4 on the Key to 
Plate XV. should be Hygrophorus virgineus and not H. pratensis, which is 
No. 1 on the same plate. Unfortunately the publisher has omitted the 
date of publication. 
Igit Oct. 1 
