Crossland: Fungus Foray at Sandsend. 391 
ance with present-day ideas of investigation, to work one 
place fairly exhaustively, than to keep doing a bit here and a 
bit there, and finishing none approximately ; the adverb is 
added because we know it would be impossible, even in a life- 
time, to find all these venerable woods produce. 
Along with Kew, the Mycological Committee of the 
Union has set the pace in this country for mycological 
investigation within a well defined area, and it would be a 
pity, now we have laid so good a foundation, not to press on 
with the work a little longer. 138 species have been added 
this year, making the total to date about 1100. Scar- 
borough and the parish of Halifax are other instances of well- 
worked areas by members of the Union, Our object is to 
prove the great prevalence of these interesting organisms 
which play so important a part in the economy of nature. 
Their prevalence is not a question of this or that particular 
place; they occur universally where vegetation of any kind 
exists. Within the grounds at Kew 2200 have been discovered. 
The knowledge of our efforts may stimulate other societies, 
or individuals, to work out their own areas in a similar way. 
The desire to study the subject is rapidly developing, and 
helpful literature appearing. Mr. Massee’s recently published 
volume on ‘ British Fungi and Lichens’ (see ‘ Naturalist,’ Oct., 
p- 397) meets a long-felt want, and will prove very useful. 
On Wednesday afternoon Lord and Lady Normanby invited 
the Committee and friends to tea at the Castle, prior to which 
his Lordship personally conducted the party through. the 
spacious greenhouses and around the gardens. 
At the business meeting in the evening a vote of thanks 
was heartily passed. to Lord Normanby for his permission to 
visit the woods ; for the use of the large schoolroom at the Castle 
on Monday evening ; and for kindly allowing the use of his 
lantern and services of operator for both evenings. 
We are indebted to the Rev. J. W. Bowman, Whitby, a 
member of the Union, for assisting to make and carry out the 
arrangements. 
It was decided to recommend two forays for Igt1—May and 
Sept.—the spring meeting to be informal, the other to be as usual. 
The number of species determined was 488, of these 138, 
including the 25 added in May (see below), are additions 
to Mulgrave, bringing the total to 1102. 
In the following lists those marked + are new to the York- 
shire Flora; *f are new to the British Flora; and **f new 
to Science. Short descriptions of those new to Britain, and a 
full diagnosis of the two new to science will be published in 
this journal with the next batch of new Yorkshire species. 
An informal foray was held at Sandsend in May, by Messrs. 
Clarke, Cheeseman, Gibbs, Peck, and myself, for the purpose 
of looking up spring species. 
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