64 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union : Annual Report, 1909. 



Mr. Snelgrove has found Kantia sprengeUi in the Rivehn 

 Valley new to V.C. 63, and a curious Sphagmim at present sub 

 judice. 



The Committee for 1910 was elected as follows : — 

 Chairman — W. Ingham, York. 

 Convener — C. A. Cheetham, Armley. 

 Representative on Executive — C. A. Cheetham, Armley. 

 Representative on Committee of Suggestions — W. Ingham. 

 Other Members — R. Barnes, Harrogate ; Dr. R. Braithwaite, 

 London ; L. J. Cocks, London ; W. West, Brad- 

 ford ; J. W. H. Johnson, Dewsbury ; M. B. Slater, 

 Malton ; A. R. Sanderson, Bradford ; E. Snel- 

 grove, Sheffield ; F. Haxby, Bradford ; and H. 

 Foster, Armley. 

 MyCOlOgical Committee. — Mr. C. Crossland writes : — The interest 

 in mycology has been kept up keenly as ever since the last report. 

 Fungi have been sent in from various parts of Yorkshire. The 

 very interesting Lepiota vittadinii Fr. found at Battyford, Mirfield, 

 was sent to me by Mr. A. Clarke. It is the first Yorkshire record. 

 An unofficial foray was held at Selb}", May 22nd and 24th 

 (see " The Naturalist," September 1909). Four species were 

 added to the county flora, six to vice-county S.E., and eighteen to 

 Mid. W. 



Geaster fornicatus was sent from Wensleydale by W. h. 

 Thwaites, Masham. 



The third instalment of newly-discovered Yorkshire fungi, 

 since the publication of the " Yorkshire Fungus Flora," appeared 

 in " The Naturalist " for May and June, and brought up the total 

 of Yorkshire Fungi from 2706 in 1908 to 2763. 



The recent Castle Howard foray was among the most success- 

 ful hitherto held. The locality was well chosen, and bore out all 

 that was expected of it, the results being most gratifying. Of 

 the fungi collected, there was one new species, to be called Flam- 

 niiila carnosa Mass ; three, and one var. proved new to Britain, 

 and twenty and two varieties new to the county. The total 

 number identified was 490, and 8 varieties. 



The report and list of additions and species will be found 

 in " The Naturalist " for December. 



The Committee decided to recommend Arnclifle Woods and 

 Mulgrave for next year's foray, September 17th to September 

 22nd. It was thought Mulgrave would well repay another visit. 

 The following members form the Committee for 1910 : — 

 Chairman — George Massee, Kew. 

 Convener — C. Crossland, 4 Coleridge Street, Halifax. ' 

 Representative on Executive — C. Crossland. 

 Other Members — Rev. Canon W. Fowler, Liversedge ; Harold 

 Wager, F.R.S., Leeds ; Alfred Clarke, Huddersfield ; 

 W. N. Cheeseman, Selby ; Thos. Gibbs, Wirks- 

 worth,; J. W. H. Johnson, Dewsbury; R. H. 



Naturalist, 



