Cross/and : Fjnigiis Foniy at Helmslev. 429 



' A Demonstration of Some Methods of Preparing- Illustra- 

 tions oi Fung-i,' by A. Clarke, were g^iven. Mr. Cotton was 

 unavoidably prevented from attending- the meeting-, but a short 

 abstract of his paper on ' Pure Cultures of Fung-i from Orchid 

 Mycorhiza ' will be printed, also J. H. Holland's continuation of 

 his paper on ' Economic F'ungfi,' the first portion of which was 

 g-iven last year at Eg-ton Bridge. On the Saturday evening 

 Mr. Massee g-ave an interesting- informal talk, illustrated by 

 larg-e coloured drawing-s, showing- that in many cases what have 

 been considered as entities are, in reality, only separate stages 

 in the life-cycle of one fungus. He dealt specially with a Nectria 

 and its Hyphomycete forms, which attack and rot potatoes stored 

 in ' pies ' and other places for keeping. 



A number of photographs, stereoscopic and other, and 

 coloured drawings of fungi, were exhibited. 



Mr. Massee was re-elected President, and C. Crossland 

 Secretary, with a Committee of seven, for the coming year, viz.. 

 Rev. W. Fowler, Messrs. W. N. Cheesman, A. Clarke, A. D. 

 Cotton, Thos. Gibbs, J. W. Sutclifife, and H. W. T. Wager, 

 F.L.S. 



It was decided to recommend to the Executive Upper Tees- 

 dale as the place of meeting for 1904 (24th-29th September). 

 The main reason for recommending this somewhat out-of-the- 

 way district is that no fungus foray has hitherto been held in 

 North-west Yorkshire. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Lord Feversham 

 for allowing the members the privilege of visiting his estates. 



H. = Helmsley. R. = Rievaulx. "" = Collected by Mr. Slater, 

 prior to the foray. 



BASIDIOMVCETBS. S. ven-ucosum Pers. R. 



_ S. sfeaster F"r. R. 



(QASTROmVCBTESJ ..hyphallus K, 



Sphserobolus Tode. I. impudicus (L.). H., R. 



S. stellatus. H. 



On rotting wood. (HYMENOM YCETES.J 



Lycoperdon Tournf. 

 L. saccatum Vahl. H. AGARICACE/E. 



L. g-emmatum Batsch. H., R. 



L. pyriforme Scha^ff. H., R. Agariceas. 



Leiicospone. 



L. bovista L. 



In pasture. 



'L. nigrescens Vitt. H. Amanita Pers. 



In pasture. A. virosa Fr. H. 



Scleroderma Pers. A. phalloides Fr. H., R. 



S. vulg-are Fr. H., R. *A. pantherina (DC.) Fr. H. 



100; November i. 



