Crossland: Fungus Foray at Farnley Tyas. 53 
inside a bracken stem, a peculiar habitat: its usual home is a 
dead stump. 
Several of the members devoted Wednesday to the examina- 
tion of material gathered for microscopic species. 
At no previous foray has so much local interest been taken 
in the work both in collecting and in the classification of the 
exhibits. The number of people who visited the exhibition 
during the week cannot be less than a couple of hundred. 
There were numerous drawings and photographs of fungi on 
exhibit, and all necessary books and appliances were provided 
for working out the unfamiliar specimens. 
It was scarcely possible under the circumstances to record the 
wood in which each species was gathered, but this matters little, 
as the woodlands in the neighbourhood are very similar in 
character. They consist principally of oak, with a slightly varying 
admixture of sycamore, wych elm, beech, ash, and birch; in 
some parts cf Storthes Hall Wood the latter is prevalent, along 
with its undergrowth companions, bracken and the flexuous 
hair-grass. Had the foray been held three or four weeks later 
the number of specimens collected would have been much 
greater. 
With a view to keeping the list within as narrow limits as 
possible, all species previously recorded from the Huddersfield 
area are here omitted. This plan will also serve to show at a 
glance the ‘additions made to the Huddersfield fungus flora 
during this meeting. One species is new to Britain, and séven 
species and varieties new to Yorkshire. Besides these there are 
numerous confirmations of hitherto single records which are 
quite as valuable as new ones, if not more so. The peculiar 
Piychogastey albus was met with on a decaying stump. Some 
authorities think this may be the conidial condition of some 
Polypore. 
On the Monday evening Mr. Massee was to have given an 
address on “ Modern Mycologists,’’ but being unable to be 
present, Mr. Wager kindly consented to give his lecture on 
“« Recent Researches on Reproduction in Fungi” on that even- 
ing instead of Tuesday. There was a large and appreciative 
audience. On ‘Tuesday evening Mr. Gibbs detailed some 
interesting observations, illustrated by drawings, on a series of 
South African micro fungi he had been investigating. These 
were collected by Mr. Cheesman in 1905 during the British 
Association Meetings. 
The business meeting was held on the Wednesday evening. 
1907 February 1. 
