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FUNGUS FORAY AT GRASSINGTON, BOLTON WOODS, 
AND BUCKDEN. 
@: CROSSLAND;: E-E-S. 
Halifax. 
THE seventeenth Annual Fungus Foray was held Sep. 21st-26th, 
the head-quarters being at the Wilson Arms Hotel, Grassington, 
a good centre for the three localities selected. Permission to 
explore the woodlands near Grassington and Bolton Abbey had 
been unhesitatingly granted by His Grace the Duke of Devon- 
shire ; and for Buckden Woods by Miss Stansfield, of Buckden 
Hall. There was an unusually large muster in addition to the 
Mycological Committee. Affiliated Societies from Halifax, 
Bradford, Crosshills, Hull, Rotherham, Huddersfield, and York 
were represented. There were also Mr. Thomas Smith, 
Alderley Edge, a member of the Manchester Microscopical 
Society ; and Mr. Thomas Hey, of the Midland Railway Nat. 
Hist. Soc., Derby. Consignments of Fungi, including many 
uncommon species, were sent from the Isle of Wight and the 
New Forest by Mr. J. F. Raynor, Southampton. Mr. Smith 
brought a fine collection of interesting species from Alderley 
Edge, among which was a Boletus, at present undeterminable. 
After all had secured their berths, a short run out was made 
through the pastures by the river side as far as Grass Woods. 
A few of the members who arrived in the forenoon had got 
together a fair collection ready to hand. 
Monday was set apart for Bolton Woods, and Tuesday for 
Buckden ; the remainder of the time being given to Grass 
Woods and the pastures. The unusually cold summer, with 
the ground almost constantly much below the normal summer 
temperature, had been unfavourable to the development of 
fungi, especially of the larger, more fleshy kinds. The 
ordinary field mushroom has been similarly affected. This 
fact led us not to expect too much, and it was fortunate that 
all three localities were included in the programme. One of 
the members, a few weeks previously, expressed a doubt as to 
whether there would be anything worth coming for. The 
reply to this was, ‘If we don’t find more stuff than we are 
able to determine it will be the first time.’ We did, and all 
came right at the end of the Foray, everyone being well 
-satisfied with the results. There now remains no doubt as to the 
prolific nature of the grounds selected had the season been 
ordinarily good. On the way to Bolton a promising fir-wood, 
1907 November tI. 
