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Yorkshire Naturcilists at Askcrn. 



Askern Bog, Ligustrutn vulgare was got. Out of Askern pool 

 Chara hispida and and Hippuris vulgaris. Other members of the 

 section secured Ranunculus circinalus, Geranium pyrcnaictini^ 

 Geranium mollc, and Daucus Carota. 



Mosses. — Mr. C. Crossland writes : — Not expecting Fungi 

 to be much in evidence, Mr. J. W. H. Johnson and myself turned 

 our attention to mosses. A few we were uncertain about have 

 been submitted to Mr. Ingham. They are arranged according 

 to habitat. 



C. =Campsal!. A. B.= Askern Bog, known locally as 

 Rushy Moor. 



Orfhofrichum affine. 

 Tortilla iini rails. 

 Pleuropus sericeus. 



All on walls. C. 

 Bryuiii pallens. 

 Alniuni ho run in. 

 Plag. Borrerianum. 

 Flag, denticulatitm. 



On moist banks in a wood. 

 Hyp. cupressiforme. 

 Ambly. serpens. 



On tree stump. C. 

 Hylo. squnrrosiiin. 



Among' grass, lake side. 

 Physcomitrtum pyriforme. 



C. 



C. 



Fu n a ria hys^ro ni ctrica . 



On muddy peat, drain side, in 

 company. A. B. 

 Fontinalis antipyretica. 



Floating in drain. A. R. 

 Eurh. pralongum. 

 Mninui undtilatiiiii. 

 Hyp. ripnriiaii. 

 Hyp. steUatiini. 

 Hyp. aduncum var. intermedium 



forma penna. 

 Hyp. intermedium I.iiull. 

 Hyp. cuspidatum. 



All in wettish places. A. B. 



Fungi. — Mr. Crossland reports : — Though Fungi were 

 rather scarce, the results may be considered fairly satisfactory. 

 Mr. Waterfall found the ^i£cidium stage of the plant parasite 

 Uromyces junci on Pulicaria dyseiiierica in Askern Bog, which 

 constitutes the first Yorkshire record for the ^cidium condition ; 

 its Tflcuto stage, which occurs on Juncus, has been recorded 

 but once (Church Fenton, ' Lees' Flora,' p. 718). The smut 

 Ustilago olivacea on Carcx riparia was also fotuid in the bog by 

 the same diligent investigator ; there is only one previous 

 Yorkshire record for this (Humber Bank on satiie host, 'York- 

 shire Fungus Flora,' p. 206, R. H. Philip). The rust Puccinia 

 suaveolens was common on Carduus an'ensis. Fine specimens 

 of the very common Polyporus squamosus were seen on old 

 beech trunks in Campsall Park. Panus torulosus and Fames 

 igniarius on stumps in plantation. liolbifius titubaus and 

 Psalhyrclla gracilis were gathered in the bog, the former among 

 decaying rushes. 



Naturalist. 



