2IO YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



for the necessity of the now popular ' Fungus Foray,' which 

 enables the aspiring student to become thoroughly acquainted 

 with, at least, the most generally occurring forms in his own 

 district — a point of primary importance. Again, the value of 

 the whole proceeding depends entirely on the presence of 

 acknowledged authorities on the subject. Thus the success of 

 the first fungus foray in connection with the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, which added above fifty species to the 

 county record, in addition to removing the uncertainty attend- 

 ing many more species, was due to the presence of Messrs. W. 

 Phillips, C. B. Plowright, and the Rev. J. E. Vize, whose assist- 

 ance and encouragement will, it is hoped, be acknowledged by 

 increased researches on the part of Yorkshire mycologists. 



[Those marl^ed with an asterisk (*) were exhibited at the show.] 



HYMENOMYCETES. 



AGARICINL 



* Agaricus (Amanita) muscarius L. Beckwithshaw, Led- 



stone Park, Horsforth (/. Abbott); Micklefield (/./ Hum- 

 fnell) ; Scarborough {G. Mas see) ; Camblesforth ( JK iV. 

 Cheesman). 



* Agaricus (Amanita) pantherinus Fr. Harrogate excur- 



sion ; Scarborough {G. Massee). Rare. 



* Agaricus (Amanita) rubescens Fr. Harrogate excur- 



sion ; Horsforth and Saltaire ( W. West) ; Selby ( JV. JV. 

 Cheesman). 



* Agaricus (Amanita) vaginatus Fr. Scarborough (G. 



Massee) ; Saltaire (If. T. Soppitt). 



* Agaricus (Lepiota) fries! i Lasch. Rare. West Riding, 

 Agaricus (Lepiota) procerus Scop. Selby ( W. N. Chees- 

 man). 



* Agaricus (Lepiota) cristatus A. & S. Studley Royal 



excursion. 



* Agaricus (Lepiota) carcharias P. Scarborough {G. 



Massee) ; Harrogate excursion. Rare. 



* Trans.Y.N.U., lS84(pub. 18S6). Series E 



