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and Webster have been as active as usual, and will have to 

 record several new records of localities, both for mosses and 

 hepatics, of which the Committee propose to give full particulars 

 in their detailed report in ' The Naturalist ' in the course of a 

 month or two. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-elected as 

 follows: — Matthew B. Slater, F.L.S., Malton, chairman; J. J. 

 Marshall, Beverley, convener; Richard Barnes, Harrog'ate ; 

 Robert Braithwaite, M.D., F.L. S., London ; Llewellyn J. Cocks, 

 London ; Charles Crossland, F. L. S. , Halifax ; Charles P. Hobkirk, 

 F.L.S., Ilkley ; William Ing-ham, B.A., York ; James Needham, 

 Hebden Bridge ; and William West, F.L. S., Bradford ; and that 

 Mr. C. P. Hobkirk continue to be its representative on the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the Union. 



The Yorkshire Mycological Committee. — The Secretary, 

 Mr. Charles Crossland, F.L. S., reports that the work of the 

 Committee has been steadily progressive. Since the last 

 annual report six species new to Britain and three new to 

 science have been published in ' The Naturalist.' Besides these, 

 a most interesting Hyphomycete, found by Mr. A. Clarke during 

 last year's fungus foray at Askern, has been successfully cultivated 

 by Mr. Massee, F.R.M.S., at Kew, with a view to learning some- 

 thing of its life history. This year the weather has been much 

 more propitious to the growth of fungi than for several 

 previous seasons ; but however favourable a season may be, 

 the bulk of the crop of larger species of fungi does not show 

 itself until into September. Micro-species are with us more or 

 less all the year round, and of these Mr. Needham, Hebden 

 Bridge, has forwarded regular supplies. The Grassington 

 Meeting in connection with the British Association was well 

 attended by mycologists, and was a decided success. 

 Several eminent British botanists, including Prof. Marshall 

 Ward, F.R.S., Cambridge University, took part, and highly 

 appreciated the district and the field work done. Grass Woods 

 proved most prolific in fungi, and over loo species were 

 collected. The ordinary fungus foray at Mulgrave Woods has 

 proved the most successful annual foray the Union has yet held. 

 More than 400 species were found, including' many new to the 

 Yorkshire fungus flora, and two or three not hitherto found in 

 Britain. A full report and list of species will be published in 

 ' The Naturalist. ' 



It is recommended that the next year's foray be in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Conisborough ; also that the Committee be re- 

 appointed as follows : — Geo. Massee, F.L. S., Kew, chairman; 

 Charles Crossland, F.L.S., Halifax, convener ; U. Bairstow, 

 Halifax ; Thomas Birks, Yarm-ori-Tees ; W. N. Cheesman, 

 Selby;' A. Clarke, Huddersfield ; Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., 

 Liversedge ; Thomas Gibbs, Sheffield ; James Needham, Hebden 

 Bridge ; J. W. Sutclifife, Halifax ; and Harold W. T. Wager, 

 F.L. S., Leeds. 



