14 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



S.E. — Hornsea (*Nat., May 1900). 



Frequent in pastures and meadows, and occasionally in open, 

 grassy woods. Edible when young and white throughout. 

 Genus BOVISTA Dill., 1719. 



26. Bovista nigrescens Pers. 



In pastures, poor meadows, and heathy places. 



S.W.-Hahfax, 1775 (Bolton's Hist. Fung., Tab. 118). 

 Goitstock ; Roche Abbey Valley (Lees' FL). Sprotborough 

 (Cadeby F.F., 1901). Luddenden Dean, Hx. (H.T.S.). 



N.E. — Scarborough. Castle Howard (F.F., 1892). Mulgrave 

 Woods (F.F., 1900). 



Mid W. — Harewood and East Keswick (F.F., 1898). 



N.W. — Masham. Cotherstone (Exc. 1897). 



27. Bovista plumbea Pers. 



S.W.— Wakefield (' Nat.', 1875-6). Cullingworth ; Endcliffe 

 Valley; Roche Abbey Valley (Lees' FL). Deighton, Huddersfield. 

 Golcar. 



Mid W. — Leeds district (Lees' Fl.). 



N.E. — Heaths, Scarborough. Mulgrave Woods (F.F., 1900). 

 Egton (F.F., 1902). 



[Bovista ammophila Lev. 



S.W.--In pasture, Cullingworth, 1S85 (Lees' Fl.). An 

 imperfectly known species. Probably this record represents 

 a form of Bovista pluinbea\. 



28. Bovista cepaeformis (Bull.) Mass. 



Mid W. — Harewood and East Keswick (F.F., 1898). 



29. Bovista pusilla (Fr.) DeToni. 



S.W.— Halifax (Bolton's Hist. Fung., Tab. 117, f.c). Near 

 Hebden Bridge. 



Mid W.— Bolton Woods (Lees' Fl.). Langstrothdale (' Nat. , 

 May 1 891). 



N.E.— Castle Howard (Mass. Mon. Brit. Gastr., pp. 65-6). 



SCLER ODER MA CEAl. 



Gknus scleroderma Pers., 1801. 



30. Scleroderma vulgare Fr. 



On the ground in open woods. Common. Distribution 

 general. 



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