FUNGI NEW TO WEST YORKSHIRE. 
CHARLES CROSSLAND, 
Halifax. 
THE following have been identified for me since ORRANIPE the note 
published in ‘The Naturalist’ for December 1890 
Agaricus (Collybia) fusipes Bull. var. edematopus Scheff. 
Agaricus (Collybia) plexipes Fr. On old stump. 
Lactarius camphoratus Fr. 
The three plants were gathered in Rough-hey Wood, near 
Triangle, Halifax, by ae writer, on Nov. 17th, 1890. All have 
been certified by Mr. G.orge Massee 
Ombrophila purpurea Fckl. rhs ally Discomycetous igri was 
amas on a stump in Northdean Wood, Nov. 22nd, o, by 
Mr. G. L. Lister, and certified by Mr. W. Phillips, entices 
NOTE—BOTANY. 
Osmunda regalis in the Lake District.—My attention has been called to 
a statement in ‘The Naturalist’ for November 1890, p. 334, which seems to cast 
te) of i 
er. 
seo ag — read the ‘Report’ [ think he would’ not have 
inserted this page 6 pf thes Report (1890)—under Osmunda pee. 
Cumber land it 3 is : stated by W. it was ‘formerly quite abundant round 
es ; 
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r. Grimshaw m 
sn esl with his locality, but that — not make the Committee’s ‘ Report’ 
ong. —C., P. Ba cone Hes 22nd, 
“Mr. Grimshaw ass s that he he not the slightest idea of imputing any 
discredit to the British cAsseelatide Committee when quoting the 
t made. e 
regrets that the statement was published, and, in common with ourselves is glad 
to know that the eet: Fern still exists in Cumberland. Long may it continue 
o so, —E 
Naturalist, 
