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LANGSTROTHDALE FUNGI. 
C. H. B. WOODD, B.A., 
Oughtershaw Hall. 
In the latter part of the summer of 1888, a particularly wet year, 
our attention was attracted by the abundance of Fungi (chiefly the 
more conspicuous Hymenomycetes) to be found in the immediate 
neighbourhood of Oughtershaw. We accordingly made a number of 
figures—trepresenting about one hundred varieties—to which a few 
have since been added. These have recently been submitted to 
Mr. George Massee, of Kew, who has kindly examined them, and 
has been able to identify some seventy species, included in about 
thirty-six genera and sub-genera. The area from which by far the 
majority of the species were collected is very limited—namely, the 
immediate neighbourhood of Oughtershaw, which is situated at 
about 1,200 feet above the sea-level. The rest were collected in 
other parts of Langstrothdale, especially the Buckden Woods. 
They were all gathered in the months of August and September. 
Mr. Massee calls attention to the fact that an important majority of 
the species are white-spored, included in the sub-genera Amanitopsts, 
Lepiota, Armillaria, Tricholoma, Collybia, Mycena, Clitocybe and 
Laccaria of the genus Agaricus; aid the genera Lactarius, Russula, 
and Hygrophorus. He further satiniks that the species of the last- 
named genus are said to be characteristic of high latitudes and 
elevated regions, and are assisted in their development by a little 
frost ; and that this seems to be borne out by the occurrence of nine 
species in this neighbourhood which he is able to identify, besides 
several others at present undetermined. 
In the subjoined list I have distinguished by an asterisk eleven 
species which appear to be unrecorded in Mr. Lees’ ‘ Flora of West 
Yorkshire.’ This number would be increased to thirteen were 
there not some little doubt regarding Leptonia /ampropus and 
Cortinarius albo-violaceus. 
Agaricus meee vaginatus Fr. Fir plantation, 
Oughters 
Agaricus pene cristatus Fr. 
Agaricus (Lepiota) granulosus Batsch. Amongst grass, 
Oughtershaw. 
Agaricus (Armillaria) melleus Fl. Dan. Oughtershaw. 
Decaying stumps. 
Naturalist, 
