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FUNGUS FORAY AT DONCASTER. 
HENRY (7.;-SOPPITT, 
radford. 
THE Fungus Foray held in connection with the Doncaster excursion, 
on September 16th and 17th, was in every sense a success. It was 
the third foray of the Y.N.U.—the first taking place at Harrogate and 
Ripon in 1881, the second at Bramham and Harewood in 1888— 
and although the number of species collected was less than at the 
preceding ones, yet the interest and the enthusiasm exhibited were 
undoubtedly as great, and probably an outcome of the foray will be 
a welcome and much-needed accession to students of Yorkshire 
' ~moycology. As yet fungi have not received a fair share of attention 
from Yorkshire botanists, but it is evident there is a growing desire 
to know. more about these plants, and if fungus forays were held 
more frequently in Yorkshire no doubt a useful purpose would be 
served. There is no reason why a Yorkshire fungus foray should 
not be an annual event like that of the Essex Field Club and other 
Societies. One important feature of our Yorkshire fungus forays is 
the fact that they are the means of bringing students of mycology 
together, and it was a pleasure, at Doncaster, to see so many familiar 
faces—Mr. George Massee, F.R.M.S., of Kew, to whom the Union 
has been so much indebted in this respect ; Prof. Plowright, M.D., 
of King’s Lynn, who took an active part in the Union’s first fungus 
foray; Mr. Thomas Birks, of Liverpool; Mr. W. N. Cheesman, of 
Selby ; Mr. Charles Crossland, of Halifax; Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., 
of Liversedge ; Mr. J. W. Sutcliffe, of Halifax; Mr. H. G. Ward, of 
London ; and others—all apparently interested. 
The headquarters of the Union during the two days was the 
Glyn Hotel, and shortly after 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning 
a conveyance was in waiting to take the party—about a score in all— 
to Edlington and Wadworth Woods, under the competent local 
guidance of Messrs. H. H. Corbett, J. M. Kirk, and M. H. Stiles, all 
of Doncaster. 
After some delay, a start was made, and the party were conveyed 
at a merry pace to the hunting-ground, some three miles distant. On 
arrival, operations commenced in good earnest, but it was soon found 
that fungi were conspicuous by their absence. Almost in vain were 
Specimens sought for, the only objects that could be found being 
Armillaria melleus, Coprinus micaceus, and one or two other very 
common species. A stretch of pasture, contrary to expectation, was 
@ failure, but at the upper end several fallen logs were examined and 
betieath 6 one of them Mr. Crossland found Merulius aureus, which 
Nov, 1897, 
