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FUNGUS FORAY AT SELBY: 

 WITH LIST OF SPECIES FOUND 



CHARLES CROSSLAND, 

 Halifax; Secretary to the Yorkshire Mycological Committee. 



The annual Fungus Foray of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, held 

 this year at Selby, September 19th to 22nd, was, as usual, a decided 

 success both from a social and a scientific standpoint. The gathering 

 of mycologists and cryptogamists in general was larger than on any 

 previous occasion, and it was gratifying to notice the welcome 

 presence of several Woolhopeans, who acknowledged that the 

 Yorkshire gathering is a worthy successor to the once famous annual 

 meeting of mycologists at Hereford under the auspices of the 

 Woolhope Club. There were present Mr. G. Massee, F.L.S., 

 F.R.M.S., of the Royal Herbarium, Kew ; Mr. Carlton Rea, M.A., 

 B.C.L., Worcester; Dr. Plowright, F.L.S., F.R.C.S., Kings Lynn ; 

 Mr. T. Hey, M.C.S., Derby, and nearly all the Yorkshire workers in 

 mycology. The announcement received at the last moment that, 

 owing to a slight accident, the Rev. Canon Du Port, M.A., of 

 l^ownham, would be unable to attend, was received with universal 

 regret. The woods investigated were Stainor and Bishop's woods in 

 Mid West Yorkshire Vice-County ; and Escrick and Blackwood in 

 South East Yorkshire Vice-County. Time did not allow for working 

 Osgodby Wood. The season having been exceptionally favourable 

 to the growth of fungi, specimens were fairly abundant in suitable 

 P^ces, and a good variety were met with. Portions of Escrick and 

 Blackwood proved to be very good hunting grounds. Altogether 

 from all quarters about 270 species were collected. Many not to he 

 found every day were collected, including Trzcholovia onychinitm Fn, 



new to Britain, having previously been recorded from Sweden only; 

 there were also some new county records. A somewhat rare 

 Vscomyeete, Rhizina inflata (Schseff.) was found in Bishop's Wood, 

 not very prolific ground in some parts of it on account of the dens* 

 undergrowth of brambles and bracken. In other parts of this and 



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m the other woods a few commoner species, Lactarius glydosmus Fr. 

 and Colly hia butyracea Bull., for instance, and some Boleti, were 

 extremely abundant. In Escrick extraordinarily fine specimens of 

 Otidea aurantia Mass. were met with like large deep-onm oloured 

 flowers springing direct from the ground. Temtbia ophioglossoides Tul. 

 ^vas found parasitic on Elaphomyces granulaius in Blackwood. On 



D«c 1896. 



