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each day's return the specimens collected were laid out for inspection 

 in one of the rooms connected with the Selby Mechanics 7 Institute. 



The business meeting was held on Monday evening at the Londes- 

 borough Arms, the President, the Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., Liversedge, 

 occupying the chair. The time taken up by the necessary formal 

 business was very brief, there being no dissentient voices to the 

 proposal that the Chairman and Secretary of the Mycological Com- 

 mittee retain office for another year. Mr. Harold Wager, F.L.S., 

 Leeds, was unanimously elected a member of the committee. Votes 

 of thanks were accorded to Lady Beaumont, Lord Wenlock, 

 Lord Londesborough, Mr. Charles Weddall, Mr. Riley Briggs, 

 Mr. J. Lloyd Wharton, M.P., and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 

 for the permission given to visit their estates. It was unanimoush 

 decided to hold the next annual foray at Barnsley as a centre. 

 Several interesting lecturettes were given and papers read on 

 various branches of mycology. One by Mr. Wager, F.L.S., on 'The 

 Sexuality of the Agaricineae/ was profusely illustrated by diagrams, and 

 showed a great amount of careful investigation and original research 

 into the coalescence and redivision of nuclei in the basidium, pre- 

 paratory to the production of a nucleus for each spore borne by the 

 basidium. The paper by Mr. Carleton Rea, M.A., on 'The Duration 

 of the Sporophyte of Colly bin tuberosa and Cyathus striates,' also 

 denoted careful original observation. The Rev. Canon Du Fort had 

 engaged to give the details of 'A case of poisoning from eating 

 Agaricus pantheri?ius at Charleville (Ardennes)/ but not being able to 

 attend had written a short paper on the subject which Dr. Plowright 

 kindly read on his behalf. Mr. Massee gave an interesting and 

 valuable discourse on ' Some doubtful species of Agarics.' Mr. A. 

 Clarke, of Huddersfield, exhibited a large number of charming and 

 novel stereoscopic views of fungi. 



Up to the close of Monday's work the weather, always an important 

 factor towards the success or failure of these meetings, proved to be 

 all that could be desired. Rain, however, set in pretty sharply on 

 Tuesday morning and put a check on further outdoor operations. 

 The work set apart for that day was the investigation of Gambles- 

 forth and Carleton Woods, but it had to be abandoned. One or two 

 of the more hardy members revisited Stainor Wood and turned up 

 a few species not seen on the Saturday. Not a little of the success 

 of the meeting was due to the untiring energy of the local Secretary, 

 Mr. W. N. Cheesman, Selby, who at times experienced some little 

 difficulty in keeping his flock within hailing distance in the extensive 

 woods traversed. A collection of fungi, including Paxillus hpista Fr., 

 was brought by Mr. Hey from Derby. Consignments were received 



