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FUNGUS FORAY AT SUTTON, NEAR ASKERN, 
25rH, 26, AND 271 SEPTEMBER 1899. 
CHARLES CROSSLAND, F.L 
Halifax; Hon, Sec. Yorkshire Mycological Ciindition, 
Tue Annual Fungus Foray was “held at Sutton, near Askern. 
The selection of the district, under the advice of Mr. W. Denison 
Roebuck, F.L.S., was a most happy one. To further ensure the 
success if the raetiette Mr. Roebuck recommended that the 
headquarters be at Sutton village, situated in the heart of 
the district to be worked, and by arrangement the house of Miss 
Sorby was placed at the disposal of the Mycological Committee 
and friends. The committee turned up in good force. The 
gathering included Messrs. G. Massee, F.L.S., of the Herba- 
rium, Royal Gardens, Kew; Harold Wager, F.L.S., Leeds; 
U. Bairstow, Halifax; W. N. Cheeseman, Selby; A. Clarke, 
Huddersfield; Thos. Gibbs, Sheffield; Thos. Hey, Derby; 
James Need iver: Hebden Bridge; J. Wms. Sutcliffe, Halifax, 
and C. Crossland, F.L.S., Halifax, Secretary. Letters express- 
ing regret at their inability to be present were received from the 
ev. W. Fowler, M.A., Liversedge; Mr. Thos. Birks, Yarm- 
on-Tees, and Mr. M. B. Slater, J.P., Malton. 
Permission was obtained from Mr. F. Bacon Frank, Camp- 
sall; Mr. C. E. Charlesworth, Owston; Mr. G. B. C. Yarborough, 
Camps Mount; Mr. P. S. Neville, Shelbrook, and other land- 
Owners, to visit their woods and ‘parks. 
Mr. A. Clarke and the writer spent the previous week-end in 
Surveying the district in preparation for the general foray, so 
that the work should be carried on with as little loss of time as 
possible. 
With all these excellent woods, parks, and pastures to 
explore, and all close at hand, this would have been one of the 
choicest districts ever visited by this section of the Union, had 
not the preceding dry season kept back its undoubtedly rich 
_ fungus flora. In many places, both in woods and bare pastures, 
the ground was parched and cracked; crevices one to two 
inches wide were common. In the drier parts of woods the 
dead leaves and twigs crackled under one’s feet with a dis- 
appointing crispness. The light rains of the previous week had 
improved matters a little in the moister places. 
Five of the members, including Mr. Massee, arrived on the 
scene on the 23rd, the remainder on the 25th. Monday’s pro- 
ceedings commenced, after the arrival of the 10.12 train at 
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