322 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION : FUNGUS FORAY. 



By both parties were collected a very large quantity of fungi, and 

 they returned to Leeds about five in the afternoon. Soon after this, 

 all hands set to work to arrange and set out the specimens for the 

 ' Show.' Thanks to the kindness of the Leeds Philosophical Society, 

 the Show was arranged in their library, in which also the meeting 

 was held. 



At the meeting — over which the Rev. Wm. Fowler, M.A., an 

 ex-president, presided — the minutes of the preceding meeting having 

 been taken as read, and passed, Mr. Geo. Massee, F.R.M.S., was 

 called upon to state the results of the day's work. Numerous 

 species (over 200) had been collected, many of which (about forty) 

 were new to the West Riding Flora, and others had not been seen 

 therein since the time of James Bolton, about a century ago. Among 

 the Hymenomycetes, white-spored species largely predominated, and 

 the genera Hygrophorus^ Russula, and Lactarius were especially 

 abundant. On the other hand, several of the commonest of fungi 

 (such as Armillaria meileus^ Hypholoina fascicularis^ etc.) were 

 apparently absent or nearly so. Amongst the principal finds were 

 Lactarius aspidens Fr. and Russula ciiprea — a species included by 

 Fries under R. nitida^ from which it is readily distinguished by its 

 copper-coloured pileus and rose-coloured stem — both new to Britain. 

 Other species of note were Lactarius aurantiacus Fr., collected in 

 quantity under fir-trees in Bramham Park, and recorded as 

 British for the first time a few weeks previous when gathered in the 

 New Forest ; it is a really pretty species, with a deep-orange pileus 

 and stem and decurrent gills, and has hitherto probably been con- 

 fused with L. mitissimus ; Russula ccerulea Fr., R, granulata Cke., 

 R. expalle?is, Lactarius uvidus^ Leotia lubrica, LLygrophorus hypo- 

 thejus Fr., IL. clarkii Berk., LL. calyptrcefonnis Berk., Dictydium 

 cernimm^ and many other rare species. Later in the evening, 

 Mr. Massee gave an interesting and racy address on the ' Evolution 

 of Fungi,' which he treated in a humorous and masterly manner. 

 Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., then proposed a vote of thanks to Lord 

 Harewood, Mr. Lane Fox, Messrs. Massee, Soppitt, and all who had 

 contributed to the success of the foray, which was unanimously 

 adopted, as also was one to the chairman. 



The Show, which was kept open the whole of the following day, 

 proved of great interest to the visitors to the Museum, and was 

 carefully examined by those members (not many, alas!) who take a 

 real interest in the study. For the contribution of specimens to the 

 Show the Union was indebted to various members and associates for 

 specimens collected at other localities than those visited during the 

 excursion. Mr. Rushforth, of Horbury, brought the Dry-rot {Merulius 



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