NOTES AND NEWS. 



W. Harwell Turner. York N.E. 



Desmids of Gormire Lake. — Correction of Error [in respect of varieties of 

 Docidiuiii tr;i iicatuin and D. >wdidosum\ Nat., Oct. 1887, p. 290. 

 George R. Vine. York S.W. 



Luminous Wood [the phenomenon observed in firewood composed of beech 

 {Fagiis sylvatua), elm {Ul/nns cai?ipestris), sycamore {Acer pseiidoplata)ius), 

 and oak {Qiierciis rohitr)^ due to presence of fungus mycelium?]. Nat., Oct. 

 1885, pp. 340-341. 



C. H. Waddell. Westmorland. 

 Cortinarius alboviolaceus Yx., and Boletus cyanescens ]3ull , near Kendal 

 [in 1886]. Nat., Nov. 1886, p. 332. 

 C. H. Waddell. Westmorland. 

 Hyg-rophorus sciophanus Fr. near ICendal [in Oct. 1886, plentifully], 

 Nat., March 1887, p. 66. 

 C. H. Waddell. Westmorland. 

 Fungus Crop of 1887 [near Kendal deficient in the species of woods and 

 pastures ; Agaricus granulosus entirely absent ; Boletus cdulis and J^ax/Ilus 

 invohttits very abundant]. Sci. Goss., Dec. 1887, p. 281. 

 W. West. York Mid W. 



Habitats of Fresh-water Algae [in West Yorkshire, etc.; Botryd/ua 

 vulgaris. Sirogoniu/ji sticticum, Cylindrospermu})i fuacrosperniuin, Rivularia 

 calcarea (Gordale), Fetaloncnia aiatuiu, and Scytonenia niyoc/irous, only one 

 of which, however, has a specific locality assigned]. Nat., May 1885, p 232. 

 W. West. Westmorland. 

 Pilularia globulifera in Westmoreland ^Philonotis foiitaua, Dicrauella squar- 

 rosa and SarcoscypJius ehrharti also noted]. J. of Bot.. Jan. 1886, xxiv. 24. 

 John Whlj ehead. Lane. S., Chesh., York S.W., Derbyshire. 



Mosses of Ashton-under-Lyne District [list of about 250 species, localised 

 within a radius of ten miles of Ashton]. Nat., March and April 1886, pp. 85-100. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



We have noted with great interest the excellent series of papers on the ' History 

 of the County Botany of Worcester,' from the pen of Mr, Wm. Matthews, M.A., 

 appearing in successive numbers of our contemporary 'The Midland Naturalist,' 

 and could wish that similar work were done for Lincolnshire or the East Riding 

 of Yorkshire, botli of which are comparatively neglected tracts. 



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Yorkshire naturalists, especially those who remember the old West Ridin'^ 

 Consolidated Naturalists' Society in the years before it enlarged its borders and 

 became the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, will learn with regret of the decease of 

 two of the most prominent of its members — Mr. Joseph Tindall, of Hudderstield, 

 and Mr. J. M. }-)arber, of Heckmondwike. 



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Mr. Tindall, whose decease occurred in .September last, devoted himself to the 

 study of geology, and was frequently called upon at the meetings to describe the 

 geology of the scene of the excursions, and to determine the rock-specimens and 

 fossils brouglu to the meetings. 



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Mr. Joseph Marshall Barber, a native of Barnsley, settled at Heckmond- 

 wike, with the intellectual life of which he was identified throughout his residence 

 there. He was one of the founders of the Heckmondwike Naturalists' Societv, 

 of the Heckmondwike Mechanics' Institute, of the Heckmondwike juvenile 

 Naturalists' Society, and of the Heckmondwike Antituiarian Society, of all of 

 which he was an office-bearer and indefatigable supporter. As a member of the 

 Naturalists' Society, he was concernetl in the foundation of the West Riding 

 Consolidated Naturalists" Society, of which at a later })eriod he became honorary 

 secretary: and when, in 1876, this body became the ^'orkshire Naturalists' I'nion', 

 he was jjresented with a valuable microscope in recognition of his services. He 

 died suddenly on the 2 1st of November, at the age of 59, ami was interreil at 

 the Heckmondwike Cemetery three days after. 

 Dec. r888. 



