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NOTE on LINCOLNSHIRE FUNGI. 



Geaster fornicatus at Torksey, Line, N. — Mr. F. Mills sends from 

 Torksev (Div. 6 West) the curious-looking- fungus, Geaster fornicatus 

 Fr. , gathered by him last week. Owing to the inner layer of the 

 sporidium becoming arched, and attached to the outer layer by the tips of 

 the rays only, the appearance is that of a man with large head, small 

 body, and four legs, standing on the extremities of a four-pointed saucer. 

 Berkeley says of it, ' Not common, though found occasionally in as high 

 a latitude as Nottinghamshire.' — W. Fowler, Vicarage, Liversedge, 25th 

 August 1902. 



NORTHERN NOTES and NEWS. 



Mr. W. H. Wheeler, of Boston, Lincolnshire, is the author of a recently- 

 published work on 'The Sea-Coast: (1) Destruction, (2) Littoral Drift, 

 (3) Protection.' 



The ' Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire,' by Mr. J. F. Robinson, 

 Botanical Recorder of the Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club, is 

 about to be issued. It extends to nearly 250 pages, and will be the first 

 1 Flora ' of the East Riding. Lees' ' Flora of West Yorkshire ' and Baker's 

 North Riding; Flora are well known to our readers. 



An effort is being made by the naturalists and others at Barnsley to 

 form a permanent public Museum in that town. The matter has been 

 discussed at a meeting of the Corporation, at which Mr. E. G. Bayford, 

 the President of the Barnsley Naturalists' Society, stated that there would 

 be no difficulty in the Society's collections being placed in the proposed 

 Museum. We wish our Barnsley friends success in their efforts. 



It is with great pleasure that we learn that Mr. Alfred Harker, M.A., 

 F.G.S., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and of the Geological 

 Survey of Scotland, has been honoured with a Fellowship of the Royal 

 Society. Mr. Harker's connection with this journal is well known to the 

 readers. He has contributed to our pages many most important papers on 

 the Igneous Rocks of the Lake District, etc., and for many years edited the 

 annual ' Bibliography of Geology and Palaeontology.' 



The Museums Association met at Bradford from 14th July to 17th July, 

 and received a hearty Yorkshire welcome from the Bradfordians. Repre- 

 sentatives from Museums all over the country were present, Yorkshire 

 being represented by the curators from York, Hull, and Sheffield. Several 

 interesting papers were read and discussed. 



The most important of these was in reference to the future of the 

 Museum to be housed in the Cartwright Memorial Hall, now being erected 

 at Bradford. Mr. Butler Wood opened the discussion, and the various 

 curators expressed their views as to the best course to adopt in reference 

 to the proposed museum. The general opinion was that the museum should 

 be devoted to natural history, but more particularly to the natural history, 

 geology, and antiquities of the district around Bradford. With this latter 

 we heartily agree. It is utterly impossible for a provincial museum to 

 imitate the British Museum in its scope, and unquestionably the best 

 manner in which the proposed Bradford Museum can do good work, is by 

 illustrating the history of the district in which it is situated. And even for 

 this purpose alone, the space at disposal for museum exhibits in the 

 Cartwright Memorial Hall will soon prove inconveniently small. 



Naturalist, 



