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Crossland: Fungus Foray at Egton Bridge 



Britain ; it is a near relative of C. atramentarius. It is very 

 seldom pasture species are met with in such variety within 

 a small area as they were on this occasion. There were no 

 less than twelve species of Hygrophorus and five of Clavaria. 

 Among' the former was H. bicolor Karst., noticed for the first 

 time in Britain ; it is distinguished from H. pratensis by its 

 chalk-white, gradually downward-tapering- stem. The beautiful 

 pink-white H. calyptrceformis was also among - the number. 



A splendid group of Badhamia utricitlaria rewarded the 

 lifting of a decaying branch from the floor of the wood ; the 

 iridescent sporophores of this elegant Myxomycete hang in 

 grape-like clusters on a slender stalk from the under surface of 

 the matrix upon which it has been feeding and multiplying. 



The first portion of the second day was given to Limber 

 Wood, and a pasture or two on the left bank of the Esk, between 

 Egton Bridge and Glaisdale. A fine example of Tricholoma 

 scevuni Gillet was picked up in one of the pastures ; the second 

 British record. It is rather remarkable that the same species 

 should be sent to the meeting by Mr. Thomas Whitham from 

 Bramhope. Limber Woods, with their eastern aspect, were 

 rather barren of fungi. The Esk was crossed by the Beggars' 

 Bridg-e, Glaisdale, and presently the basket containing the 

 lunch was unpacked at a very opportune wayside inn. After 

 full justice had been done to the good things ' put up ' by the 

 hostess of Esk Villa, no time was lost in making for the adjoin- 

 ing Arncliffe Woods. These, owing to moisture and shade, were 

 more prolific than Limber. A quantity of well-grown plump 

 Hydnum repandum was noticed growing in a segment of a circle. 

 Among other things gathered were Clitocybe obsoleta, Leptonia 

 chalybea, Pholiota flcnnmans , Lactarius pergamenus, and Inocybe 

 Godeyi Gillet; the latter adds another new British record. 



On the Wednesday a visit was paid to Mulgrave Woods, and 

 many additions made to the records of 1894 and 1900, among 

 them being Marasmius Vaillantii, Leptonia formosa, Pholiota 

 adiposa, Poly poms ccesius, and Puccinia carices on Carex pendula, 

 a host for this species not given in Plowright's British Uredineae. 



Each morning, before starting- on the day's excursion, short 

 runs out in the immediate neighbourhood of the headquarters 

 were made by several of the members, while others worked at 

 the previous day's finds left overnight undetermined. Mr. A. 

 Clarke took photographs of several species of especial interest. 

 While odd genera were fairly well represented, many common 

 species were almost nil. For instance, only a solitary specimen 



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