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and Amcliffe Woods, near Whitby. 



of Armillaria mellea was seen. There were no great troops of 

 anything, but, what was perhaps better, a varied sprinkling of 

 species. The tough, fleshy fungi which find favour with special 

 beetles were marked by their absence ; this was disappointing, 

 as a worthy coleopterist connected with the Union had expressed 

 a wish that some should be sent him. The absence of weight of 

 fungi was set down to the abnormally low temperature which 

 prevailed in July and August. 



Notwithstanding weather drawbacks, this foray, in point of 

 new and important discoveries, has been the most successful of 

 recent years. In addition to the new species already referred to, 

 others are under consideration, and quite a number have been 

 added to the already long list of Yorkshire fungi. The wide 

 experience and knowledge of fungi possessed by the President, 

 who has a thorough grasp of the whole subject, has been the 

 great factor in bringing- about these good results. His recently 

 published book on European Agaricaceae proved exceedingly 

 useful. It is a valuable addition to the literature dealing- with 

 systematic British Mycology. Its pages show at a glance which 

 species had been met with in this country up to the date of its 

 publication and which had not. All the necessary books and 

 microscopes were brought to the meeting. Mr. A. Clarke 

 brought a number of new stereo-photographs of fungi, and the 

 writer a few recent water-colour drawings of micro species. 



Mycology generally appears to be creating- a wider interest 

 than formerly, both from a systematic and economic standpoint. 

 There is plenty of scope, the field being wide and the workers 

 few. 



The Committee, through the Union, is much indebted to the 

 Messrs. J. and A. B. Foster for granting the free run of their 

 extensive Egton estates. A very intelligent and most useful 

 local guide was also provided. Three hundred and forty species 

 were collected. 



Papers bearing the following titles were read: — 'The Modern 

 Method of Studying Agarics,' by the President, illustrated by 

 large diagrams; 'The Economic Uses of Fungi,' by Mr. J. 11. 

 Holland, F.L.S., of the Kew Museum, illustrated by diagrams 

 and specimens; 'The Use of Photography in connection with 

 the Study of Fungi,' by Mr. A. Clarke, illustrated by numerous 

 beautiful stereo and other photographs. Abstracts of each ot 

 the papers will appear in a future issue. 



At the business meeting, held on the Wednesday evening, 

 Mr. G. Massee was elected President of the Mycological Cem- 



1902 November 4. 



