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FUNGUS FORAY AT MALTBY. 



C. CROSSLAND, F.L.S., 

 Halifax. 



This year the Mycolog-ical Committee held its annual Foray at 

 the ancient and picturesque villag-e of Maltby. The meeting- 

 was of five days' duration — 23rd to 28th September— the head- 

 quarters being at the White Swan Hotel. The village is 

 charmingly situated on a slight hill-slope facing south, on the 

 Rotherham, Tickhill, and Bawtry road, 6J miles from Rotherham, 

 the nearest railway station. It is in close proximity to the 

 venerable ruins of the Cistercian Monastery, Roche Abbey, 

 founded by the lords of Maltby and Hooton some five or six 

 centuries ago. The district is well wooded, and lies within the 

 Trent tributary area on the southern confines of the county, 

 bordering on Nottinghamshire. The soil is clay and loam on a 

 foundation of Magnesian Limestone. The altitude ranges from 

 about 150 feet at Woolthwaite Bottom, 200 feet at Roche 

 Abbey, to 350 feet at the highest part of Maltby Wood. 



The areas investigated lie to the N.E., E., and S.E. of 

 Maltby, and include Maltby Wood, which covers about a square 

 mile, Sandbeck Park, the woods near Firbeck Hall, King's 

 W^ood, Stubbings Wood, and the rich grounds surrounding 

 Roche Abbey. Mr. Sheppard had obtained permission from the 

 Earl of Scarborough and from Mr. S. Jebb, J.P., of Firbeck 

 Hall, to visit their extensive estates. On Saturday, the 23rd, 

 a party of ten met at the Rotherham G.C. station and proceeded 

 by wagonette to Maltby. These included Messrs. Alfred 

 Clarke, Huddersfield ; Thos. Gibbs, Wirksworth ; James Need- 

 ham, Hebden Bridge ; J. H. Holland, I<^ew ; C. H. Broadhead, 

 Thongsbridge ; R. H. Philip, Hull ; J. H. Johnson, Dewsbury ; 

 R. Gilchrist, Scarborough; J. Ackroyd, Heckmondwike ; and 

 the Secretary of the Mycological Committee. Others who 

 steered their own course to the hotel at various times during 

 the week were R. F. Jones, Malton ; Thos. Smith, Alderley 

 Edge, near Manchester ; A. Robertshaw, Luddendenfoot ; F. A. 

 Mason, Leeds ; and Messrs. Oliphant and Peck, of Rotherham. 

 Mr. Massee was unable to attend, and Messrs. H. Wager and 

 N. Cheesman were with the British x^ssociation in South Africa. 



Mr. Ambler, Lord Scarborough's agent, met us at head- 

 quarters and pointed out, by aid of the 6-in. Ordnance Maps, 

 extensive ranges of woodland and pasture over which we were 

 free to roam, only a small game preserve being excepted. 



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