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Crossland : Fungus Foray at Maltby. 



Saturday afternoon was given to the investig-ation of a 

 butterbur bed, a few pastures, and a narrow strip of wood- 

 land along the banks of Maltby Dike. This short run out 

 gave promise of abundant material for the following" week, over 

 60 species being picked up, including several uncommon ones. 

 A peep into a small plantation behind the village, belonging 

 to Maltby Hall, discovered some very fine specimens of A. 

 campestris var. viLlaticus. On the following day the southern 

 portion of Maltby Wood and the Far Common was looked over, 

 resulting in the finding, among numerous other things, of the 

 following uncommon species : — Lycoperdon echinatum, Lepiota 

 acutesquamosa, Pleurotus pantoleucus , Entolojna siuuatiwi, Agar- 

 icus hcemorrhoidarius , PaxiLlus paradoxus , P. panuoides , 

 Lactarius cilicioides , L. fuliginosits , a typical specimen of Boletus 

 satafias, and several species of Cortinarii. 



In a birch wood with a bracken undergrowth, the fly agaric 

 — Amanita muscaria — was seen in quantity, making a gorgeous 

 display with their bright-scarlet, white-studded caps, and white- 

 frilled collars, among the green grass and the bronze bracken 

 stalks. 



The programme of excursions was not strictly adhered to, it 

 being found advantageous to vary it. On the Monday a few 

 went to Maltby Wood, others to Roche Abbey Valley and to 

 King's Wood. The latter place was found to be rather dry, yet 

 a few things were collected among the dead larch-leaves not 

 seen anywhere else ; these included Hypholoma capnoides^ Boletus 

 laricinuSy and B. viscidus. Among the numerous species found 

 in the Abbey Valley, on this and a revisit on the Wednesday, 

 were Tricholonia immunduni, T. murinaceiun, T. album, Clitocybe 

 aggregata, Eccilia atropuncta, Stropharia coronilla, Hygrophorus 

 olivaceoalbus, Lactarius aspideus, Russula hitea, Panus torulosus, 

 five or six Corti's, and Clavaria abietina in abundance. 



We found the upper part of Maltby Wood scarcely a typical 

 place for ' heaps ' of fungi, it being void of damp, rotting, moss- 

 covered branches, and more of the dog mercury type ; lower 

 down, bracken monopolises the undergrowth, yet by carefully 

 searching those and other more favourable portions of the wood, 

 we obtained a number of uncommon species. Among some 

 hazel bushes a Lycoperdon was found, unknown to any of those 

 present, which appeared upon examination to be probably Lyco- 

 perdon velatum Vitt. , a species which is believed to be new to 

 Great Britain. Specimens have been submitted to Mr. Massee 

 for verification, together with a few other critical species. 



Naturalist, 



