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decoloratus, C. {Phleg.) scaurus, C. (/no.) arenatus, C. (Tela.) 

 helvelloides , C (Hygr.) iiraceus^ and Pem'cillium hyphomycetis. 



Seven or eig"ht boxes of microscopic material were brought 

 away for home examination. 



The full list of species, with habitat and locality, is held over 

 to be published in the Union's Transactions. 



The business meeting- was held on Wednesday evening. Two 

 new members were added to the Union as a direct result of the 

 foray — Mr. Thos. Smith, Alderley Edge, near Manchester, and 

 Mr. J. Ackroyd, Heckmondwike, both of whom are likely to prove 

 useful additions to the Mycological section. Votes of thanks 

 were heartily accorded to the Earl of Scarborough and to Mr. 

 S. Jebb, J. P., Firbeck Hall, for permission to visit their estates. 

 The authors of the ' Yorkshire Fungus Flora' were congratulated 

 on the completion and publication of what the committee con- 

 sidered a much-needed work ; one likely to be useful, not only 

 in our own, but in other counties as well, and may be the means 

 of creating new interest in the subject. The officers and com- 

 mittee to be recommended for the Mycological section for 1906 

 are as follow: — Chairman, G. Massee ; Secretary, C. Crossland ; 

 Representative on Executive, C. Crossland ; other members. 

 Rev. W. Fowler, Liversedge ; Harold Wager, Leeds; A. Clarke, 

 Huddersfield ; W. N. Cheesman, Selby ; Thos. Gibbs, Wirks- 

 worth ; J. H. Holland, Kew ; C. H. Broadhead, Thongsbridge ; 

 and J. W. Sutcliffe, Halifax. 



It was decided to recommend Sledmere, in S.E. Yorkshire, 

 as the place for next year's fora}^, and to hold the meeting in 

 the early part of September : date to keep clear of the British 

 Association Meetings at York. 



The usual sampling of a few edible species at breakfast was 

 indulged in. On the several mornings about eight species were 

 cooked, including a couple of pounds of the beef-steak fungus, 

 which was considered a great delicacy : and tender. 



As to the head-quarters, it will be impossible to find a better 

 place anywhere than the ' Swan,' at Maltby. The catering 

 was A I, and we had every accommodation needed, both for 

 work and rest. The indoor facilities were ideal for the kind of 

 meeting we aimed at holding this time'. The genial host, Mr. 

 Weightman, entered into the spirit of the business from the 

 first, and interested himself in it to the close. 



Some observations ' on the Pairing-, Ovi-position, and Eg^tj of Chryso- 

 phamis phlceas' and on ^ PoIoDnnatiis asfrarche' in Durham appear in the 

 October ' Entomolog^ist's Record.' 



Naturalist, 



