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one of which will probably be an addition to the Yorkshire list, but 
requires confirmation; the other, Elachyptera cornuta Fin., has only 
been recorded twice in the county, though considered a common species. 
At the top of Heather Glen, by the moor edge, Tipula plumbea F. was 
seen in fair quantity. 
Botany (W. H. Pearsall) — Peat covers the flat-topped hills in most 
places, but although several exposures were examined, no significant 
remains were observed. The peat is much eroded and somewhat 
irregular — and it is largely covered by heather moor. No Eriophorum 
peat was seen. The steeper valley slopes are clothed with dry oak 
woods of the types recognised by Dr. Woodhead in the Huddersfield 
district. These are usually much planted, but in Heather Glen there is 
an interesting fragment of vestigial Oak-wood with a Bilberry -heath 
ground flora. These types of vegetation are never floristically rich, 
and consequently few of the rarer flowering plants were seen. Mr. J. 
Beanland pointed out the fact that the naturalised Claytonia sibirica 
had spread within recent years, right down the Harden Beck almost to 
its outlet into the river. Only the commoner mosses and liverworts 
were observed, and all these have been previously recorded for the area. 
The somewhat unexpected presence of Hypnum commutatum associated 
with water moderately rich in lime could probably be attributed to the 
presence of limestone boulders in the drift. 
Mycology (F. A. Mason) -Several members interested themselves 
in the collection of fungi, and the following notes are the results of their 
combined observations. Among the polypores, Daedalea quercina 
occurred near Beckfoot ; Polyporus squamosus and P. betulinus were 
frequent in the Harden Valley. Agarics were scarce, and the only 
representatives were Psilocybe foenicesii, Psathyra gracilis, Panaeolus 
sphinctrinus, Coprinus comatus and Stropharia semiglobata. None of 
the three Ascomycetes mentioned by Mr. Hebden in the Circular was 
observed, although several interesting species belonging to this group 
were collected, among them the Morel, Morchella esculenta, and Sclerotinia 
Curreyi. The latter is a stipitate discomycete found growing on decaying 
Juncus stems. In autumn the presence of the sclerotium of this fungus 
in a rush may frequently be detected by drawing the stem through the 
finger and thumb with gentle pressure ; this sclerotium remains embedded 
in the rush during the winter, and in the following spring gives rise to 
the cup -like fungus as seen at Bingley. 
The common Uredines, Puccinia Hypochoeridis, P variabilis, P. 
Violae, P. Poarum, Uromyces Ficariae and U. Poae were distributed 
over the whole area. A pile of dry logs by Harden Beck furnished the 
Hyphomycetes, Trichothecium roseum and Botrytis cinerea, as well as 
the mycetozoan, Reticularia Lycoperdon. 
Plant Galls (W. Falconer) : — Owing to the backwardness of the 
vegetation and the absence of foliage, there was practically nothing to 
be found in the way of plant galls, although in a normal season there 
should have been a considerable number in evidence at this time of the 
year.. The only new one was Eriophyes avellanae Nal. (the big mite 
bud. of the hazel), between Marley and Bingley. Two oak Cynipid 
galls were observed ; a swollen ‘ spangle,’ Neuroterus lenticularis Oliv. 
which continues its development, although detached from the tree, in 
natural surroundings, at Goitstock, and an old Andricus corticis Linn, at 
St. Ives Wood. 
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R. W. Anderson writes on ‘Distinctive Features of Cleveland Iron- 
stone Mining ’ in The Quarry for June. 
H. W. Stunkard describes some new Blood Flukes in American 
Museum Novitates. At first we thought it was a treatise on billiards ! 
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