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The Fungus Flora of the Mulgrave District. 
The Foray was remarkable from several points of view, 
(i) the number of species met with, viz., 6n ; (2) the preval- 
ence of certain genera. For instance, Mycena was represented 
by thirty-two species, Cortinarius by twenty-nine, Russula 
twenty-eight, Tricholoma twenty-four, Lactarius twenty, 
Hygrophorus eighteen, Inocybe thirteen, and Pholiota ten— 
a most remarkable array for one meeting. Of the 6x1 and 
twelve varieties dealt with, 256 were additions to Mulgrave, 
including three new to Britain and twenty-four others to 
Yorkshire. (See The Naturalist, January 1909, pp. 21-29.) 
The Foray was held at Castle Howard in 1909. On dis- 
cussing the place of meeting for 1910, it was decided that we 
ought to recommend further investigation in Mulgrave Woods, 
so as to work them fairly well. 
In 1910 permits for Mulgrave Woods and the use of the 
schoolroom were again kindly granted. One hundred and forty- 
eight of the 563 noted, along with six varieties, were further 
additions. A few of these were gathered in spring. (See The 
N aturalist , 1911, pp. 21-28.) It will be noticed that six species 
were new to Britain, and about twenty-others to Yorkshire. 
We wondered where we should have to go to discover six 
agarics not previously recorded for Great Britain, along with 
several other rarities, in one locality, within a few days. We 
couldn’t tell, and thought the best course to pursue would be 
to continue our researches in the neighbourhood of Lythe, 
Mulgrave, and Sandsend a few years longer, and by so doing 
bring the work more into line with modern ideas of field 
investigation — that is, work one clearly-defined area well. 
. It was with this intention that a second informal spring 
foray was held towards' the end of May, 1911. In May we 
were confined to the days and parts of the woods open to the 
general public. The results were included in the report of the 
September meeting (see The Naturalist, 1911, pp. 387-393). 
A reference to this will show that the two meetings yielded 
138 further additions to the district. Forty-five of these were 
new to Yorkshire, among them being three new to Britain and 
two to science. 
At this foray Mr. Massee, by invitation of Lord Normanby, 
lectured in the Mulgrave Castle schoolroom on ‘ Diseases of 
Plants caused by Fungi.’ The lecture was advertised in the 
Whitby papers, being arranged for the special benefit of local 
farmers, fruit-growers, woodmen, cottage gardeners, etc. It 
was illustrated by well-prepared slides through a powerful 
lantern provided by his lordship. The lecture was much 
appreciated. 
In May, 1912, there was a third Spring Meeting. The 
time was mostly spent in searching for Pyrenomycetes and 
other minute fungi that occur on fallen branches, twigs, dead 
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