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cellent examples of the Oak, Common Ash, Mountain Ash, 
W ild Cherry and Larch, whilst towards the head of the valley 
terminated by Falling Force, the Mountain Elm, Sycamore and 
Common Ash are the dominant trees. The Broom is a most 
common shrub, reaching to an immense size, the stems being 
crowded with ripened seed pods. Seedlings of this plant 
could be obtained in varying stages of growth, and other 
seedlings noted were those of the Common Furze, Common 
Ash, Mountain Ash, Oak, and W r ild Rose. That the Bracken 
was the first conqueror of the alum shale mounds was well 
evidenced in several parts of the valley. This fern also spreads 
in extensive sheets on the debris washed down from the rocks, 
and along with it was a heath association of plants, Dwarf 
Bilberry, Ling, Fine-leaved Heath, Tormentil, Ladies Bed- 
straw, and Deschampsia flexuosa. Bromus asper is the common 
grass of the valley. The more shaded and moister portions 
of the upper part of the valley exhibited a ground vegetation 
dominated by Lastrea Filix-mas and its variety Borreri, 
Lastrea Filix-foemina, and Lastrea dilatata, Viola sylvatica, 
Sweet Woodruff, Dog’s Mercury, and Brachypodium sylvaticum. 
Near the Foss is a swamp controlled by Equisetum maximum, 
stems of which measured three to four and a half feet in 
height. The beautiful Epipactis latifolia, W r ater Figwort, 
and Equisetum limosum var. jluviatile were also noted. Near 
the Hermitage a large area of ground is controlled by the 
Monkshood, but that this is a garden escape is evidenced by 
other garden plants which still survive among it, chief of 
which is Sedum grandijlorum. 
Mycology. — Mr. A. E. Peck writes : — The mycological 
representatives — Miss C. A. Cooper and myself, ably assisted 
by Mr. R. Fowler Jones as a collector of considerable experience, 
kept steadily at work and succeeded in compiling quite a 
respectable list of the Fungi of the district. 
This list may be considered as supplemental to the one 
compiled when the Yorkshire Mycologists held their Fungus 
Foray at Egton Bridge in Sept. -Oct., 1902, the report of 
which by Mr. Chas. Crossland see The Naturalist for 1902, 
pages 355-365- 
At present the woods contain many Boleti of the slimy 
capped section while the genera Lactarius and Russula are 
also very strongly represented. No Lepiota were seen and only 
a solitary tuft of Agaricus ( sylvaticus ). On the other hand, in 
the woods around Scarborough at present, species of Lepiota 
and Agaricus ( = Psalliota) predominate. 
Amanitopsis strangulata grows rather finely in the grounds 
of Sleights Hall. 
Our specimens collected were placed, after examination 
outside upon a corner of the lawn for inspection and a con- 
1914 Oct. 1. 
