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of naming and arranging the specimens as the bands of collectors came in. A
very interesting series was collected, about a hundred species, from various parts
of High Beach, Loughton, Lord's Bushes, Buckhurst Hill, Woodford, etc.
Among them Dr, Cooke and Mr. Massee were able to identify the following as
new to the Epping Forest list:—
Agaricus (Mycena) parabolicus.
A. (Stropharia) thraustus.
Phlebia merismoides.
Clavaria grisea.
Grandinia granulosa.
Periza badia.
P. succosa.
Polyporus applanatus.
P. radiatus.
Thus the additions to the forest flora as the result of the two "forays" in 1888
comprised twenty-nine species, of which five were new to Britain.
The large room at the "Roebuck" was, as usual, arranged for the display of
botanical specimens, and the following collections were shown :—Mr. J. T.
Powell exhibited a collection of the Rubi of Epping Forest, consisting of about
twenty authentic forms, together with several others as yet undetermined. This
collection was the result of two seasons' work at this difficult genus within the
forest area.1 Mr. Carlton Rea exhibited a large number of coloured drawings of
Fungi, collected in Worcestershire this season. Mr. W. White, a set of plates of
varieties, of British Ferns, from Druery's "Choice British Ferns." Mr. E. Step, a
series of photographs and drawings of Fungi, made by himself. Mrs. Trench, a
set of drawings of fungi in oil colour, made from specimens collected near Shoe-
buryness, Essex, Microscopical specimens were exhibited by Mr. Wire, Mr.
Crouch, and other members. A great number of large wall-diagrams of lower
forms of plant-life were shown by Mr. David Houston, and a series of diagrams
of natural history were lent by Mr. Wheldon, of Queen Street.
At five o'clock the usual Club Tea was served, after which an Ordinary
Meeting (the 94th) was held in the Meeting Room, Prof. G. S. Boulger, Vice-
President, in the Chair.
The following were elected Members of the Club :—Messrs. J. Baker, G. E.
Crick, Arthur Downes, M.D., R. H. Eve, A. M. Gillham, S. W. Squier, J.P.,
and Rev. E. R. Horwood, M.A.
Prof. Boulger alluded to the regretted absence, owing in some cases to illness,
of botanists who were commonly present at this annual gathering, and said that
he was sure all would miss Mr. English, who for many years had been a prominent
figure at the fungus forays, and whose death in the early part of the year was
a great loss to the Club.
Dr. Cooke made a few remarks upon the results of the day's hunting, and then
read a paper he had prepared—" Notes on the Larger Fungi of Epping Forest,"
which summed up the result of the preceding eight "Fungus Forays" on the
forest, and which will be published in the Essex Naturalist as an introduction
to a revised list of the Hymenomycetes of the district, so as to form a starting
point for further researches on the Mycological Flora of Essex.
Prof. Boulger, in thanking Dr. Cooke for his admirable summary of the results
of former years' work, hoped that in future it would be possible to extend their
researches into other parts of Essex—they not only wished to ascertain the
whole number of species growing in the country, but also their distribution in
1 A preliminary list of the brambles already determined will shortly appear in the Essex
Naturalist, and Mr. Powell hopes, after another summer's work, to compile a tolerably com-
plete list of the Forest Rubi, with localities.