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Collection of Seeds in Museum.—The Curator exhibited the first
portion of the collection of the Seeds of English plants which Mr. White-
head and he were gathering together. The present exhibit comprised
about 300 species. Each kind was preserved in small oblong glass-topped
boxes, which were arranged in rows in a cabinet—so that the collection
could be presented in botanical order, and readily examined. It was
hoped that a collection of Seed-pods and Fruits might be gathered together
in the future, but this would need modifications of the method of pre-
servation and exhibition. Mr. Cole asked for aid from the botanical
members of the Club in increasing the series. One caution was necessary
—it was imperative that the greatest care should be taken in the identifica-
tion of species.
The President then delivered his Annual Address, which took the
form of a paper on "The Dating of Early Human Remains." On the
proposal of Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Whitaker, it was agreed that the Address
should be printed in the Essex Naturalist, and the best thanks of the
Club were offered to Mr. Warren for his services as President during the
past year.
Mr. Warren briefly thanked the Meeting in reply.
A paper by Mr. Charles H. Butcher, "Notes on Palaeolithic Implements
from Wanstead Park," was, from want of time, taken as read, and the
Meeting adjourned.
MYCETOZOA FOUND DURING THE FUNGUS
FORAY ON 17th OCTOBER 1914.
By Miss GULIELMA LISTER, F.L.S.
NOTWITHSTANDING the long spell of dry weather of the last
few months, broken only by light rain on 14th and 15th October a
list of sixteen species of Mycetozoa rewarded our search on 17th October
during the beautiful ramble taken through the Forest from Chingford
to High Beach and Loughton.
A few of these species had no doubt managed to creep about in the
feeding or "plasmodium" stage all through the dry weather within wood
lying among grass in moist hollows or near springs; others must have
passed the time of drought in the dry resting "sclerotium" stage, until
awakened into activity by the recent rains; but a large number of our
gatherings consisted of weathered sporangia that had probably formed
many weeks previously. The following is the list of what were found :—
Badhamia utricularis (Bull.) Berk. Both the orange plasmodium and
newly formed sporangia were seen.
Physarum nutans Pers. Sporangia, freshly formed on dead wood.
Fuligo septica Gmelin, forma candida. This white form is far less
frequent than the typical yellow one, and was described by Persoon as a
distinct species. A large aethalium, five inches across, was found on a
prostrate beech trunk at High Beach; the fragile cortex had been washed
away and the spores were already becoming a prey to mould; they measure
seven to eight microns, as in the type, but are a little darker than usual