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been recorded from the Forest district for many years; the speaker himself
had, three weeks before, discovered Chaenotheca melanophaea, var. flavocitrina
an entirely new record for Essex. Other interesting and uncommon lichens,
many of them in fine fruiting condition, had been noted during the foray
such as Cladonia digitata and Baeomyces roseus.
Mr. Paulson also called attention to an observation of ecological in-
terest he had made on the soil lichen, Lecidea uliginosa, which a year
ago was covering in quantity the earth worn bare by the military in the
neighbourhood of the Retreat.1 To-day, on examining the same spot,
he found that the lichen had entirely disappeared and its place was taken
by moss-protonema and confervoid algae.
In concluding his remarks, Mr. Paulson referred to the recent publica-
tion of Miss A. Lorrain Smith's Monograph of the British Lichens, part I.,
and proposed that a vote of congratulation should be sent to Miss Smith,
in the name of the Club, on the appearance of this important and valuable
contribution to Lichenology. Mr. Percy Thompson warmly seconded
the proposal, which, on being put to the Meeting, was passed by acclama-
tion.
The President announced that 17 species of Mycetozoa had been
found during the day. In concluding, she referred briefly, but in well-
chosen phrases, to the great national deliverance from a cruel and ruthless
War which was on the verge of consummation.2
The meeting then broke up, and Members made their way homewards
through the Forest to Loughton and Chingford stations.
ORDINARY MEETING (495th MEETING).
SATURDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER 1918.
This (the second) winter meeting, was held, as usual, at the Municipal
Technical Institute, Romford Road, Stratford, at 3 o'clock, the President
(Miss G. Lister, F.L.S.) in the chair. 35 Members attended.
Before the business of the Meeting commenced, the President referred,
in a few happy phrases, to the great event which had occurred since the
last Meeting, to the close of hostilities on November 11th, which presaged
the blessing of a speedy and permanent Peace.
Miss May Hargrave, 71, Fenchurch Street, E.C.3.
Miss Winifred Hargrave, 71, Fenchurch Street, E.C.3.
Mr. Wilfred Justus Foster, 1, Cliveden Road, Higham's Park, Chingford,
E.4.
were elected Members of the Club.
Miss A. Hibbert-Ware, F.L.S., exhibited and gave a short account
of the freshwater sponge, Spongilla lacustris, which had been noticed
recently in quantity in one of the Wanstead Park ponds. A coloured
drawing by the President of the sponge in its living aspect was also ex-
hibited.
Mr. Percy Thompson exhibited a fine polished section of the trunk
1 See Essex Nat., xvii., p. 282.
2 The Armistice which, in effect, brought the fighting to an end, after 41/2 years bitter
struggle, and yielded victory to the Allies, came into operation at 11 a.m. on the following
Monday, 11th Nov. 1918, "a day worthy to be marked by a white stone "in the history of
our nation and of all the free peoples of the world.