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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
which Miss E. Willmott, F.L.S., V.M.H., a Member of Council, presided,
in the unavoidable absence of our President.
Mr. Percy E. Wheeler, of 58, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, N.16.
was duly elected a Member of the Club, and three certificates of nomination
were read.
The Chairman proposed that the thanks of the meeting should be given
to Mr. F. J. Lambert, for arranging the route and general business of the
visit, and to Miss G. Lister, for her expert leadership during the day :
these were heartily accorded by those present.
Miss Lister than gave a short report on the day's finds, and also touched
briefly upon the history of the island.
The thanks of the meeting to Miss Willmott for presiding were cordially
given ; and the party made its way back to Benfleet Creek, which was
crossed by ferryboat, it being now full tide.
At 6.30 o'clock, trains were caught at Benfleet station for home, and a
pleasant day's excursion brought to a close.
FUNGUS FORAY IN EPPING FOREST (585th MEETING).
SATURDAY, 18TH OCTOBER, 1924.
The Club's annual Fungus Foray was again held in conjunction with
the British Mycological Society, and a goodly muster of 120 to 130 persons
attended this popular function, which was favoured with fine weather.
The referees for the day were as under :—
For the Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes,
Miss A. Lorrain Smith, F.L.S.
Miss Elsie Wakefield, F.L.S.
Mr. F. G. Gould.
For the Myxomycetes, 
Miss G. Lister, F.L.S.
Messrs. J. Ramsbottom and A. A. Pearson were unavoidably prevented
from attending, as they had intended, by reason of the meeting in Paris
of the French Mycological Society held on the same date.
A somewhat remarkable circumstance was the large proportion of
members and visitors who contrived to join the Morning Party, a very
satisfactory one in view of the fact that this party has much greater oppor-
tunity to discover rarities than has the Afternoon Party, which is ham-
pered by a shorter route and has much less time at its disposal.
Assembled at Theydon Bois station at just before 11 o'clock, the Morning
Party of collectors entered the Forest at Oak Hill, and proceeded through
the woodlands by way of Monk Wood to Highbeach, lunching en route.
The Afternoon Party assembled at Loughton station at 3 o'clock, and took
a more direct route, via Loughton Camp, to Highbeach.
At the headquarters, the Roserville Retreat, the specimens collected
were displayed upon the tables, and named by the referees.
After tea, a short Meeting of the Club was held, with the President,
Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, in the chair, when four certificates of nomina-
tion for membership were read.