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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
D. nigripes Fries. The last three species on dead holly leaves.
D. melanospermum (Pers.) Macbr. On a dead twig ; this typical form is
not common in the Forest.
Colloderma oculatum (Lipp.) G. Lister. Found near Chingford on oak
bark, on the minute liverwort Ptilidium pulcherrimum.
Stemonitis fusca Roth. On wood.
S. ferruginea Ehrenb. On old stumps.
Comatricha nigra (Pers.) Schroet. On dead wood. A magnificent
growth of this was found on a fallen bough three feet long, and almost
covering it with a forest of both young and mature sporangia.
C. typhoides (Bull.) Rost. On dead wood.
Lamproderma scintillans (Berk. & Br.) Morgan. On dead holly leaves.
Enerthenema papillatum (Pers.) Rost. On dead wood.
Cribraria argillacea Pers. Two sporangia, on oak wood.
C. vulgaris Schrad. On oak wood.
Reticularia lycoperdon Bull. One aethalium found.
Lycogala epidendrum (L.). Fries. A fine cluster of aethalia found on dead
wood.
Trichia persimilis Karst.
T. scabra Rost. This and the following species of Trichia were found
as usual on decayed wood.
T. varia (Pers.). Very abundant.
T. decipiens (Pers.) Macbr.
T. Botrytis (Pers.).
Hemitrichia Vesparium (Batsch) Macbr. On dead wood. A rare species
in the Forest.
Arcyria cinerea (Bull.) Pers. On dead wood.
A. ferruginea Sauter. The sporangia of this typically winter species were
found in some abundance in the rosy red immature stage coming up
in serried ranks on dead wood.
A. denudata (L.) Wettst. On dead wood.
A . incarnata (Pers.). On much decayed oak wood.
As above mentioned some of the Colloderma oculatum found by Mr.
Ross on this occasion was growing on bark associated with the rare hepatic,
Ptilidium pulcherrimum, this being the third station in which the latter
has been recorded in the. Forest.
The President moved that the hearty thanks of those present be given
to our referees, and these were accorded by acclamation.
The party then dispersed.
Quail Nesting at Great Oakley.—It is worth recording that
a quail's nest was found lately on Mr. P. Stanford's farm, Howbridge
Hall, at Great Oakley, near Harwich. Mr. Stanford informs me that the
nest was found by one of his men when raking white clover seed on Aug. 7th
last (1924). The clover had been cut during the last week in July, and
the nest was deserted when found. There were at least eight eggs, but
some were broken, probably by the mowing machine ; they were fairly
fresh when blown.
The nest was made of dried grass and bent m a slight hollow in the
ground, and was placed in the middle of a 40-acre field. The birds them-
selves were not seen.—Walter B, Nichols, M.B.O.U.