THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
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were formed, the former working the woodlands between Theydon Bois
and Highbeach, the latter starting from Loughton and proceeding by a
shorter route to Highbeach. Collecting was assiduously carried on
throughout the day, so that an average gathering of fungi graced the
display tables at the Roserville Retreat, the headquarters for the meeting,
by the end of the afternoon.
The referees present were as follow : —
Miss A. Lorrain Smith, F.L.S. 
Miss Elsie Wakefield, F.L.S. for the
Mr. F. G. Gould Basidiomycetes
Mr. Arthur A. Pearson, F.L.S. and Ascomycetes.
Mr. J. Ramsbottom, O.B.E., F.L.S. 
Miss G. Lister, F.L.S. . . . . . . for the Myxomycetes.
After due inspection of the specimens displayed on the tables, tea
was taken at 5 o'clock, following which a short meeting of the Club was
held with the President, Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S.,
in the chair, when nominations in favour of seven candidates for member-
ship of the club were read by the Hon. Secretary.
The President welcomed members of the Mycological Society and
other societies which had participated in the Foray, and called upon the
various referees for their reports on the day's finds.
Miss Lister reported a total of 22 species of myxomycetes gathered
during the Foray, some of which were, however, immature, and others
in decayed condition.
The list is as follows :—
Physarum nutans Pers, and its sub-species leucophaeum List.
Fuligo septica Gmel.
Leocarpus fragilis Rost.
Diderma deplanatum Fries.
Didymium nigripes Fries.
Stemonitis fusca Roth.
Comatricha nigra Schroet.
C. typhoides Rost.
Lamproderma scintillans Morg.
Dictydium cancellatum Macbr., on beech wood.
Diclydiaethalium plumbeum Rost.
Tubifera ferruginosa Gmel.
Reticularia Lycoperdon Bull.
Trichia affinis De Bary.
T. scabra Rost.
T. varia Pers.
T. Botrytis Pers.
Arcyria cinerea Pers.
A. pomiformis Rost.
A. denudata Wettstein.
A. incarnata Pers.
A. nutans Grev.
Mr. Pearson remarked on the splendid specimens of Polyporus sul-
phureus which adorned the display, and on the relative abundance of
Russulas and Lactarii ; in all, 132 species of hymenomycetes were found