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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
unique feature, The chancel dates from the 13th century and the S.
porch is a modern replica of the original one, which was seriously dilapi-
dated. Other objects of interest in the church are the Laudian communion
rails with spirally turned balustrade, the Jacobean pulpit and stairs
leading to it, and the magnificent church-chest, which was presented in
1668 and contains many valuable parish records.
The fine brass to a former rector, William Kirkeby, 1458, shows him
in full canonicals and is a splendid example of its class. Among other
monuments, the alabaster tablet, only unveiled six days before, to the
memory of the late Mr. Chisenhale Marsh, of Gaynes Park, Lord of the
Manor of Theydon Garnon, etc., attracted the visitors' notice.
Taking leave of the Rector, such as remained of the party made their
way by road to Theydon Bois, where tea was taken at the "Bull" inn;
and at 5.17 o'clock train was taken for home.
Of the total of 150 wild plants noted in flower during the earlier part
of the ramble, some of the more notable forms were Spergularia rubra,
Hypericum perforatum, H. quadrangulum, Malva moschata, Trifolium
hybridum, Vicia tetrasperma, Epilobium angustifolium, Circaea lutetiana,
Sison Aulonium, AEthusa cynapium, Angelica sylvestris, Caucalis arvensis
(=Torilis infesta), Scabiosa Succisa, Erythroea centaurium, etc.
A fine growth of the fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, was seen on a fallen
elm-trunk near Piggott's Farm.
FUNGUS FORAY IN EPPING FOREST (676TH MEETING).
SATURDAY, 11TH OCTOBER, 1930.
The Fungus Foray this year was graced by delightful weather, perhaps
by way of compensation for the altogether atrocious character of that
experienced on our last field meeting, a month earlier. No doubt partly
on this account the attendance was again large, over 100 persons sitting
down to tea, while not a few others left earlier to regain distant homes,
some as far off as Brighton.
The referees for the day were:—
For the Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes.
Mr. F. G. Gould and Mr. J. Ramsbottom, O.B.E., F.L.S.
For the Myxomycetes.
Miss G. Lister, F.L.S.
We missed on the present occasion the valued assistance of Mr. Arthur
A. Pearson, F.L.S., who was in France attending the meeting of the French
Mycological Society, and of Miss Elsie Wakefield, F.L.S., who was unable
to leave her duties at Kew. Miss A. Lorrain Smith, F.L.S., was detained
at home by indisposition.
The headquarters were, as usual, at the Roserville Retreat, Highbeach,
and here the customary arrangements for the identification and display
of the specimens gathered during the day were made.
Collecting was carried on by both the morning and afternoon parties,
which covered different ground, and their united efforts resulted in an average
number of specimens being available for exhibition; but it was observable
that a lesser profusion of funguses was evident in the woodlands than had