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tional to those given above. They are listed with their modern
names:—
Tricholoma gambosum
Clitocybe phyllophila
Collybia radicata
Mycena polygramma
Leptonia chalybaea
Pholiota squarrosa
Pholiota spectabilis
Pholiota mutabilis
Hebeloma versipelle
Galera tenera
Psalliota campestris
Hypholoma velutinum
Anellaria separata
Coprinus picaceus
Coprinus niveus
Cortinarius grallipes
Lactarius subdulcis
Panus torulosa
Polyporus intybaceus
Polyporus spumeus
Thelephora cristata
Peziza aurantia
near Stapleford Abbot
Wanstead
Woodford Bridge
Hainault
Hainault
Wanstead
Wanstead and Hainault
Wanstead
Birdbrook
Wanstead
Wanstead
Hainault Forest
Hainault
Epping Forest
Hainault
Stapleford Abbot
Hainault Forest
Chigwell Row
Hainault Forest
Hainault Forest
Birdbrook
Wanstead Garden
John Hull's British Flora, published in Manchester in 1799,
gives two of Sowerby's records, Boletus piperatus and Peziza
radiculata. The Flora which replaced Ray—W. Withering's
Botanical arrangement—also gives two, Boletus piperatus and
Clavaria anthocephala.
We must now retrace our steps a little to consider the
Forsters of Walthamstow, a remarkable family. The family
originally came from Normandy and settled in Northumberland.
The name figures in the lists of those who fought at Crecy and
Agincourt. One Thomas Forster met the family of Benjamin
Furley (born at Colchester, but settled at Rotterdam) and
married his grand-daughter. Their eldest son, often called
Edward Forster the elder, was educated at Felsted and after
spending some time in Holland married and settled down at
Walthamstow. He was a most successful business man and
also very fond of the countryside. He is said to have introduced