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date from the 14th century. The W. window is of somewhat unusual
outline, filled with characteristic Decorated tracery, the whole giving a
pleasing effect. A curious feature is the Priest's doorway in the S. aisle,
which is pierced through one of the buttresses: on the adjoining buttress
to the west are three scratch-dials, and on the buttress to the east of the
doorway a fourth scratch-dial, all of which are protected by a sheet of
plate glass from contact with the. weather—a most praiseworthy step!
An elaborate niche, of 14th century workmanship, believed to have come
from Dunmow Priory (to which Burnham was attached in 1155) is built
into the wall of the N. nave-aisle internally.
Opportunities for noting plants were scanty, but Miss Prince, who
acted as botanical recorder, succeeded in noting over sixty species, of
which the more interesting were Bupleurum tenuissimum, Spergularia
marina, Artemisia maritima and Obione portulacoides, in flowering condition.
At 6.25 o'clock, the wearisome journey by train from Burnham station
to London was begun, Stratford being reached at 8.17 after a slow progress,
with many prolonged stops in the stations on the way.
ANNUAL FUNGUS FORAY (749TH MEETING).
SATURDAY, 12TH OCTOBER, 1935.
Bright sunny weather graced our Fungus Foray, which was held in
conjunction with the British Mycological Society as usual in Epping Forest
and was attended by about 120 members and visitors. Miss E. M. Wake-
field, F.L.S., Miss F. L. Stephens, M.Sc., Mr. F. G. Gould and Mr. A. A.
Pearson, F.L.S., acted as referees for the Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes,
while Miss G. Lister, F.L.S., happily now in better health, resumed her
accustomed office as referee for the Myxomycetes. We sadly missed Mr.
J. Ramsbottom, O.B.E., F.L.S., on this occasion, he being unfortunately
prevented by indisposition from joining the party.
Various districts of the Forest were sedulously searched throughout the
day and the spoils delivered at headquarters, the Roserville Retreat at
Highbeach, during the afternoon, where the customary exhibition of the
specimens, accurately named, was made by the expert referees on display
tables.
Tea was taken at 4.30 o'clock, following which a meeting of the Club
was held, with the President in the chair, when reports on the finds of the
day were made by the several referees present.
The President welcomed the reappearance of Miss Lister in renewed
health and called upon her for a statement of the results of the day's re-
search as regards the myxomycetes.
Miss Lister, after thanking the assembly for their kindly welcome,
reported that the creditable number of 24 species of these lowly "animal-
fungi" had been obtained, and she described some of the more interesting.
Miss Wakefield followed with the advice to those beginning the study
of fungi to confine their attention at first to the conspicuous forms, sketch-
ing their specimens so as to impress their characters upon the memory, and
so learning with certainty a few species at a time.
Mr. Gould deplored the reluctance of some collectors to hand in their
finds for identification and exhibition; he expressed his thanks to those