TRICHIA FLORIFORMIS IN EPPING FOREST 19
TRICHIA FLORIFORMIS IN EPPING FOREST
BY JOSEPH ROSS
BY the collection of Trichia floriformis (Schweinitz) G. Lister
in Epping Forest on 19th October, 1946, the number
of species of Mycetozoa recorded for Essex is raised to 107, a
very satisfactory result when it is borne in mind that the records
have been obtained almost wholly in the south-western part of
the county.
The species was found on an old and decayed willow log
lying on a bank sloping down to a bog near Oak Hill Farm,
Theydon. The age and condition of the log can be judged
from the growth upon it of a birch seedling grass, ferns, lichens,
mosses and liverworts. One end of the log meets a wet part of
the bog, and it was at this broken end that T. floriformis developed.
The colony was a large one, but when it was first seen and again
on 5th November most of the sporangia had been attacked by