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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
Mr. J. R. Courtney, of 81, Withy Road, Chingford, E.4.
Mr. Raymond W. Hines, of 11, Tennyson Road, Chelmsford.
Mr. Eric B. Piercy, of 29, Addison Road, Walthamstow, E.17.
Miss E. Aldersey Taylor, of 1, Katherine Gardens, Barkingside.
Thurrock Public Libraries, Orsett Road, Grays.
Miss Ursula A. Burrage (junior member), of 31, Woodberry Way, Ching-
ford, E.4.
Miss Pauline Thompson (junior member), of 22, Dover Road, Manor
Park, E.12.
Professor Ingold spoke of the Fungi which had been collected during the
day, particularly mentioning the dearth of species which grow on decayed
wood, due to the excellent forestry work being done.
Mr. Ross briefly described the day's work on the Mycetozoa and the
last field meeting of the year closed at 6 p.m. Members drifted away to
stroll homeward through the lanes.
Where the quiet-coloured end of evening smiles.
BROWNING.
Dr. Gregory has kindly provided a list of the Fungi identified, totalling
seventy-one species. The Mycetozoa numbered sixteen species.
Ordinary Meeting (927th Meeting)
SATURDAY, 21 OCTOBER 1950
Forty-five persons attended this meeting at the West Ham Municipal
College. The chair was taken by the President. Mr. L. S. Harley.
The President announced that His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester,
Ranger of Epping Forest, had graciously consented to become Patron of the
Club.
The following were elected to membership of the Club :
Miss Joan Alsford, of 38, Cotesbach Road, Clapton, E.5.
Mr. A. C. Cramp, of 16, High View Avenue, Grays.
Mr. C. Farmer, of 16, Woodberry Way, Chingford, E.4.
Mr. Percy Thompson exhibited a spray of the Swamp Cypress, Taxodium
distichum, from his garden at Loughton. The tree, planted some forty years
ago, is now 35-40 feet high and last year for the first time showed undeveloped
male catkins. This year cones were developing and one of these could be
seen on the specimen shown. It was somewhat surprising that a species
which was a denizen of swampy ground in its native habitat should have
grown so well on a well-drained gravelly hill at Loughton.
Mr. Ross showed a number of specimens of Mycetozoa including Trichia
floriformis collected, for the first time in quantity, during the recent Fungus
Foray ; Tubifera ferruginosa ; Badhamia populina, last collected thirty-five
years ago ; a non-surface-feeding form of Badhamia utricularis ; and part
of a specimen measuring 9in. x 6in. of Fuligo septica var. candida.
On behalf of Dr. Rudge, who was indisposed, Mr. Bernard Ward showed
and described a pudding stone quern found at Finchingfield (see p. 278).
Mr. Richard Ward showed a map indicating the distribution of members
of the Club throughout the county and the localities where field meetings
had been held during the last ten years.
He also described the assembling of males of the Emperor moth to a
female which had been released at Canvey Island in May last and showed a
photographic lantern slide of the resultant mating.
Miss Ursula Burrage showed pupae resulting from a mating of Eyed
Hawk moth female and Poplar Hawk moth male. This is the unusual cross,
the usual being in the opposite direction. In this case the mating took place
while the moths were confined in a tin box.
Mr. Speakman showed pellets of Carrion Crow and Tawny Owl—some