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C. curtum, T. & B. — On garden-pales in Hoe Street,
Walthamstow (Hb. E. F.). On decayed trunks at Chingford,
High Beach, and elsewhere (J. M. C). Not uncommon.
C. trachelinum, Ach.—On a tree in the Lea Bridge Road,
near Walthamstow (Hb. E. F. s. n. C. sphaerocephalum). On
stumps in the Wake Valley (J. M. C).
Coniocybe furfuracea, L. — On banks, Walthamstow.
Fertile (Hb. E. F. s. n. Lichen capitatus in MS.). Not seen
by me.
Trachylia tigillaris, Ach. — On a barn between Wood
Street, Walthamstow, and the Forest; also on palings, since
destroyed, near Hoe Street (Hb. E. F.). Recorded also from
Loughton in the 'Botanists' Guide' and the MS. annotations.
This species is now evidently extinct in the Forest.
T. tympanella, Ach. — On old posts and rails about
Walthamstow (Hb. E. F. s. n. Lichen inquinans in MS.). On
old stumps in the Wake Valley, and near Ambresbury Banks
(J. M. C).
Tribe—Baeomycetei.
Baeomyces rufus, Huds. — In a gravel-pit near the King's
Oak. Fertile (Hb. E. F.). Also in various other parts of
the Forest (J. M. C), but usually sterile.
B. roseus, Pers. — On banks near the King's Oak, in the
Forest. Fertile (Hb. E. P.). Near the Wake Arms. Fertile
(J. M. C). Also sterile and sparingly elsewhere.
Tribe—Cladoniei.
Cladonia alcicornis, Lightf. — On Epping Forest, not far
from the Reindeer. Sterile (Hb. E. F.). I have not observed
this species.
C. pyxidata, L.—On heaths and putrid mossy stumps near
Chingford, and beyond High Beach. Sterile (J. M. C).
F. epiphylla. — On the ground, Epping Forest. Fertile
(Hb. E. F.). Not yet seen from any other locality in Great
Britain or Ireland.
Var. chlorophaea, Flk. — On the ground, Epping Forest.
Fertile (Hb. E. F. s. n. Cenomyce pyxidata). On decayed
stumps near Chingford; and at the pond, Wake Valley.
Fertile (J. M. C).