BOLETALES Boletus parasiticus B. erythropus B. versicolor B. appendiculatus B. porosporus B. badius B. chrysenteron B. subtomentosus B. pruinatus Leccinum scabrum L. variicolor L. versipelle Paxillus involutus AGARICALES Pholiota highlandensis P. squarrosa P. ochrochlora Inocybe fastigiata I. lanuginella I. napipes Cortinarius decipiens C. anomalus Dermocybe semisanguineus Hebeloma sacchariolens H. crustuliniforme H. longicaudum H. mesophaeum H. testaceum Aminata phalloides A. rubescens A. citrina A. spissa A. fulva A. muscaria Lepiota rhacodes L. cristata Agaricus arvensis Armillaria mellea A. polymyces A. tabescens Coprinus lagopoides C. atramentarius C. micacius Mycena galericulata M. inclinata M. leucogola M. polygramma M. vitilis Entoloma rhodopolium Nolanea sericeum Gymnopilus penetrans G. junonius Pleurotus ostreatus P. pulmonarius P. dryinus P. salignus Panellus stipticus Hypholoma fasciculare Lyophyllum decastes Tricholoma saponaceum Clitocybe vibecina C, in versa C. infundibuliformis Lepista nudum Collybia fusipes C. peronata C. dryophila Laccaria laccata L. proxima L. amethystea Pluteus cervinus P. salicinus Flammulina velutipes Russula vesca R. xerampelina R. romelli R. mairei R. fragilis R. rosea R. cyanoxantha R. ionochlora R. puellaris R. atropurpurea R. aeruginea R. knauthii Lactarius subdulcis L. tabidus L. quietus L. rufus L. vietus L. glyciosmus Tricholomopsis platyphylla Melanoleuca melaleuca Schizophyllum commune Crepidotus variablis Tubaria furfuracea Panaeolina foenisecii APHYLLOPHORALES Clavulina cristata C. cinerea Thelephora terrestris Stereum hirsutum Cantherellus cibarius Fistulina hepatica Piptoporus betulinus Ganoderma adspersum Grifola frondosa Coriolus versicolor Polyporus brumalis GASTEROMYCETES Phallus impudicus Scleroderma citrinum Lycoperdon pyriforme L. perlatum ASCOMYCETES Xylaria hypoxylon X. polymorpha Daldinia concentrica Hypoxylon fragiforma Nectria cinnabarina Ascocoryne sarcoides Peziza repanda Aleuria aurantia Miss Gulielma Lister, a past president of the Essex Field Club recorded the slime-mould Comatricha tenerrima from Lords Bushes in March 1939 (the specimen is in the Pass- more Edwards Museum). No other recording of this group has been attempted. THE FAUNA Epping Forest has for many years been well served by visiting naturalists. Publications on its fauna though, are often either in the form of records of rare species from widely dispersed localities within the Forest or as papers on discrete sections of the fauna such as those by Buck (Coleoptera) (8), Corke (Mammals) (15), Payne (Diptera: Tipulidae), Pinniger (Odonata) and Womersly (Collembola & Thysanura) (52) which cover the whole Forest. There have been few attempts to deal in depth with the fauna of 47