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aspect. Terricolous species were few in number. " Only four plants, 

 GoUema pulposiim, Cladonia pyxidata, C. furcata var. corymhosa, and 

 Feltiyera polydactyla, attain proper development on hedgebanks and 

 roadsides.'' A list of all the species found is appended. A. L. S. 



Mycetozoa. 



Shrewsbury Mycetozoa.— (I. Lister {Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc, 

 1918, 6, 15-17) publishes a list, with occasional notes, of Mycetozoa 

 collected at Shrewsbury during the annual fungus foray. The list 

 numbers forty-seven species. A. L. S. 



Haunts of the Mycetozoa. — G. Lister (Essex Naturalist, 1918, 

 18, 301-21) has published her Presidential Address given to the Essex 

 Field Club dealing with the above subject. She discusses these in order, 

 and gives the characteristic Mycetozoa that occur in the different situ- 

 ations. Such are woodlands with fallen timber, stumps and leaves, saw- 

 dust heaps, spent tan, many different kinds of logs, trees, hedge-clippings, 

 straw-heaps, manure, etc. The writer also gives an account of the 

 species that specially favour Alpine pastures as well as various tropical 

 habitats. Finallv a summary is given of species according to habitat. 



A. L. S. 



Mycetozoa in Britain. — G. Lister (Essex Naturalist, 1917-18, 

 18, 207-37) has issued, in her Presidential Address to the Essex 

 Field Club, an account of the study of Mycetozoa in this country. The 

 first record was made by John Ray in 1696, who describes a 

 "certain small scarlet fungus," now known as Lycogala epidendrum. 

 Further records were made by Dillenius, and later by Sir John Hill. 

 Other authorities are quoted down to our own day. The latest scientific 

 work on the group is carefully noted. (1. Lister then tabulates the 

 species found in Epping Forest, numbering 82. She compares this list 

 with'those of several other counties in Ensrland and Scotland. A. L. S. 



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Mycetozoa of Chingford District. — Joseph Ross (Essex Naturalist, 

 1917, 18, 192-8) has published comparative lists of Mycetozoa for the 

 above district in August and September, 1915 and 1916. Heavy rains 

 in July, 1915, produced a fine crop of Mycetozoa, and some 35 species 

 were listed. Dryer conditions in 1916 resulted in a less abundant 

 growth, but a first record was made for Essex, Arcyria CErstedtii. 



A. L. S. 



