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XV. A Preliminary List of the Hymenomycetal Fungi of 

 Epping Forest ; A Contribution to the Botany of the 

 County. 



By M. C. Cooke, M.A., LL.D., A.L.S., &c., and 



James L. English. 



[Kead November 26th arid December 17th, 1881.] 



[This list of the Fungi of the family Hymenomycetes, 

 occurring within the Forest Districts, is intended only as a 

 prodromus of the more extended and exhaustive catalogue to 

 which we may look forward as the result of the persevering 

 labours of our botanical members and others. It enumerates 

 all the species of the family (338 in number) yet identified 

 with certainty as growing within the prescribed district, 

 which lies on both sides of the line separating Provinces I. 

 and 11. of Professor Boulger's sketch map of the County 

 (Plate VI.). The hst has been compiled by Dr. Cooke [" C."] 

 from his notes of personal visits to the Forest, and from 

 materials furnished as the result of many years' observation 

 by Mr. English, of Epping [" E."] , with the addition of a 

 few species noted by Mr. Worthington G. Smith. The 

 indication of precise localities is purposely avoided, as being 

 almost useless ; fungi are very capricious and evanescent in 

 their places of growth, slight local changes often resulting in 

 the appearance of species in new stations, or in the destruction 

 of old and well-known habitats. The word "Epping" ap- 

 pended to Mr. English's records must be taken with rather a 

 wide interpretation : it includes the woods near the town of 

 that name, with Monk Woods, Theydon Woods, &c.,— in 

 short, the northern section of Epping Forest. 



The list will doubtless be considerably extended as the 

 Cryptogamic flora of Essex is more thoroughly investigated; 

 but it is thought best to print it as it stands, to serve as an 

 indication of the riches of the Forest, and as a guide to 



