Ixvi Journal of Pi'oceedim/s. 



The followinji; were elected members : — Messrs. Garrad Baker, Frederic 

 Chancellor, F. K. Harold, F.S.S., F. H. Hempleman, F. J. V. James, 

 Charles A. Onley Marsham, J.P., G. H. Eaynor, M.A., and W. H. Stead. 



On the motion of the President a cordial vote of thanks was passed to 

 the distinguished botanists who had so kindly acted as leaders and 

 advisers during the day. 



On the circular calling the Meeting, a short addi-ess, to be entitled 

 " Half-an-hour with the Fungi of the Loughton District," had been set 

 down to Dr. Cooke. He said, however, that when he promised to give 

 that address it was before a sad calamity fell upon him, which had pre- 

 vented him for some months from paying any attention to affairs in which 

 the mind or hand had to be engaged. Under other circumstances he 

 should have been extremely happy to have carried out his promise, and to 

 have read a paper. But as that was the first time for two or three months 

 on which he had attempted to address an audience, they would accept 

 that as an ajDology for not carrying out to the full extent the promise he 

 gave. He had intended to give a resume of such Fungi as he knew to be, 

 or such as had been recorded to have been found around Loughton, or in 

 Epping Forest. He had thought that such a list, if rendered complete, as 

 it could be, would be a very useful one to be included in their ' Trans- 

 actions,' since no list, so far as he knew, of the Fungi of Essex, had ever 

 been collated or published. Dr. Cooke then referred to several" Fungi 

 noted by Sowerby as found in the Forest, and called attention to a paper 

 contributed by Mr. English to the ' Transactions ' of the Essex Field 

 Club. He intended to ^vrite out a list of the Forest species, and submit it 

 to an early meeting of the Society. After referring particularly to several 

 of the more remarkable species, Dr. Cooke went on to urge that the 

 Forest should be systematically scoured ; if everybody in that room were 

 to set about the work for twelve months what a number of new species 

 they would have, or if not new species, yet species that were only hitherto 

 known as occurring upon the Continent. Do not let them think that 

 there were fewer Fungi in Epping Forest than in Herefordshire, or in any 

 other part of England. He believed there were as many, and that as 

 long a list could be made out, and he doubted not that at least two- 

 thirds of English species — and more — could be found in the Essex Wood- 

 lands. [Applause]. In mentioning the species peculiar to the Forest, Dr. 

 Cooke inadvertently omitted the lovely, but sticky, little Agaricus Worth- 

 uigtonii, so named by Elias Fries, in honour of the writer of this record, 

 and of Epping Forest. A. Worthingtonii is peculiar at present to the 

 Forest, and long may it remain so : the original Friesian MS. description 

 IS in possession of the Club. 



Mr. Worthington Smith followed with some remarks upon special 

 Forest species, and some elementary hints as to the modes to be adopted 

 in identifying Fungi ; then Dr. Braithwaite spoke of the mosses of Epping 

 Forest, and of mosses in general, and how to find and study them. Mr. 

 E. M. Holmes had brought with him some excellent diagrams illustrating 



