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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 
F. ulmarius by the flesh being dull yellow, or rather fawn colour, through¬ 
out. F. ulmarius when fresh has the flesh white and the layer of tubes 
orange yellow. Other nice things were Tricholoma subpulverulenta. 
(teste Massee) and a small resupinate polypore, Poria purpurea. The 
pink spored Agaric I referred to as being unknown to mycologists present 
we have not decided on yet. I doubt if it can be made out from the two 
specimens gathered.” 
As Mr. Pearson said, “ With regard to the Mycetozoa the Club was 
again fortunate in having the unrivalled experience of Miss G. Lister to 
fall back upon and with this interesting group in her care (we were almost 
saying under her affectionate protection) and with the aid of an enthu~ 
siastic small band of “ pupils,” a fair collection was got together in spite 
of the extreme dryness of the ground.” 
“ When the members came in for tea, they found most of the classi¬ 
fication prepared, this having been done by Mr. Gould, Miss Lister and 
myself. It was very disappointing that a bad cold prevented Mr. G. 
Massee from giving the club this year the advantage of his very wide 
specific knowledge of all groups of fungi. However^ Mr. A. D. Cotton, 
F.L.S., his colleague at Kew, was able to put the finishing touches to 
the classification, and took away with him a few species which required 
more careful examination. Another mycologist present was Mr. J. 
Rainsbottom, of the British Museum, who was most helpful.” 
Referring to the somewhat meagre display on the tables, as compared 
with former years, owing, not to lack of skilled seekers, but to the dry 
weather, Mr. Pearson continued in his notes :—“ Many of the common 
kinds of fungi were not brought in, and it was a strange experience at this 
time of year to see solitary specimens of Collybia butyracea, Amanita 
rubescens, Boletus edulis , etc. The only representative of such a large 
genus as Hygrophorus was one specimen of H. mineatus. The genus 
Clitocybe could not muster more than a few specimens of C. brumalis and so 
on right down the list. The beech woods which the morning party ex¬ 
plored gave a fine gathering of Armillaria mucida and under the birch 
trees the usual crowd of Amanita muscaria was obtained to give brightness 
to the collection. The beautiful variety of this species known as A. 
puella was conspicuous, and members were able to notice its slender 
tapering stem, free gills and striate cap, as compared with the cylindrical 
stem of the commoner type. Another plentiful species was Collybia 
maculata ; the dry weather does not seem to affect the growth of this 
very much except perhaps to make it even more variable than usual 
and to produce more than the customary crop of monstrosities. Several 
interesting Polypori were found and a splendid bunch of Lentinus cochl-eatus 
was brought in.” 
After tea a short meeting was held, the President in the chair, and at 
his request the several referees reported on the day’s work. Miss Lister's 
remarks are embodied in her careful report which is printed in the 
present part of the Essex Naturalist. Mr. Gould spoke of the method 
of arrangement of the specimens on the tables, which was admirable, 
and also of the relative scarcity or otherwise of the forms found during 
the foray. The substance of Mr. Cotton's remarks has already been 
given. He added : “ We were all much indebted to Mr. Gould for his 
