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floras of the various geological periods from the earliest-known down to 
recent times. 
Hearty thanks were accorded to the Lecturer. 
CRYPTOGAMIC FORAY IN EPPING FOREST u 
(494th MEETING). 
SATURDAY, 9TII NOVEMBER 1918. 
A gloriously-fine sunnv day, following a night of sharp white frest 
and a thin pearly mist, which imparted delicacy and fairy-like glamour 
to the forest landscapes, welcomed the party of over 40 Members and 
friends as they approached their hunting grounds in the Theydon district 
of the Epping woodlands. 
The referees for the day were :— 
Mycetozoa . . The President and Miss A. Hibbert-Ware. F.L.S. 
Mosses and Hepatics Mr. L. B. Hall, F.L.S. 
Lichens . . Mr. R. Paulson, F.L.S. 
Miss A. Lorrain Smith, F.L.S., who had arranged to be of the Party, 
was unfortunately prevented by indisposition from attending. 
The Party assembled at Theydon Bois station at 11.0 a.m., and pro¬ 
ceeded through the village to Oak Hill. A wall-top en route proved a, 
great attraction to the lichen- and moss-hunters, and yielded Diploschistes. 
scruposus, Lecidea lucida , Barbula convoluta, Grimmia pulvinata and ofher 
interesting treasures. A well-known wayside bank yielded Bartramia 
pomiformis and masses of Aulacomnium androgynum w r ith its characteristic, 
gemmae. Here, too, our President had the good fortune to light upon the 
uncommon lichen, Coniocybe furfuracea, in abundant fruit. Elsewhere, 
in the Forest itself, masses of the lichen Bceomyces roseus, with its conspicu¬ 
ous pink apothecia, literally carpeted the ground. 
The route followed was by way of Jack’s Hill to the “ Wake Arms,'* 
and thence to Highbeach, which was reached at about 3.30 o’clock, after a 
successful and most enjoyable hunt, lunch being taken (and appreciated), 
by the wayside, the party camping for the purpose amidst the dry bracken. 
At the headquarters, the Roserville Retreat, a named display was 
arranged oi the specimens collected, comprising mosses and hepatics, a 
number of agarics, lichens, and mycetozoa, and informal educational 
talks on the exhibits were given by the experts. 
Tea was taken at 4.15 o’clock, after which a formal Meeting of the 
Club was held, the President in the chair. 
Mr. H. Batchelor, of 12, Preston Road, Leytonstone, E. 11., was elected 
a Member, and three persons were nominated for election at the next 
Meeting. 
The President then called upon Mr. L. B. Hall, who reported that 
36 species of mosses had been noted during the day, all of them interesting 
though none were of outstanding rarity. 
Mr. R. Paulson, who was next called upon to report on the lichens, 
stated that over 20 forms, several of them of considerable interest on 
account of their rarity, had been met with during the foray. Thus, the 
President had that morning found Coniocybe furfuracea, which had not 
