Journal of Proceedings. 
lxi 
Saturday, September 23rd, 1882.—Annual Cryptogamic Meeting. 
The third annual gathering of the cryptogamic clans in Epping Forest 
was fixed a week earlier than before, in the hope of obtaining some 
species not observed at previous meetings. The day was extremely fine, 
but Fungi were not abundant, the weather having been very unfavourable 
during the previous week or ten days. The following botanists kindly 
acted as directors and referees :— For Fungi , Dr. M. C. Cooke, Eev. Canon 
Du Port, M.A., Mr. English, Mr. C. B. Plowright, M.B.C.S., Dr. Spurrell, 
Mr. Worthington G-. Smith, and Dr. H. T. Wharton, M.A., F.Z.S. 
For Mosses, Lichens, and Phanerogams, Professor Boulger, F.L.S., Eev. 
James Crombie, F.L.S., Mr. F. J. Hanbury, F.L.S., Mr. E. M. Holmes, 
E.L.S., and Mr. W. W. Eeeves, F.E.M.S. The attendance of members 
and friends was very large, nearly 100 persons being present, including 
many well-known naturalists. 
A very considerable number of species of Fungi were collected and 
identified, although the individual specimens were not plentiful, and were 
often in bad condition. Notwithstanding this the exertions of our experts 
resulted in the addition of no less than twenty-two species to the Epping 
Forest list of Hymenomycetes (‘ Transactions,’ vol. ii., pp. 181—191), 
not including three or four, which could not be with certainty determined 
at the meeting. The most interesting species belonged to the genus 
Cortinarius, a peculiarly difficult one, as all mycologists know ( Corti - 
narius (Hydrocyhe) renidens, Fr.). This was found by Dr. Cooke at High 
Beach, and it is a remarkably distinct species, never before gathered in Great 
Britain (‘Grevillea’ for December, 1882). It is scarce even in Scandi¬ 
navia, where only it has hitherto been found.* It is unnecessary to name 
all the species observed, as the bulk of the characteristic Forest species 
are recorded in the reports of previous meetings (see ‘ Proceedings,’ vol. 
i., p. xlviii., and vol. ii., pp. lx. and lxxxiii.) Mr. English found 
Agaricus rugosus, A. inopus, Boletus parasiticus, and B. hadius in Monk 
Wood, all new to the Forest. Canon Du Port, after referring to the diffi¬ 
culty of identifying some of the species, says :—“ Two species that were 
new to me are, in my opinion, satisfactorily determined: (1) Agaricus 
( Tricli.) stuns, with a dirty-tawny or yellowish-umber, viscid top, solid 
stem, and flesh-coloured under the cuticle, turning slightly red when cut 
and exposed to the air; (2) Russula sanguined, with decurrent gills. It is 
described in Dr. Cooke’s ‘ Handbook,’ but is rare. I found also Agaricus 
spissus, a very well-marked species, the top greyish, with small, close-set, 
evanescent, mealy warts. Everybody saw the beautiful Agaricus mucidus 
on the Beech trees, and a somewhat deformed plant may be A. (Tricli.) 
portentosus, but another season must come before it can be settled. I have 
satisfied myself that the form of A. ( Collybia ) dryophilus which we found 
* A list of thirty-six new Epping Forest Fungi, discovered in 1882, was subsequently 
communicated to the meeting of the Club on November 2oth, 1882 ( vide Report of that 
meeting, infra). It, of course, includes the species to which reference is made above. 
