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C. curtum, T. & B. — On garden-pales in Hoe Street, 
Walthamstow (Hb. E. F.). On decayed trunks at Chingford, 
High Beach, and elsewhere (J. M. C.). Not uncommon. 
C. trachelinum, Ach.—On a tree in the Lea Bridge Boad, 
near Walthamstow {Hb. E. F. s. n. C. splicerocephalum). On 
stumps in the Wake Valley (J. M. C.). 
Coniocybe furfuracea, L. — On banks, Walthamstow. 
Fertile {Hb. E. F. s. n. Lichen ccipitatus in MS.). Not seen 
by me. 
Trachylia tigielaris, Ach. — On a barn between Wood 
Street, Walthamstow, and the Forest; also on palings, since 
destroyed, near Hoe Street {Hb. E. F.). Recorded also from 
Loughton in the ‘Botanists’ Guide’ and the MS. annotations. 
This species is now evidently extinct in the Forest. 
T. tympanella, Ach. — On old posts and rails about 
Walthamstow {Hb. E. F. s. n. Lichen inquinans in MS.). On 
old stumps in the Wake Valley, and near Ambresbury Banks 
(J. M. C.). 
Tribe— B^omycetei. 
B^omyces rufus, Huds. — In a gravel-pit near the King’s 
Oak. Fertile {Hb. E. F.). Also in various other parts of 
the Forest (J. M. C.), but usually sterile. 
B. roseus, Pers. — On banks near the King’s Oak, in the 
Forest. Fertile {Hb. E. F.). Near the Wake Arms. Fertile 
(J. M. C.). Also sterile and sparingly elsewhere. 
Tribe —Cladoniei. 
Cladonia alcicornis, Lightf. — On Epping Forest, not far 
from the Reindeer. Sterile {Hb. E. F.). I have not observed 
this species. 
C. pyxedata, L. —On heaths and putrid mossy stumps near 
Chingford, and beyond High Beach. Sterile (J. M. C.). 
F. epiphylla. — On the ground, Epping Forest. Fertile 
{Hb. E. F.). Not yet seen from any other locality in Great 
Britain or Ireland. 
Var. clilorophcea , Flk. — On the ground, Epping Forest. 
Fertile {Hb. E. F. s. n. Cenomyce pyxidata). On decayed 
stumps near Chingford; and at the pond, Wake Valley. 
Fertile (J. M. C.). 
