The waxcap fungi of Essex 93 Stour Wood, Ramsey 94 Near Bridge End Gardens, Saffron Walden 95 South Weald Park 96 Halfway House Farm, Weald Road 97 Between B.T. Offices in London Road and Honeypot Lanc 98 Hainault Forest 99 Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea 100 Beauchamp Roding, along footpath east from Schoolhouse Lane 101 Thorndon Park North 102 Hatfield Forest area TM 190315 TL 5438 TQ 5795 TQ 580943 TQ 5893 TQ 4793 TM 0614 TL 5810 TQ 609915 TL51/52 Recorders KA Kenneth J. Adams RB Richard Baker ADB Anthony D. Boniface CB Carl Borges MG Martin Gregory NH Neil Harvey ML Martin Lipson GNM George Nathan Maynard This recorder was curator of Saffron Walden Museum in the 1880s. The records were obtained from Sarah Kenyon, who is the current Natural Sciences Curatorial Officer. MM Margaret Mitchell AFP A.F. Parker-Rhodes Records from this mycologist, who ran field courses at Flatford Mill Field Centre in the 1980s were obtained from Jerry Bowdrey of Colchester Museums. AP Arthur A. Pearson GP Geoffrey A. Pyman IR Ian Rose JS John F. Skinner GS Graham Smith MS Mary Smith ShW Shirley Watson SW Stephen Wilkinson The intellectual copyright belongs to the individual who made the record, including those reported to the Essex Wildlife Trust and appearing on their database. Acknowledgements I would like to thank Shelley Evans for reading this article and for suggesting improvements. Essex Naturalist (New Series) 21 (2004) 14l