ffenfcrtitoe Account of tije jfungi of 

 (East Dorset* 



By the Rev. E. F. LINTON, M.A., F.L.S. 



little attention has been paid to the Fungi 

 of the County of Dorset, as far as I can 

 learn ; and no attempt seems to have been 

 made hitherto by the Members of the 

 Dorset Field Club to enumerate or record 

 the species. In the general index at the 

 close of Vol. 16 of the Proceedings the 

 word Fungi does not occur ; and in the 

 eighteen annual volumes that have since 

 been issued I find no evidence that the subject has been 

 dealt with. Considering the great variety that occur in our 

 woods and pastures, and the beauty of form or colour of 

 numbers of the species, this omission is curious ; and I hope 

 that my initial attempt to fill a gap may lead to further 

 investigation of this branch of British botany. 



The neighbouring County of Hampshire contains one of 

 the best worked and also richest districts for Fungi in the 

 British Isles ; and is fortunate in having for its exponent 



