FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 147 



FUNGI. 



Class I. BASIDIOMYCETES. 



Spores borne on supports termed basidia. 



Order I. HYMENOMYCETES. 



Spores exposed before maturity. 



Family 1. AGARICINEAE Fr. 



Section 1. Leucosporae. 

 Spores more or less white. 



Series A. Holies. Fleshy, putrefying. 



Genus 1. AM ANITA Fr. (from some fungi found on Mt. 



Amanus). Gills free ; volva and ring present. 

 A. phalloides Fr. (Like Phallus, from the smell.) 



In woods ; not uncommon ; poisonous. Great 

 Down Copse and copse by Hyles' ; Sutton 

 Holms ; near Cranborne (1) ; wood S. of Daggons 

 Road Station. 

 A. mappa Fr. (Lat., napkin). 



Frequent in woods ; poisonous ; smell strong. 

 Castle Hill Wood ; Furze Common Copse ; Sutton 

 Holms. 

 A. pantherina Fr. (Lat., spotted like a panther). 



In woods ; scarce ; poisonous. Castle Hill 

 Wood. 



A. muscaria Fr. (Lat., musca, a fly ; flypapers were 

 formerly made from it). 



Under birches ; not uncommon ; very poison- 

 ous ; very distinct with its scarlet white-spotted 

 pileus. Ferndown (Mrs. Pringle). Colehill. 

 Sutton Holms. 



A. strobiliformis Vitt. (Lat., cone -like, from the conical 

 base of stem). 



