FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 149 



Great Down Copse. Sutton Holms. Witch- 

 ampton. 

 A. mueida Schrad. (Lat., slimy). " Beech Disease." 



On beech trunks, pure white ; said to be 

 common. Avenue, St. Giles' Park. Beckington 

 Beeches, St. Giles to Gussage. 



Genus 5. TRICHOLOMA (Gr. trichos, of a hair, loma, a 

 fringe, from the traces of a veil left on the 

 margin of the pileus). Gills sinuate; volva 0, 

 ring 0. 



T. equestre Linn. (Lat., knightly, from its distinguished 

 appearance). 



In fir woods, rare. Plantation S. of Daggon's 

 Road Station. Broadstone. 

 T. portentosum Fr. (Lat., monstrous). 



Edible. Castle Hill Wood. Copse by HyJes', 

 Edmondsham. Great Down Copse. 

 T. acerbum Bull. (Lat., bitter). 



Not common. Castle Hill Wood. 

 T. albo-brunneum Pers. (Lat., white and brown). 



Pine woods, etc. Castle Hill Wood. Great 

 Down Copse. 

 T. rutilans Schaeff. (Lat., ruddy). 



On or near pine roots and stumps. Cranborne. 

 Plantation S. of Daggon's Road Station. Furze 

 Common Copse. Near Mt. Pleasant. Lower 

 Mannington. 

 T. imbricatum Fr. (Lat., tiled). 



In pine woods, etc. ; edible. Cranborne. 

 Creech Hill Wood, St. Giles. Alderholt. 

 T. murinaceum Bull. (Lat., of the mouse-coloured 

 pileus). 



Rare. Great Down Copse. 

 T. terreum Schaeff. (Lat., earthy, in colour). 



Chiefly pine woods ; not uncommon. Castle 

 Hill Wood. Colehill, Wimborne. Plantation S. 



