154 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



C. extuberans Fr. (Lat., from the prominent umbo of 

 the pileus). 



On rotten wood, etc. ; rare (not noted in New 

 Forest list). Furze Common Copse. 



Genus 9. MYCENA (Gr., myces, a fungus). Pileus thin, 

 campanulate, usually striate ; stem slender ; species 

 usually small, mostly growing on wood. 

 M. capillaris (Schum.) Fr. (Lat., from the slender 

 hair-like stem). 



On dead beech and other leaves ; rare. Creech 

 Hill Wood, St. Giles. 



M. corticola (Schum.) Fr. (Lat., cortex, bark, colo, 

 inhabit). 



Among moss on bark of living trees ; not 

 common. Edmondsham Rectory garden and 

 orchard. Sutton Holms. 



M. discopotia Lev. (Gr., with a disc-like foot of the 

 stem). 



On sticks, &c. ; rare. Castle Hill Wood. 

 M. rorida Fr. (Lat., ros, dew, from the running 

 glutinous stem). 



On dead bramble twigs in woods ; rare. Wood 

 in Goatham. 



M. clavicularis Fr. (Lat., tendril-like, of the stem ?). 

 On the ground in woods ; uncommon. 

 Broadstone. 

 M. epipterygia (Scop.) Fr. (Gr., upon bracken). 



On twigs and among moss in woods ; not very 

 common. Furze Common Copse. Maldry Wood, 

 St. Giles. 



M. leucogala Cooke. (Gr., white milk, from the exuda- 

 tion when broken). 



On rotten stumps in woods ; not common. 

 Ferndown. Furze Common Copse. 

 M. galopoda (Pers.) Fr. (Gr., with milky stem, like the 

 last). 



