158 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



H. puniceus Fr. (Lat., purplish-red). 



Mossy pastures and woods ; common ; larger 

 than H. coccineus, which it most resembles, and 

 stem stria te with a white base. Goatham. Great 

 Down Copse. Near Romford. Witchampton. 

 H. obrusseus Fr. (Lat., of gold-assaying, from the 

 golden-sulphur colour). 



Grassy places in woods ; rather rare. Planta- 

 tion S. of Daggon's Road Station. Withy Beds, 

 Crichel. 

 H. conicus Fr. (Lat., conical). 



In pastures ; frequent. Field near Castle Hill 

 Wood. Field by Birches Copse. Near Romford. 

 H. chlorophanus Fr. (Fr., greenish-yellow). 



Grassy places in or near woods ; edible ; clear 

 yellow ; not common. Furze Common Copse. 

 Withy Beds, Crichel. 



H. psittacinus (Schaeff.) Fr. (Lat., parrot-coloured ; 

 red and green). 



In pastures ; edible ; common. Fields of 

 Edmondsham Park, and towards Romford. 

 Witchampton. 

 H. pratensis Fr. (Lat., of meadows). 



Pastures and woods ; said to be common. In 

 or near Goatham Plantation. 



H. virgineus (Wulf.) Cke. (Lat., virginal, from its white 

 colour). 



Pastures and open woods ; edible ; common. 

 Edmondsham, Hyles, abundant. Sutton Holms. 

 Half-a-mile S. of Wimborne. Var. roseipes Mass., 

 with stem soon hollow and rosy towards the base ; 

 spores elongate. Near Romford. 



H. cossus Fr. (Lat., larva of goat-moth, from its smell). 

 Among grass in woods ; rare. Creech Hill 

 Wood, St. Giles. 



H. hypothejus Fr. (Gr., sulphur beneath, because yellow 

 under the olive gluten). 



