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Genus 36. PAXILLUS Fr. (Lat., a small stake, a peg). 



Gills decurrent ; pileus involute. 



P. involutus Fr. (Lat., rolled inwards ; from the margin 

 of the pileus). 



Edible, but hardly worth eating ; common in 

 the N. Forest. Plantation S. of Daggon's Road 

 Station. Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle. 

 P. panuoides Fr. (Gr., shell-shaped ? from the pileus). 



On decayed pine wood ; rare. Wood N. of 

 Ferndown. 



Section 4. Melanosporae. Spores 

 black, purplish- or brown- 

 ish-black. 



Genus 37. AGARICUS Linn, pro pte. (Of Greek origin, 

 agaricon, Latinised by Pliny ; a fungus growing on 

 timber). 



A. arvensis Schaeff. (Lat., of arable ground). " Horse 

 Mushroom." 



In pastures, usually under trees ; edible, but 

 not always wholesome ; not frequent. Edmond- 

 sham Park. Field just E. of Birches Copse. 

 A. campestris L. (Lat , belonging to the plain). " Com- 

 mon Mushroom." 



In open fields ; common, but unevenly dis- 

 tributed. Several fields in Edmondsham, and 

 towards Verwood Station. 



Genus 38. STROPHARIA Fr. (Gr., strophos, a twisted 

 band, in reference to the ring). Gills adnate or 

 adnexed; with a distinct ring. 



S. aeruginosa (Curt.) Fr. (Lat., of verdigris, from the 

 colour of the gluten). 



In woods and pastures ; poisonous ; reported 

 common in the N. Forest, not so in this district. 

 Plantation S.E. of Cranborne. Furze Common 

 Copse. 



