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On old stumps, etc. ; often forming dense 

 clusters ; very common. Woods in Edmondsham. 

 Branksome. Plantation S.E. of Cranborne. 

 Plantation S. of Daggon's Road Station. Fern- 

 down, Mrs. Pringle. Sutton Holms. Witchampton. 

 H. velutinum (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., velvety). 



In fields, woods, and roadsides ; uncommon, 

 more frequent in the N. Forest. Great Down 

 Copse. 



H. appendiculatum (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., with small append- 

 ages, from the relics of the veil on the margin of the 

 pileus). 



On stumps in woods ; not common. Castle 

 Hill Wood. 



H. hydrophilum (Bull.) Fr. (Gr., loving water ; from 

 the gills exuding drops of water). 



On stumps in woods ; similar to the last, but 

 differing in the character above mentioned ; 

 frequent. Plantation S. of Daggon's Road 

 Station. Castle Hill Wood. Ferndown. Furze 

 Common Copse. Plantation, Goatham. 



Genus 40. PSILOCYBE Fr. (Br., psilos, bare, naked, cube, 

 head, no veil being apparent on the pileus). Stem 

 tough ; margin of pileus incurved at first. Spores 

 purplish or slate-colour. 



P. semilanceata Fr. (Lat., almost lance-shaped). 

 " Liberty Cap." 



On pastures, etc. ; gregarious ; poisonous ; 

 common. Furze Common Copse. Near Rom- 

 ford. Sutton Holms. Var. caerulescens, Cooke 

 (bluish). Rhymes Copse. 

 P. spadicea Fr. (Lat., date-brown). 



On the ground about stumps ; not frequent. 

 Sutton Holms. 



P. foenisecii (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., of cut hay, from its 

 habitat). 



