FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 179 



About stumps and old posts ; local, more 

 common in the N. Forest. Edmondsham Rectory 

 garden, and field in park. Withy Beds, CricheL 

 C. deliquescens Fr. (Lat., melting, dissolving). 



On stumps and heaps of dead leaves ; rather 

 rare ; differs from C. atramentarius in being more 

 slender, and in the gills being free and more 

 separate. Creech Hill Wood, St. Giles. 

 C. tardus Karst. (Lat., slow of development ?). 



On the ground. Creech Hill Wood (probably 

 this species, J. C. Rayner). 



C. radiatus Fr. (Lat., from the pileus soon splitting in 

 radiating fissures). 



On horse-dung in grassy woods ; very delicate 

 and ephemeral. Recognised by J. C. Rayner in 

 Furze Common Copse. 



C. plicatilis (Curt.) Fr. (Lat., in folds, from the splitting 

 and re volute pileus). 



In rich pastures, etc. ; reported as common in 

 N. Forest. Rhymes, a field outside Furze 

 Common Copse. 



Genus 44. PANAEOLUS (Gr., pan, all, aiolos, variegated, 



from the appearance of the gills). 



P. campanulatus (Linn.) Fr. (From a late Latin word 

 for a little bell). 



On ground where manure lies ; said to be 

 common. Belt E. side of St. Giles' Park. 



Genus 45. PSATHYRELLA Fr. (Gr., psathyros, friable). 



Pileus striated ; spores black. 

 P. gracilis (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., slender) 



Roadsides, banks, etc ; not common. Planta- 

 tion S.E. of Cranborne. Edmondsham Park. 

 Sutton Holms. 



P. atomata Fr. (Gr., powdered with atoms, which 

 glisten on the pileus). 



