160 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



B. laricinus Berk. (Lat., of larches). 



On ground under larches ; scarce ; flesh and 

 pores white at first, then tinged with yellow. Copse 

 by Great Down, Edmondsham. Furze Common 

 Copse. Plantation S. of Cranborne. 



B. scaber Fr. (Lat., rough, from the scaly stem). 



In woods ; fairly common ; edible ; pores white, 

 then dingy olive-brown. Wood near Scotland 

 farm ; pine wood N. of Corfe Castle, C. B. Green. 

 Sutton Holms. Castle Hill Wood. Woods, 

 Alderholt, N. of Daggon's Road Station. 



Genus 2. FISTULINA Bull. (Lat., fistula, a pipe, from 



the tubes, which are free from each other). 

 F. hepatica Fr. (Gr., of the liver, from its appearance). 

 On trunks of living trees, oak, beech, &c. ; 

 known as" beef -steak," edible, but flavourless; 

 said to be common, e.g., in the New Forest ; only 

 observed in East Dorset at Witchampton, Mrs. 

 E. W. Baker. 



Genus 3. POLYPORUS Mich. (Gr., polys, many, poros, 



a tube, from the crowded pores of hymenium). 



Usually soft at first, becoming hard or tough ; stem 



lateral or absent. 

 P. rufescens Fr. (Lat., inclined to red, reddish). 



On dead stumps ; not very common. Attached 



laterally to a stake near the base, Edmondsham 



Rectory garden. 

 P. squamosus Fr. (Lat., scaly, from the scales covering 



the pileus). 



On trunks, stumps, &c., ; stem black at the 



base ; not common. Sometimes very large. 



Durlston ; Studland (on elm) ; near Corfe Castle 



(on Black Poplar). C. B. Green. Withy beds, 



Crichel, Mrs. Baker. On a beech trunk in the 



avenue N. side of St. Giles' Park. 



