164 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



F. ribis Fr. (Lat., of Rftes, a genus which includes 

 currant and gooseberry). 



Growing on a gooseberry stem in the garden of 

 Mr. S. J. Stratton, near the Rectory, Edmondsham, 

 and brought in to me by Mrs. Stratton. 



F. ferruginosus Mass. (Lat., rusty, from the colour). 



On old trunks, &c. ; hymenium uppermost ; 



said to be fairly common. In a hollow branch of old 



app ] e tree near Edmondsham Church. Furze 



Common Copse. 



Genus 5. POLYSTICTUS Fr. (Gr., polys, many, stictos, 

 pricked, from the appearance of the perforated 

 hymenium). Thin, leathery, fanshaped or rarely 

 central-stemmed . 



P. cinnamomeus Sacc. (Lat., from the bright cinnamon 

 colour of the pileus). 



On the ground under trees ; pores rather large ; 

 rare, wanting in the N. Forest list. I have found 

 this only in Branksome Park. 

 P. versicolor Fr. (Lat., changing colour). 



On dying or dead stumps and trunks, fallen 

 branches and sticks ; velvety, often white at first, 

 usually with variously coloured concentric zones ; 

 very common. Swanage ; Durlstone, C. B. Green. 

 Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle. Witchampton and Crichel, 

 Mrs, Baker. Noted in four Edmondsham Copses and 

 on posts ; Birches Copse. Cranborne. Maldry Wood, 

 St. Giles. Plantation S. of Daggon's Road Station. 

 P. hirsutus Fr. (Lat., shaggy, bristly). 



On trunks ; covered with dense hair ; whitish, con- 

 centrically zoned ; pileus and pores varying in colour ; 

 rare (not in the New Forest list). Found only at 

 Witchampton in the district, Mrs. E. W. Baker. 

 P. abietinus (Dicks.) Fr. (Lat., of the spruce fir). 



On dead trunks and stumps, of fir and sometimes 

 birch ; pileus white, pores unequal purple ; widely 



