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J. F. Rayner), C. B. Green. On Portugal laurel, 

 Edmondsham Rectory Garden. On the stump 

 of a beech, Dead Man's Corner, Cranborne. 



Genus 8. DAEDALEA (Pers.) From Daedalus, the maker 

 of the labyrinth, in allusion to the sinuous and 

 labyrinthiform surface of the tubes. 

 D. quercina Pers. (Lat., adjective of oak). 



On dead oak trunks arid stumps ; pores at first 

 rounded, then elongated and much contorted ; 

 not uncommon. Witchampton, Mrs. Baker. Castle 

 Hill Wood. Creech Hill Wood, St. Giles. Edmond- 

 sham to Sutton ; also Sutton Holms. 

 D. unicolor Fr. (Lat., of uniform colour). 



On stumps, trunks, and rails ; pileus zoned and 

 densely villous. Sutton Holms ; found and named 

 by the late Rev. W. R. Linton, who had met with 

 it, and had it identified, in Derbyshire. 



Genus 9. MERULIUS Hall. (Lat., merula, a blackbird, 

 from the colour of some of the species). 

 Subgelatinous ; tubes very shallow. 

 M. lacrymans Fr. (Lat., weeping). " Dry-rot." 



On stumps and trunks, worked wood, &c. Not 

 common. Furze Common Copse, in a hollow yew. 

 Pantry floor (when un ventilated), Edmondsham 

 Rectory on one occasion. Some years ago it 

 attacked the beam on a wall (wallplate) in Shapwick 

 Church, where it was shown me by the Vicar, the 

 late Rev. R. P. Murray, M.A., F.L.S. 



Family 3. HYDNEAE Fr. 

 Spore surface on spines or projections. 



Genus 1. HYDNUM Linn. (Gr. hydnon, an esculent fungus, 

 prob. the truffle). Spore surf ace of teeth which are 

 acute and distinct at the base. 



