FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 167 



H. repandum Linn. (Lat., bent back, turned up). 



In woods or on their outskirts ; edible and thought 

 highly of by some ; pale pinkish tan all over ; 

 frequent, locally common. Pine wood N. of Corfe 

 Castle, C. B. Green. Witchampton, Mrs. Baker. 

 Martin Wood, Miss V. Linton. Wood S. side of 

 Alderholt Park. Castle Hill Wood, Edmondsham. 

 Birches Copse, and Sutton Holms, which are 

 adjacent. East side of St. Giles' Park. 



H. ferrugineum Fr. (Lat., rust-coloured). 



In fir woods ; soft when young, corky and dry at 

 maturity ; rather rare. Furze Common Copse, 

 Edmondsham. 



H. auriscalpium Linn. (Lat., an ear-pick, from the spines). 

 On fallen fir-cones ; said to be not uncommon, 

 but seldom seen. Plantation S. of Cranborne. Fir 

 wood on the E. side of Broadstone. 



H. niveum Pers. (Lat., snowy, snow-white). 



On dead wood ; distinguished by the beautiful 

 white colour when growing, becoming pallid when 

 dry ; rare, not in the N. Forest list. On an elm 

 stump near the Dairy Farm, Edmondsham. 



Genus 2. TREMELLODON Pers. (Gr., odous, a tooth, from 

 its resembling a Tremella with teeth). Gelatinous 

 with spines of the same substance. 

 T. gelatinosum Pers. (Lat., jelly-like.) 



On dead pine stumps ; here and there in the N. 

 Forest, but in Dorset seen so far nowhere but in 

 Furze Common Copse, Edmondsham, and Creech 

 Hill Wood, St. Giles. 



Genus 3. IRPEX Fr. (Lat., a large rake, or harrow, 



from the teeth). 



I. obliquus Fr. (Lat., slanting,of the direction of the teeth). 



On fallen branches, effused over the surface ; 



like Poria vapor aria with torn pores, but coarser ; 



