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C. cornueopioides Berk. (Lat., like the Horn of Plenty, 

 cornucopia). 



In woods, on the ground ; edible ; widely dis- 

 tributed. Witchampton, Mrs. Baker. Button. 

 Holms. Edmondsham, very fine in Great Down 

 Copse. 



Genus 2. THELEPHORA Ehrh. (Gr., thele, a teat, phero, 

 I bear, from the spore -surf ace being sometimes 

 papillate). 

 T. terrestris Ehrh. (Lat., growing on the ground). 



Fir woods ; rare, not in the N. Forest list. Wood- 

 land, Branksome Park. Furze Common Copse, 

 Edmondsham. 

 T. laciniata Pers. (Lat., torn). 



On stumps of fir, stems of heather, heathery 

 banks and sandy heaths ; locally common. Colehill, 

 and Lower Mannington, Mrs. E. W. Baker. 

 Broadstone. Ferndown, in a plantation to the 

 north. West Moors. Plantation S. of Daggons' 

 Road Station. 

 T. mollissima Pers. (Lat., very soft). 



On the ground and fallen twigs, in woods ; rare, 

 not in the N. Forest list. Fir plantation, Lower 

 Mannington, one of Mrs. Baker's interesting 

 discoveries. 



Genus 3. STEREUM Pers. (Gr., stereos, hard, from the 

 nature of the plant). Effused or reflexed, spore- 

 surface more or less smooth. 



S. hirsutum Fr. (Lat., hairy, from the clothing of the 

 pileus). 



On stumps and fallen branches, in woods and 

 hedges ; very variable, and common. Nine 



Barrow Down, C. B. Green. Ferndown, Mrs. 

 Pringle. Witchampton, Mrs. Baker. Branksome 

 Park. S. of Wimborne on a hedge bank. Birches 



