170 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



Copse. Sutton Holms. Woods and hedgerows, 

 Edmondsham. Cranborne. 



S. oehroleucum Fr. (Lat., yellowish-white). 



On dead stumps and fallen branches ; not common. 

 Great Down Copse and other woodland, Edmond- 

 sham, and on a post in the Rectory Garden. Sutton 

 Holms and Birches Copse. Creech Hill Wood, 

 St. Giles, where it was shewn me by the Rev. W. R. 

 Linton some years ago and rediscovered lately. 



S. purpureum Fr. (Lat., purple, the colour of the 

 spore -surf ace). 



On stumps and fallen branches, especially birch : 

 like Polystictus abietinus, but without pores ; 

 frequent. On a trunk at Swanage, and a post at 

 Durlston, C. B. Green. Furze Common Copse, 

 and on logs at the Rectory, Edmondsham. Cran- 

 borne. In the belt of trees, E. side of St. Giles' 

 Park. 



S. rugosum Fr. (Lat., wrinkled). 



On stumps and fallen branches ; not uncommon. 

 Pine wood N. of Corfe Castle, C. B. Green. Castle 

 Hill Wood, and copse by Great Down, Edmondsham. 



S. spadiceum Fr. (Lat., date-brown, of the spore- 

 surface). 



On stumps and dead wood ; turning red when 

 bruised ; not common. Plantation N. of Ferndown. 

 Furze Common Copse. Castle Hill Wood. 



Genus 4. HYMENOCHAETE Lev. (Gr., hymen, a mem- 

 brane, chaite, long hair, from the coloured 

 cystidia, like bristles, projecting from the spore- 

 surface). 

 H. rubiginosa LeV. (Lat., rusty, rust-coloured. 



On dead and decaying wood ; not common. 

 Plantation N. of Ferndown. On a post, Sidney's 

 Hill, Edmondsham ; on a fence in the lane E. of 

 Smallbridge Farm. 



