174 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



C. fusiformis Sow. (Lat., spindle-shaped). 



In woods, &c., not uncommon ; large, -rich 

 yellow. This and the following species are usually 

 subsimple, often tufted at the base. Birches 

 Copse. Rhymes Copse. Maldry Wood, St. 

 Giles. Wood on S. side of Alderholt Park. 



C. inaequalis Fl. Dan. (Lat., unequal). 



Pastures and grassy places in woods ; yellow, 

 fragile, unequal. Common elsewhere. In the 

 Cranborne part of Castle Hill Wood. Longcraft. 



C. vermicularis Scop. (Lat., worm-like). 



Among grass, all white, densely tufted ; rare, 

 absent from the N. Forest list. Field on the S. 

 side of Edmondsham. 



C. fragilis Holmsk. (Lat., brittle). 



In pastures and among short grass in woods ; 

 white or tinged with yellow ; "frequent " in the 

 N. Forest. Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle. Longcraft. 



C. ardenia Sow. 



On fallen branches, &c., in woods ; very large, 

 5 to 12 inches high, ferruginous or grey-brown ; rare, 

 not recorded in the N. Forest list. Very fine on 

 one occasion in Maldry Wood, in the parish 

 of St. Giles, with clubs exceeding in. in 

 breadth. 



Genus 3. CALOCERA Fr. (Gr., kalos, beautiful, keras, 

 a horn, from the shape of some of the species). In 

 habit resembling Clavaria, but rather gelatinous 

 and viscid when moist, horny w r hen dry. 

 C. viscosa Fr. (Lat., sticky). 



Usually on pine stamps ; not uncommon. Cole- 

 hill ; Lower Mannington, Mrs. E. W. Baker. 

 Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle ; and plantation N. of 

 Ferndown. Branksome Park. Woodland near 

 Castle Hill. Plantation Jm. S. of Daggon's Road 

 Station. 



