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Genus 4. TYPHULA Pers. (Latin, diminutive of Typha, 

 Reed-mace, from the shape of typical species, being 

 like a tiny reed-mace). 



T. phacorrhiza Fr. (Gr., phacos, a lentil, rhiza, a root). 

 On dead leaves, herbaceous stems, &c. ; slenderly 

 clavate or club. -shaped, brownish, translucent ; 

 rare, not in the N. Forest list. Occurred once or 

 twice in leaf -mould soil in a cool greenhouse, 

 Edmondsham Rectory. 



Family 6. TREMELLINEAE (" Jelly Fungi "). 

 Gelatinous when moist, horny when dry. 



Gtenus 1. AURICULARIA Bull. (Latin, auricula, the ear, 



from the form of the species. 



A. mesenterica Fr. (Gr., from mesenteron, the mem- 

 brane connecting the intestines). 



On stumps and decaying trunks ; said to be 

 common elsewhere. Witchampton, Mrs. E. W. 

 Baker. Edmondsham, from two localities. 

 A. lobata Sommerf. (Lat., lobed). 



On bark of trees ; distinguished from the last 

 mainly by the lobed margin of the pileus ; not 

 uncommon. On a stump, very fine, near Whitecliff 

 Farm, Swanage, C. B. Green. Withy Beds, Crichel, 

 Mrs. E. W. Baker. On an old stump near 

 Edmondsham House. 



Genus 2. HIRNEOLA Fr. (Lat., a small jug, from the 



shape). 

 H. aurieula-judae Berk. (Lat., Jew's-ear). 



On living elder trunks, sometimes beech and elm ; 

 not common. New Swanage ; Durlston ; Kingston 

 Woods, all on elder ; Kingston Hill woodland, on a 

 stump, C. B. Green. Hinton Martel ; Witch- 

 ampton, Mrs. E. W. Baker. On elder trunks, 

 Pentridge Down. 



