FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 177 



D. deliquescens Duby. (Lat., melting). 



On dead wood, old railings, &c. ; forming minute 

 roundish orange -ye How patches in lines along cracks 

 in the wood ; in perfection in winter ; common. 

 Branksome Park, Mrs. E. W. Baker. First noticed 

 in Edmondsham by the Rev. W. R. Linton, in 

 Furze Common Copse. Railings along roads and 

 woods, also in Edmondsham Rectory orchard. Pine 

 wood near Broadstone. Plantation N. of Ferndown. 



D. stillatus Nees. (Lat., in drops, dripping). 



On dead and worked wood, such as rails ; like 



D. deliquescens, but smaller and deeper orange ; 

 common. Edmondsham Rectory Garden. Birches 

 Copse. Belt on E. side of St. Giles' Park. Planta- 

 tion near Broadstone. Branksome Park. 



Order 11. P7.LACREAE. 



A small group of two species, not found in the 

 District. 



Order III. GASTEROM YCETES. 

 Spores enclosed till mature. 



Family 1. PHALLOIDEAE (" Stinkhorns "). 

 Spores immersed in a foetid gluten. 



Genus 1. ITHYPHALLUS Fr. (Gr., ithys, and phallos, from 

 its phallic resemblance). Pileus netted, on a 

 stem-like receptacle. 



I. impudicus (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., shameless). " Common 

 Stinkhorn." 



In woods, chiefly under firs ; smelling of drains ; 

 said to be frequent elsewhere. Witchampton, Mrs. 



E. W. Baker. Creech Hill Wood, N. side of St. 

 Giles' Park. A single specimen in Edmondsham 

 Rectory Garden, perhaps arising from spores from 

 a Creech Hill Wood specimen thrown away. 



