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S. vulgare Fr. (Lat., common). 



In woods, especially on sandy soil ; spores in the 

 mass blackish with a purple tinge ; rather common. 

 Arne woods ; near Scotland Farm ; pine woods, 

 Rempstone ; Wareham ; Lytchett Minster, C. B. 

 Green. Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle. Cole Hill, 

 Wimborne. Near Mount Pleasant, Horton. 

 Sutton Holms. Furze Common Copse, and 

 copse towards Castle Hill, Edmondsham. 



S. verrucosum Pers. (Lat., warted). 



In woods, chiefly on light soil ; spores umber 

 in the mass ; not very common. Witchampton, 

 Mrs. E. W. Baker. Furze Common Copse, 

 Edmondsham. Woodland about Castle Hill, on 

 the borders of Cranborne. 



Family 5. HYMENOGASTREAE (" False 



Truffles "). Subterranean. 



Genus 1. RHIZOPOGON Tul. (Gr., rhiza, a root, pogon, a 

 beard, from the root-like fibres investing the species), 

 R. rubescens Tul. (Lat., becoming red). 



Sandy ground in woods, often exposed ; not very 

 common. Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle. Colehill, 

 near Wimborne. 

 R. luteolus Tul. (Lat., yellowish). 



In open ground in woods ; underground or partly 

 exposed ; not uncommon. Colehill, Mrs. E. W. 

 Baker. Plantation of firs N. of Ferndown. Fir 

 plantation Jm. S. of Daggon's Road Station. 



Order IV. UREDIN ALES (" Rust Fungi "). 

 Parasitic on higher plants. 



Genus 1. MELAMPSORA Cast. (Gr., melas, black, psora, a 



skin disease, of trees, canker). 



M. euphorbias Cast. (Lat., of Euphorbia, spurge). M. 

 Helioscopiae Wint. On leaves and stems of 



