184 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



N. ditissima Tul. " Apple tree canker." 



On apple branches, Edmondsham Rectory Orchard. 



Genus 4. MELANOSPORIDIUM Klebahn. (Gr., black- 



spored). 



M. betulinum Kleb. (Lat., of the birch). On the 

 under side of birch leaves that have turned colour 

 or fallen ; towards Goatham from Edmondsham. 



Genus 5. XYLARIA Hill. (Gr., a piece of wood, from its 

 habitat). 



X. polymorpha (Pers.) Grev. Belt of woodland N. side 

 of St. Giles' Park. 



X. hypoxylon (Linn.) Grev. Common in the district. 

 Lower Mannington, Mrs. E. W. Baker. On a 

 paling a little S. of Wimborne. Maldry Wood, St. 

 Giles. Very common on stumps, damp posts, and 

 chips in Edmondsham, e.g., in the Rectory Grounds, 

 in Furze Common Copse, in a fir copse towards 

 Castle Hill, &c. 



Genus 6. HYPOXYLON Bull. (Gr., hypo, upon, xylon, wood). 



H. fuscum (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., dark brown). Quince 

 Hill Wood ; roadside to Creech, C. B. G. Rather 

 common. On old stakes, Edmondsham Rectory. 

 Furze Common Copse. 



H. multiforme Fr. On fallen branches. Belt of wood- 

 land N. side of St. Giles' Park. Romford near 

 Verwood Station. Lane E. of Smallbridge Farm, 

 Edmondsham. 



Genus 7. DIATRYPELLA De Not. (Gr., from a verb to 



bore through). 

 D. quercina (Pers.) Nitschke. (Lat., of the oak). 



On dead oak branches, in Furze Common Copse, 

 and an adjoining plantation. Belt of woodland on 

 the N. side of St. Giles' Paik. 



