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Genus 7. SCLEROTINIA Fuckel. (Gr., sderos, hard). 



S. tuberosa Fuckel. (Lat., tuberous). Named as a 

 form by Mr. J. F. Rayner for me. Edmondsham. 



Genus 8. CHLOROSPLENIUM Fr. (Gr., greenish, bandage). 



C. aeruginosum De Not. (Lat., verdigris-coloured). 



Colouring the wood on which it grows a deep 

 verdigris green ; seldom fruiting. Frequent on 

 decayed oak branches in Furze Common Copse. 



Genus 9. LACHNEA Fr. (Gr., hairy). Growing on the 



ground, rarely on wood. 



L. hemisphaerica Gillet. (Gr., hemispherical, from the 

 ultimate shape). On the ground in shade ; un- 

 common. Witchampton, Mrs. E. W. Baker. Furze 

 Common Copse. 



Genus 10. DASYSCYPHA Fr. (Gr., dasys, thick, dense, 

 scyphos, cup). On dead wood, twigs, herbaceous 

 stems and leaves. 



D. virginea Fckl. (Lat., virginal, white, the plant being 



snow-white). Copse in Edmondsham S. of Castle 

 Hill, minute, white, gregarious. 



D. calycina Fckl. (Lat., cup-shaped). On bark of coni- 

 fers ; usually gregarious, orange -yellow. Copse, 

 Edmondsham, Rev. W. E. Linton. Pine wood near 

 Broadstone. 



Genus 11. GEOPYXIS Pers. (Gr., ge, earth, pyxos, box 

 wood, from the colour of some of the species). 

 Growing on the ground, more rarely on wood. 

 G. coccinea Mass. (Lat., bright red). Easily dis- 

 tinguished from its stalked congeners by the deep 

 semi-transparent red disc covered with grey tomen- 

 tum outside ; on rotting branches on the ground ; 

 useful for decorative purposes where plentiful. 

 Rempstone Heath, C. B. Green. Three spots near 



