FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 189 



0. luteo-nitens Mass. (Lat., bright or shining yellow). 

 In a pine wood to the N. of Ferndown. 



Genus 15. HELVELLA Linn, (emended). 



H. crispa Fr. (Lat., curled, wavy, from the shape of the 

 pile us). Pine wood, Rempstone, C. B. G. Fern- 

 down, Mrs. Pringle. Witchampton, Mrs. E. W. 

 Baker. Edmondsham Rectory orchard. Belt of 

 woodland on the E. side of St. Giles' Park, and 

 Creech Hill Wood on the N. side. 



H. laeimosa Afzel. (Lat., full of holes or hollows, from 

 the irregular structure). Belt of woodland on the 

 E. side of St. Giles' Park. Mixed plantation chiefly 

 of firs, S. of Cranborne. 



Genus 16. LEOTIA Hill. 



L. lubrica Pers. (Lat., slippery). On the ground in 

 woodland, Sutton Holms. 



Genus 17. SPATHULARIA Pers. (Lat., from the 



spathulate heads). 



S. clavata Sacc. (Lat., clavate, club-shaped). Among 

 pine leaves on the ground, in woodland near Cran- 

 borne. 



Genus 18. GEOGLOSSUM Pers. (Gr., ge, earth, glossa, 



tongue). 



G. glutinosum Pers. (Lat., sticky). On the ground 

 among grass southwards of Ferndown, Mrs. Pringle, 

 Longcraft. 



Class III. PHYCOMYCETES (Moulds). 



Microscopic Fungi with sexual reproduction. 

 Genus 1. PHYTOPHTHORA De By. (Gr., plant-destroyer). 

 P. infestans De By. (Lat., attacking, destroying). Potato 

 Disease. No notes kept, but a frequent destructive 

 plague on potatoes in wet seasons, attacking first 

 the leaf and stem, and working down to the root. 



