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C. aurantiacus (Wulf.) Fr. (Lat., orange-coloured). " False Chanterelle." 

 Rhinefield. Tantany Wood. Holmsley. Setley. Dearleap. New 

 Copse. Pignal. Denny, etc. 



In woods under conifers, etc. Very common. Gills thin, usually 

 brilliant orange-red. Reputed poisonous, 

 var. lacteus Quel. (Lat., milk-white). 

 Buskett's Lawn. 



Under trees. Rare, 

 var. pallidus. 



Pig Bush. Tantany Wood. Dearleap. Whitemoor. 

 In woods and among gorse. Not uncommon. Cap and gills 

 pale amber, disc and stem darker. 

 C. albidus Fr. (Lat., whitish). 

 Hincheslea. 



Near trees. Rare. 

 C. tubaeformiS (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., trumpet-shaped). 

 Rhinefield. Brockis Hill. Costicles. Mark Ash. 



In woods. Not uncommon. Stem lacunose. Cap waved and 

 lobed, not opening into stem. 

 C. Illtescens Fr. (Lat., becoming yellow, yellowish). 

 Near Lyndhurst Road Station. 

 In woods. Rare. 

 C. infundibuliformis (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., funnel-shaped). 

 Busketts. Ridley Wood. Holmsley. Woodfidley. 



In woods. Not uncommon. Cap usually perforated at base and 

 opening into the hollow stem. 

 C. Cinereus (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., ash-coloured). 

 Denny Lodge Inclosure. Mark Ash. 



In woods. Uncommon. Dark. Resembles Cantharellus cornu- 

 copioides, with which it is often found growing, but has distinct though 

 much reduced gills. 

 C. replexus Fr. var. devexus Fr. (Lat., turned back and down). 

 Buskett's Lawn. 



Near trees. Rare. 



Genus 16. NYCTALIS (Gr., nux, nuctos, night, from inhabiting dark plaoes). 



Parasitic on decaying fungi . 

 N. parasitica (Bull.) Fr. 



Costicles. Holmsley. Mark Ash. Ridley Wood. 



On dead Russula adust a, R. fcstens, etc., in woods. Not uncommon. 

 Grey. 



N. asterophora Fr. (Gr., bearing stars ; from the particles on the cap). 



Holmsley Inclosure. 



On dead Russula nigricans. Not common. Thin, white, tinged 

 fawn-colour. 



Division B. T enacts. 

 Leathery, not putrefying. 



Genus 17. MARASMIUS Fr. (Gi., maraino, I wither or shrivel, which the species 

 do instead of rotting). 

 M. peronatus (Bolt.) Fr. (Lat., booted ; from the woolly covering of the lower 



part of the stem). 



Minstead Road. Mark Ash. Church Place Inclosure. Woodfidley. 

 Buskett's Wood. Rhinefield. Woodhurst, etc. 



Among leaves under trees. Very common. 

 M. Oreades (Bolt.) Fr. (Gr., mountain nymphs; from its forming "fairy 



rings "). "Fairy-ring Champignon." 

 Balmer Lawn. Allum Green. Emery Down. Ocknell. Ridley. 

 Buskett's Lawn. Racecourse, etc. 



Among grass. Very common. Edible and delicious. 



