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C. (Hydro.) acutus Fr. (Lat., sharp, pointed ; from the umbo). 

 Ramnor. Church Place Inclosure. Denny. Ivy Gutter. 

 In woods. Not uncommon. 



Genus 38. PAXILLUS Fr. (Lat., a small stake, a peg). Gills decurrent, easily 

 separating from the hymenophore. Spores rusty or dirty white. 

 P. paradoxus Berk. (Gr., strange, unexpected). 

 Denny Lodge. Inclosure. 



On the ground under trees. Rare. Known by the dark pileus and 

 bright yellow gills. 



P. invoilltllS (Batsch) Fr. (Lat., rolled inwards ; from the margin of the 

 pileus). 



Woodfidley. Hollands Wood. Tantany Wood. Mark Ash. Bolder- 

 wood. Gritnam. Dearleap, etc., etc. 



In woods, etc. Very common. Edible but hardly palatable. 

 P. panuoides Fr. (Gr., like Panus i.e. shell-shaped). 

 Rhinefield. 



On rotten rails, etc. Uncommon. 



Series IV. Melanosporzb. 

 Spores black, purple-black, brown-black, etc. 



Genus 39. AGARICUS (Gr., Agarikon, a region of Sarmatia). Gills free. Stem 

 fleshy, ringed. Spores mostly purple-brown. 

 A. arvensiS (Schaeff.) (Lat., of cultivated land). " Horse Mushroom." 

 Near Lyndhurst. Near Stubbs Wood. Denny. 



In pastures under trees. Not common in the Forest. Edible, and 

 considered by most mycophagists as superior in flavour to A . campestris. 

 A. campestris (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., belonging to a level field). "Common 

 Mushroom." 



Ashurst. Mark Ash. Tantany Wood. Denny. Holmsley. Balmer 



Lawn. Allum Green. Minstead, etc. 



In fields, etc. Widely distributed, but not abundant, 

 var. SllviCOla (Vitt.) Fr. (Lat., growing in woods). "Wood Mushroom." 



Near Lyndhurst. 



In woods. Not common. 

 A. feaemorrhOidarillS Kalchbr. (Gr., discharging blood). "Blood Mush- 

 room." 



Ramnor. Ironshill. 



In woods, chiefly under conifers, and in pastures. Uncommon* 



Known by the brown pileus, and the flesh turning to blood colour. The 



finest in flavour of all our mushrooms. 



Genua 40. STROPHARIA Fr. (Gr., strophos, a sword-belt, referring to the 

 ring). Gills adnate or adnexed, with a distinct ring. Sporea mostly 

 purple-brown. 



S. aeruginosa (Curt.) Fr. (Lat., verdigris, from the colour of the gluten). 

 Costicles. Dearleap Plantation. New Copse. Ridley Wood. Grit- 

 nam. Helmhill. Knightwood, etc. 



Li woods, pastures, and rubbish heaps. Common. Poisonou*. 



S. albO-Cyanea (Desm.) Fr. (Lat., white and sea-blue). 

 Near Lyndhurst. 



In woods. Not common. Like aeruginosa, but smaller and not 

 scaly below the ring. 

 S. inuncta Fr. (Lat., anointed, besmeared, from its being at first glutinous). 

 Near Lyndhurst Road Station. Knightwood. Holmsley. 

 In woods, etc. Not common. 

 S. squamosa Fr. (Lat., full of scales). 



Knightwood, Near Cadnam. Denny Lodge Inclosure. Mark Ash. 

 Church Place Inclosure. 



In woods. Not uncommon, 

 var. aurantiaca Cke. (Lat., orange-coloured). 

 Near Lyndhurst. In woods. Uncommon. 



