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S. merdaria Fr. (Lat., belonging to dung). 



New Copse. Bank. Busketts. Balmer Lawn. Holmsley. 

 On dry dung in woods, etc. Frequent. 

 S. stercoraria Fr. (Lat., of dung). 



Denny Lodge Inclosure. Ironshill. Pig Bush. 



On dung in pastures. Not common ; probably confounded with 

 S. semiglobata. 



SL semiglobata (Batsch) Fr. (Lat., hemispherical ; from the pileus). 



Costicles. Holmsley. Denny Heath. Ivy Gutter. Mark Ash. Holmhill . 

 Pig Bush. Knight wood, etc., etc. 



On dung throughout the year. Very common. 



Genus 41. HYPHOLOMA Fr. (Gr., huphe, a web, loma, a fringe, from the 

 partial veil being often apparent at the margin of the pileus). Gills 

 adnate or sinuate. Corresponds with Truholoma, Entoloma, and 

 Hcbdoma, but spores brownish-purple, sometimes intense purple. 

 H. Silaceum (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., like ochre). 

 Buskett's Lawn. 



On the ground. Rare. 

 H. SUblateritium (Schaeff). Fr. (Lat., almost brick-coloured). 



Denny Wood. Dearleap Plantation. Ramnor. Minstead. Mark Ash. 

 Holmsley. Holidayshill, etc. 



On and about old stumps in woods and hedgerows. Common. 

 Poisonous. Autumn and winter. Gills pallid, then dingy olive. Often 

 large. 



H. capnoides Fr. (Gr., smoke-like ; from the colour of the gills). 



Holmsley. Burley New Inclosure. Buskett's Wood. Dearleap. Rhine- 

 field. Holmhill. 



In pine woods and on pine trunks. Frequent. 

 H. epsxanthum (Paul.) Fr. (Gr., yellowish-brown). 



Denny Lodge Inclosure. Ashurst. Rhinefield. Queen's Bower. Pig 

 Bush. Dearleap. 



On old fir stumps, etc. Not uncommon. Gills pale yellow, then 

 greyish. 



H. fasciculare (Huds.) Fr. (Lat., in little bundles ; from its tufted habit). 



Brockenhurst Park. Woodfidley. Dearleap. Rhinefield. Tantany 

 Wood. Ivy Gutter. Balmer Lawn. Ridley, etc., etc. 



On ■ old stumps throughout the year. Very common. Poisonous. 

 Gills sulphur- coloured, then greenish. Stem and flesh yellow. 

 H. storeum Fr. (Lat., a mat ; from the texture of the pileus). 

 Bolderwood. 



On decayed beech trunks. Rare. 

 H. COtoneum Quel. — H. hypoxanthum Ph. and Plow. (Lat., cottony). 

 Denny Lodge Inclosure. 

 Under beeches. Rare. 

 H. vellltinum (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., velvety). 



Denny Lodge Inclosure. Church Place Inclosure. New Copse. Ridley 

 Wood. 



In fields, woods and roadsides. Frequent. 

 H. appendiculatum (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., with small appendages ; from the 



remains of the veil rn the margin of the pileus). 

 Ramnor. Black Down. Church Place Inclosure. Burley. Holmhill. 



In woods and shady places. Not uncommon. 

 H. hydrophilum (Bull.) Fr. (Gr., loving water, which exudes from the 



gills). 



Buskett's Lawn. Mark Ash. Denny Lodge Inclosure. Holmhill. 

 Knightwood, etc. 



On stumps in woods, etc. Common. 



Genus 42. PSILOCYBE Fr. (Gr., p silos, naked, kube, head, no veil being 

 apparent on the pileus). Stem tough. Margin of pileus incurved 

 at first. Corresponds with Colly bia, Leplonia and Naucoria, but 

 spores purple, purple-brown, or slate-colour. 



