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P. rufescens (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., becoming reddish). 

 Buskett's Wood. Queen's Bower. 



In woods, on buried roots and stumps. Not uncommon. 

 P. squamoSUS (Huds.) Fr. (Lat., scaly ; from the cap). 

 Wootton. Knightwood. 



On ash, etc. Not common in the Forest. Stem black. 

 P. elegans (Bull.) Fr. (Lat. elegant). 



Pine- wood near Palmer's Water. On fallen branches of pine. 

 Uncommon. Small, flat, roundish ; stem black. 

 P. frondOSUS (Fl. Dan.) Fr. (Lat., leafy). 

 Near Cadnam. 



On stumps, etc. Uncommon. Much branched ; caps grey, white 

 beneath. 



P. iiltybaceilS Fr. (Lat., of chicory, from its flavour). 



Near Lyndhurst. Queen's Bower. Pig Bush. 



On stumps, etc. Not common. Much branched ; caps brown, 

 whitish-brown beneath. 

 P. glganteus (Pers.) Fr. (Lat. gigantic). 



Brockis Hill. Brockenhurst. Stubbs Wood. Denny Lodge Inclosure. 

 Bolderwood. Gritnam. 



At base of trees, chiefly beech. Frequent. Stains black. 

 P. Stllphureus (Bull) Fr. (Lat., sulphur-coloured). 

 Queen's Bower. Rushpole Wood. Costicles. 



On trunks. Not common. A destructive parasite. 



P. alutaceus Fr. 



Mallard Wood. On alder. Uncommon. 

 P. fragilis Fr. (Lat., easily broken). 

 Beaulieu Road. 



On stumps and fallen branches of conifers. Not common. Whitish; 

 foxes when handled. 

 P. caesius (Schrad.) Fr. (Lat., bluish grey). 

 Ramnor. Mark Ash. 



On old stumps. Not common. White, tinged blue. 

 P. mollis Fr. (Lat., soft). 

 Costicles. 



On pine stumps. Not uncommon. Pores white, reddish when touched, 

 P. rut'ilans (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., glowing red). 

 Queen's Bower. Ironshill. Burley. 



On dead branches of poplar and birch. Not common. Scent of 

 anise. 



P. nldulans Fr. (Lat., nest-building; prob. from its appearance). 

 Ashurst Wood. 



On trunks and fallen branches. Uncommon. 

 P. adustus (Wild). Fr. (Lat., scorched, in allusion to the dark hymenium). 

 Knightwood. Holmsley. Denny. Mark Ash. Perry Wood. Ridley 

 Wood. Woodfidley. Queen's Bower, etc. 



On old stumps, felled trunks, etc. Very common. Pores grey. 

 P. Crispus (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., cuxled). 

 Near Blackwater. 



On stumps. Uncommon. 

 P. amorphus Fr. (Gr., shapeless). 



Costicles. Woodland's Inclosure. Rhinefield. Ramnor. Holmsley, 

 etc. 



On rotten pine-wood, or running over pine-needles on the ground. 

 Common. Pileus white. Pores golden-yellow. Thin. 

 P. Spongia Fr. (Lat., a sponge). 



Woodland's Inclosure. Brockis Hill. 



On dead pine-stumps. Uncommon. Like Schweinitzii, but without 

 a stem. 



