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P. CUtiCularis (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., with a little skin). 



Bolderwood. Ashurst Wood. Denny. 



On oaks, beeches and pines. Not uncommon. Near Pi hispidus, 



colour lighter. 

 P. hispidus (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., bristly). 



Denny Wood. 



On ash, etc. Not common. Resembles P. Schweinitzii, but stem- 

 less. 



P. spu metis (Sow.) Fr. (Lat., frothy). 

 Allum Green. 



On rotten trunks. Uncommon. 

 P. borealis (Wahl.) Fr. (Lat., northern). 



Mark Ash. Denny Lodge Inclosure. Holmhill. 

 On larch and pine stumps, etc. Uncommon. 

 P. dryadeus (Pers.) Fr. (Gr., of the oak). 

 Beaulieu Road. Ashurst. 



On oaks. Not common. A destructive parasite. 

 P. feetulinus (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., of the birch). 



Tantany Wood. Mark Ash. Ramnor. Rhinefield. Woodhurst. New 

 Copse. Ironshill. Whitley Wood, etc. 



On dead and dying birches. Very common. 



Genus 4. FOMES Fr. (Lat., fomes, tinder, which many of the species supplied). 



Pores stratose, each season's layer forming beneath the previous 

 year's. Hard, woody. 

 F. applanatus (Pers.) Wallr. (Lat., flattened). 



Tantany Wood. Bramble Hill. Mark Ash. Ridley Wood. Ashurst. 

 Knightwood. Woodfidley. Brockis Hill, etc. 



On beeches. Common. Brown, hard. Spores profuse, brown. 

 F. f&mentarius (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., providing tinder ; formerly made from it). 

 Stubbs Wood. Mark Ash. Ridley Wood. 



Ori various trees. Not common. Brown, hard. Hoof-shaped. 

 Spores colourless. 



F. igniarius (Linn.) Fr. (including var. pomaceuS Pers.) (Lat., providing 

 " fire, i.e. tinder). 



Holmsley. Bolderwood. Ridley. Mallard Wood. 



On various trees. Frequent. Top blackish. Very hard. 

 F. ferruginosilS (Fr.) Mass. (Lat., rusty, from the colour). 

 Ridley Wood. Holmsley. New Copse. 



On trunks and branches. Not uncommon. Spores uppermost. 

 F. COnnatus Fr. (Lat., attached together). 

 Hollands Wood. Near Lyndhurst. 

 On various trees. Not common. 

 F. annoSUS Fr. (Lat., long-lived). " Red Rot." 



Ramnor. Bolderwood. Buskett's Wood. Dearleap Plantation. Irons- 

 hill. Perry Wood. Rhinefield, etc. 



At the base of conifers and on their stumps. Common. Top 

 brown. Flesh white. 

 Genus 5. POLYSTICTUS Fr. (Gr., polus, many, stiktos, pricked, from the 

 appearance of the hymenium). Thin, leathery, fan-shaped or 

 rarely central-stemmed. 

 P. perennis (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., lasting). 



Wootton Inclosure. Holmsley. Near Palmer's Water. 



On heaths and in burnt ground. Not common. Central stem. 

 Bright rust-brown. 

 P. radiatus (Sow.) Fr. (Lat., rayed). 

 Buskett's Wood. 



On trunks and stumps. Uncommon. 

 P. versicolor (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., changing colour). 



Queen's Bower. Holmsley. Mark Ash. Ironshill. Minstead. Bolder- 

 wood. Woodfidley, etc., etc. 



On trunks, fallen branches and sticks. Extremely common. Very 

 variously coloured. 



