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T. frondosa Fr. (Lat., leafy). 



Rhinefield. Church Place Inclosure. Mark Ash. 



On trunks and fallen branches of oak. Not uncommon. Large, 

 pinkish-amber. 

 T. lutescens Pers. (Lat., yellowish). 



Hollands Wood. Denny Lodge Inclosure. Ridley Wood. 

 On fallen branches. Not common. Pale yellow. 

 T. mesenterica Retz. (Lat., like entrails). 



Ramnor. Queen's Bower. Denny. Hurst Hill. Mark Ash. Wood- 

 hurst. Holmhill. 



On dead gorse stems. Common. Orange-yellow. 

 T. intumescens Sm. (Lat., swelling up). 



Rhinefield. Near Lyndhurst. Holmhill. 



On trunks of beech, etc. Not common. Brown to black. 



Genus 5. DACRYOMYCES Nees. (Gr., dakru, a tear, mukes, a fungus, from the 

 tear-like habit). Minute, cushion-like, clustered. 

 D. deliqueseens (Bull.) Duby. (Lat., melting). 



Brockenhurst. Emery Down. Bank. Minstead. Rhinefield. Whit- 

 ley Wood, etc. 



On dead and worked wood. Very common. In perfection in 

 winter. Orange-yellow. 

 D. Stillatus Nees. (Lat., dropping). 



Brockenhurst. Holmsley. Burley. Ashurst. Near Lyndhnrst. Ba^k. 

 etc., etc. 



On dead and worked wood. Very common. Smaller than D. deli- 

 queseens and deeper orange. 



Order II. PILACREM. 



A small and anomalous group, regarded as partaking somewhat of the characters 

 of both the Hymenomycetes and the Gasteromycetes. 



Genus 1. PiLACRE Fr. (Gr., pileos, cap, and akros, summit). Minute, club- 

 shaped. 



P. faglnea B. and Br. (Lat., of the beech). 

 Picket Post. 



On rotten wood. Rare. Stems blackish. 

 P. Petersii B. and C. (Commemorative). 

 Denny Lodge Inclosure. Woodfidley. 



On dead trunks of beech in ?reat abundance, otherwise rare. Stems 

 whitish. 



Order III. GASTEROMYCETES. 

 Spores enclosed till mature. 



Family I. PHALLOIDACEiE (" Stinkhoms "). 



Coat (peridium) with a central gelatinous layer. Spores immersed in a fetid 

 gluten. 



Genus 1. ITHYPHALLUS Fr. (Gr., ithys, and phallos, from its phallic 

 resemblance). Pileus netted, on stem-like receptacle. 

 I. impudiCUS (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., shameless). " Common Stinkhorn." 

 Woodfidley. Bolderwood. Ridley. Burley. Emery Down. 

 In woods, etc., especially under firs. Frequent. 



Genus 2. MUTINUS Fr. (Another phallic allusion). 

 M. caninus Fr. (Lat., of the dog). 



Rhinefield. Knightwood. Woodfidley. Mark Ash. Holmsley. 



In woods. Not uncommon. 



