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L. echinatum Pers. (Lat., spiny like the sea-urchin). 



Denny Wood. 



Among leaves in woods. Uncommon. Spines longer than in 

 L. gemmatum. 

 L. excipuliforme (Scop.) Pers. (Lat., mattress-shaped). 

 Denny. 



In wood, etc. Uncommon. Edible. 

 L. EftCCatum Vahl. (Lat., bag-shaped). 

 Near Lyndhurst. 



In woods. Uncommon. Edible and delicious. 



Family IV. SCLERODERMACEiE ("Earth-balls"). 

 Peridium thick, rupturing irregularly. Gleba not becoming powdery. 



Genus 1. SCLERODERMA (Gr., skleros, hard, derma, skin, from the firm peri- 

 dium). Peridium warted. 

 S. VUlgare Fl. Dan. (Lat., common). 

 Beaulieu Heath. Denny. 



In woods, etc. Very common. Gleba purplish black. 

 Busketts. Woodfidley. Holmsley. Hollands Wood. Asburst. Mark 

 Ash. Vinney Ridge, etc. * 

 S. verrucOSUItl (Bull.) Pers. (Lat., warted). 



Bank. Bolderwood. Denny Wood. Burley New Inclosure. Holms- 

 ley. 



In woods, etc. Not uncommon. Gleba umber. 



Family V. HYMENOGASTRACE^ ("False Truffles"). 

 Subterranean. 



Genus 1. RHIZOPOGON (Gr., rhiza, root, pogon, beard, from the root-like fibres 

 investing the species). 

 R. lutescens Fr. (Lat., becoming yellow, yellowish). 

 Near Rushpole Wood. Ashurst. Holmsley. 



In open places in woods, often exposed. Not uncommon. 

 R. rubescens Tul. (Lat., becoming red). 



Bolderwood. Woodlands Inclosure. Ironshill. 



In open places in woods, often exposed. Not uncommon. 



Order III. UREDINALES ("Rust Fungi"). 

 Parasitic on higher plants. 



Phragmidium album Kuehn. 

 Near Lyndhurst. 



Uredo Muelleri Schroet. 

 Near Lyndhurst. 



Class III. ASCOMYCETES. 

 Spores in mother-cells termed asci. 



Order I. PYRENOMYCETES (" Capsular Fungi "). 

 Asci enclosed in a flask-shaped perithecium. 



Nectria cinnabarina (Tode.) Fr. 



On dead branches and twigs. Common. 

 N. coccinea (Pers.) Fr. 



Picket Post. Mark Ash. On fallen branches, etc. 

 N. ditissima Tul. " Apple-tree Canker." 



Woodfidley. 



N. inaurata B. and Br. 



Near Lyndhurst. On holly. 

 N. aquifolii (Fr.) Berk. 

 Holmsley. On holly. 



