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Paxillus atromentosus Fr. (Lat., covered with black wool — the stem.) 

 Ironshill. On pine stumps. 



Agaricus purpurascens Cke. (Lat., purplish — the pileus.) 



L. In woods, etc. Distinguished from A. arvensis by smaller size 

 and coloured cap. 



Stropharia coronilla (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., small crowned.) 



B. By waysides. Habit of Agaricus, but gills not free. 



Hypholoma elaeodes (Paul.) Fr. (Gr. , like an olive — the gills.) 



Denny Inclosure. On trunks, etc. Known from H. fascicularis by 

 stem becoming rusty and gills greenish, then olive-coloured. 



H. pilulaeforme (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., shaped like a little ball.) 



B. On mossy trunks. Like a diminutive TI. appendiculatus, but 

 gills more flesh-coloured. 



Bolbitius tibubans (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., tottering, from its delicate stem.) 



B. Among grass. Pileus yellow, conical then plane, gills very 

 narrow, stem slender. 



B. vitellinus (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., of the yolk of an egg, from the colour.) 



0. On horse dung. Pileus egg-yellow, stem with white scales. 



Coprinus sterquilinus Fr. (Lat., dung-pit, from its habitat.) 

 Near Rhinefield. On horse-dung. Edible. 



C. extinctorius (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., extinctor, an extinguisher, from the 



shape.) 



Casticles. On the ground about roots of trees. Stem smooth, rooting. 



C. fimetarius (Linn.) Fr. (Lat., of dung, from its habitat.) 

 Holmsley. On dung. Stem with fine scales. 



Gomphidius maculatus (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., spotted.) 



B. In woods. Pileus white, then variegated with black. 



Boletus rubinus W.G.S. (Probably from Lat. rubeo, to be red.) 



Aldridge Hill Inclosure. In grass in woods. Tubes wholly carmine, 

 flesh yellow. 



B. parasiticus (Bull.) (Lat., parasitic.) 



Wootton Copse Inclosure. On Scleroderma. 



B. raticulatus (Sebaeff.)'Boud. (Lat., netted.) 



L. On ground under oaks. Easily distinguished from B.edulishj 

 its paler, tomentose pileus, and stem reticulated to the base. Appears 

 early in the season. 



B. felleus (Bull.) (Lat., full of gall, bitter, from the taste.) 



The Noads. Under trees. Poisonous. Tubes pale pink. 

 B. castaneus (Bull.) (Lat., chestnut-like, from the colour.) 



Ironshill. Under trees. Tubes very short, free, openings minute, 

 white then yellow. 



Polyporus varius (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., variable, its size and shape.) 



Woodfidley. On trunk of blackthorn. Undulated, tuftecl ; pileus 

 streaked. 



P. fumosus Fr. (Lat., smoky, from the colour it is tinged.) 



_ Beaulieu Heath. On stumps. Resembles P. adustus, but hymenium 

 whitish. 



P. epileucus Fr. (Gr., upon white, referring to the flesh.) 



Cadlands. On log. Rounded above, concave below. Pileus rugged. 

 Fomes resinaceus (Bond.) Rea. (Lat., like resin.) 



B. On trunks of oak. Covered with a varnished yellow, then blood- 

 red, or chestnut dust, which is at first shining. 



F. Ribis (Schum.) Fr. (Lat., of Eibes— the habitat.) 

 B. On currant and gooseberry bushes, 



