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H. fuscus (Pers.) Schrot. (Lat., dusky.) 

 B., L. 



H. botryoides (Schw.) Wakef. (Gr., like a cluster of grapes, from the 

 appearance of the hymenium.) 

 L. On bark. Easily recognised by the granular hymenium and the 

 contrast between its dark colour and that of the subiculum and margin. 

 New to Britain. 



H. cinerascens (Karst.) v. H. & L. (Lat., somewhat ash-coloured.) 



L. On bark. Distinguished from H. fuscus by the_ grey colour, 

 smaller spores and thinner, hyaline hyphae. New to Britain. 



H. ferrugineus (Pers.) Schrot. (Lat., rust-coloured.) 

 L. 



H. zygodesmoides (Ell.) v. H. & L. (Gr.,_ like the band joining the 

 yoke to the pole, from its intermediate position.) 



B. On rotten bark. Hymenium loose, pinkish to vinaceous-buff . Its 

 pale spores link it to Corticium. New to Britain. 



H. subfuscus (Karst.) v. H. & L. (Lat., somewhat dusky.) 

 B. 



Peniophora aurantiaca Bres._ (Lat., orange-coloured.) 

 L. 



P. setigera (Fr.) Bres. (Lat., bristle-bearing.) 

 L. 



Clavaria flava (Schaeff.) Fr. (Lat., golden-yellow.) 



E. In woods. Edible. Brittle. Turns reddish when handled. 



C. botrytis (Pers.) Fr. (Gr., a bunch of grapes.) 



R. In woods. Edible. Tips of branches bright red. Fruity smell. 



C. vermicularis (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., worm-like, from the shape.) 



L. Amongst grass. Edible. Densely tufted. White, simple, cylin- 

 drical, pointed. 



C. acuta (Sow.) Fr. (Lat., sharp, from the apex.) 



C. On the ground. Solitary, white, simple, swollen above. 



TYPHULA Pers. (Typha, the reed-mace, in miniature, from the shape.) 

 Club slender, stem distinct, thread-like. 



T. erythropus (Bolt.) Fr. Gr., red-stemmed.) 

 B. On dead herbaceous stems. 



SEBACINA Tul. (Lat., sebum, tallow, grease, from the texture.) A genus 

 resembling Corticium in habit, but with Tremella-like (septate) 

 basidia. 



[S. incrustans (Pers.) Tul. (Lat., in crusting.) 



L. Formerly recorded as Thelephora sebacea for Hurst Hill.] 



FEMSJONIA Fr. (From Ferns jo, the name of a place.) A genus of jelly- 

 fungi allied to Exidia. Cup-shaped, rooting. 



F. luteo=alba Fr. (Lat., yellow and white.) 



B. , L. On branches of birch and oak. At first cup-shaped, then 

 plane, finally folded. Disc bright brassy yellow, with a narrow white 

 margin. 



Cyathus vernicosus (Bull.) Dc. (Lat., varnished.) 



C. On the ground. Bell-shaped, smooth. 



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



Near Park Ground Inclosure. Among short grass. Exoperidiun seg- 

 ments thick, revolute ; endoperidium sessile, pale, peristome dentate. 

 Bovista plumbea (Pers.) (Lat., leaden.) 



Dilton, C, L. Dry, grassy and heathy places. Inner layer lead- 

 colour. Spores umber-brown. 



