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This plant has also been reported from Alabama (Earle); 

 New Jersey (Ellis) ; South Carolina (Ravenel) ; Pennsylvania 

 (Schweinitz) ; North Carolina (Curtis) ; Florida (Lloyd) ; Ohio 

 (Lloyd). I have not seen the last three and as to the others, 

 several are evidently the brick red species of Ravenel, while 

 Schweinitz' s plant appears to be the same as H. spongiosipes Pk. 

 Earle's Alabama plant appears to correspond closely to Fries's 

 description and figure. H. ferrtigineum Fr. would seem to be posi- 

 tively distinguished by the unique blood-red drops that gather on 

 the pileus and which in drying leave a dark varnished coating on 



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the plant. 



19. Hydnum spongio 

 Type Loc. : Round 



50: in. 1897 

 S T ew Jersey (Elli; 



Ohio (Morgan) ; Iowa (McBride) ; Alabama (Atkinson). This 

 plant has been uniformly reported as H. velutinum Fr. but Peck 

 is undoubtedly correct in describing it as a distinct species. The 

 hard central portion distinct from the spongy -tomentose exterior 

 both of stem and pileus gives a marked character to the plant. 

 Uniform cinnamon brown throughout, the pileus 3-10 cm. broad. 



20. Hydnum aurantiacum (Batsch) A. & S. Conspectus Fung. 



Nisk. 265. 1805 



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Icon.: Batsch, Elench. Fung. 2: pi. 4.0. f. 222!; Bresadola 

 Fung. Trid. //. 142. 



Exsicc: Roumeguere, Fung. Select. 5329 and 6635 ; Sydow, 

 Myc. March. 811. The latter is somewhat doubtful. 



Type Loc: European. 



New York (Underwood); New Jersey (Ellis); Alabama 

 (Earle) ; Pennsylvania (Schweinitz). Also reported, but the spec- 

 imens not seen from: New England (Sprague) ; South Caro- 

 lina (Curtis) ; Rhode Island (Bennett). This species is well marked 

 by its woody texture and bright orange color, which is quite 

 permanent in the interior, but varies considerably on the ex- 

 terior. There is little doubt that the plant should be known as 

 H. floriforme Schaeffer, Fung. Bav. et Pal. Icon. 4 : 97. pi. 146. 

 f. 1-6. 1 774. Both figures and description correspond well to 

 this plant. Persoon in Commentarius 57. 1800, identified Schaef- 

 fer's figures with H. suberosum var. /? aurantiacum Batsch, and 



