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25. Hydnum fasciatum Peck, Reg. Rep. 41 : 78. 1888 



Type Loc. : Catskill Mts., N. Y. (Peck). 



The species has been reported only by its discoverer. It is a 

 very distinct and beautiful species. " Pileus thin, coriaceous, nearly 

 plane, umbilicate, blackish-brown, adorned with three to seven 

 narrow elevated scabrous tawny-gray concentric zones/' 1.5—2.5 

 cm. wide. 



26. Hydnum cyathiforme Schaeff. Fung. Bav. et Pal. 4: 93. 



1763 



Icon. : 



pi. 



pi. 156 ? Flor. Dan. //. 



/. 2 ? Harzer, Naturg. Abb. Pilze //. j. /. l-$ t Sicard, Hist 



Nat. Champ, pi. §8. f. 



Hvd. 



f. 9 ? Schaeffer's figures are clearly marked and readily identify 

 the. plant, the others are all doubtful and most of them appear to 

 represent a totally different plant. 



Exsicc. : Krieger, Fung. Sax. 906; Sydow, Myc. March. 

 206 and ion; De Thumen, Myc. Univ. 207;* Rabenhorst, 

 Fung. Eur. 611* and 2304;* Herpell, Samml. prap. Hutp. 115 ; 

 Roumeguere, Fung. Gall. 2306. f 



Type Loc. : European. 



New Hampshire (Minns) ; Connecticut (Underwood). It has 

 also been reported but specimens not seen from Rhode Island 

 (Bennett) and California (Harkness). The Schweinitzian specimens 

 reported from South Carolina and Pennsylvania are not H. cyathi- 

 forme Schaef. but appear intermediate between scrobiadatum and 

 zona turn, having the fertile curling margin of the former but the 



distinct zonations of the latter. The specimens are marked " (H. 

 scrobiculatum) Epic. 21. Hydnum cyathiforme Bull." 



H. cyathiforme Schaeff. is often regarded as a synonym of H. 

 tomentosum L. (see De Thumen and Rabenhorst above). But for 

 the present it seems best to follow Fries in keeping them distinct, 

 although, I admit, the reason for doing this is chiefly the fact that 

 Linnaeus's two-line description is not sufficient to identify any- 



II. 



cyathiforme Schaeff. 



f Roumeguere' s specimens are practically worthless for critical purposes. 



