HYDNUM. 245 



Forming little scattered patches. Hydnum. 



On stones buried among pine-leaves. Glamis, 1876. Forres. 

 Sept. 



Na.mesepelio, to bury. Buried. B. 6 s Br. n. 1813. -5. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 820. 



*** Spines flesh-colour, lilac, rufescent. 



39. H. udum Fr. Subiculumy^\svW<9/(Wr then watery -yellowish, 

 effused, thin, somewhat gelatinous, agglutinated, smooth. Spines 

 crowded, unequal, 2-3-forked and fimbriated, of the same colour 

 as the subiculum. 



Very long and broad. Not separable from the wood. Allied to H. mem- 

 branaceum. 



On dead branches. Frequent. Oct. 



Forming elongated patches 10-12.5 cent. (4-5 in.) long. M.J.B. Name 

 udus, moist. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 615. Syst. Myc. i. p. 422. Berk. Out. p. 

 261. t. 17.7. 3. C. Hbk. n. 864. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 815. 



40. H. bicolor Alb. & Schw. Subiculum white, widely effused, 

 20 cent. (8 in.) and more, tomentose, adpressed, thin. Spines 

 minute, curt, i m. (}4 lin.) long, white-'villous, naked at the apex, 

 acute, rufous-date-brown. 



On bramble. Batheaston. March. 



Name bis, color. Of two colours. A. & S. p. 270. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 615. Syst. Myc. i. p. 417. B. r= Br. n. 1297. 



***# spines white ', or light yellowish when old. 



41. H. nodulosum Fr. Whitish, very broadly effused, crusta- 

 ceous, closely adnate, smooth, even and at the same time nodu- 

 lose. Spines very long, on the even part depressed and adnate 

 to the wood, on the lower side of the nodules free and pendulous. 



The nodules which vary in size are sterile above, even and smooth, pallid 

 yellowish, but furnished with spines on the side facing the ground. 



On fir stumps. Glamis, 1876. Oct. 



Name nodus, a knot. Nodulose. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 616. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 816. H. macrodon Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 279, not Pers. Pers. Myc. 

 Eur. 2. t. 2, 22, f. i. 



42. H. Stevensoni B. & Br. White, effused, mealy beneath, 

 here and there flaxy. Spines cylindrical obtuse or truncate, 

 sometimes compressed, pulverulent at the apex. 



