Order III. HYDNBI. Fr. 



Hymenium inferior or amphigenous, at first definitely pro- 

 tuberant, spread over persistent spines, bristles, teeth, tubercles, 

 or papillae. Fr. Kpicr. 



The following genera are included : 



Hydnum. — Spines discrete at the base. 



Irpex. — With gill-like teeth, concrete with pileus. 



Radulum. — Hymenium with irregular tubercles. 



Phlebia. — With crowded folds and wrinkles. 



Grandinia. — Covered with granules. 



Genus LIV. HYDNUM. 



Hymenium awl shape, spines at first papilliform, then 

 elongated, distinct at the base. 



H. repandum. Linn. 



Pileus, fleshy, compact, more or less repand, nearly smooth, 

 pale yellow, irregular in form, excentric ; flesh pallid, pileus 

 two to three inches broad. 



Spines, unequal, conical, entire or sometimes bifid, or even 

 compressed, not changeable, whitish. 



Stem, short, thick, solid, paler than the pileus. 



Spores, white, round with a small papilla at one end. 



This is not as common any more as years ago. I remember fifteen or 

 twenty years ago you could find specimens in nearly every woods in the 

 Valley, whereas you seldom meet with a specimen now. Edible. 



H. imbricatum. Linn. Imbricated Hydnum. 



Pileus, fleshy, plane, slightly umbilicate, tessulated scaly, 



floccose, not zoned, umber ; two to three inches broad ; flesh 



reddish, margin rounded. 



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