HYDNUM. 239 



In fir woods. Ascot. Forres. Sept. Hydnum. 



Name — fie\as, black ; Aev/<6s, white. From the black pileus and white 

 spines. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 606. B. & Br. n. 1295. S. Mycol. Scot. Supp. 

 Scot. Nat. 1 88 1, p. ^S. — Scha'ff. t. 272. 



15. H. cyathiforme Schaeff. — Pileus pale cinereous, margin 

 white, coriaceous, thin, plano-infundibuliform, zoned, disc some- 

 what tomentose. Stem slender, smooth, pale ci?iereous. Spines 

 white. 



Small, commonly growing into each other. 



On fir wood. Ascot. Rothiemurchus. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores globular, rough or papillated, 3 mk. W.G.S. Name — cyathus, a 

 cup ; forma, form. Schceff. t. 139. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 606. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 808. Fl. Dan. t. 1020./. 2. H. tomentosum B. & Br. n. 1025. C. Hbk. 

 n. 849. Harz. t. 3. a. Seem. Journ. 1868, /. 76. 



II. — Pleuropus. Somewhat dimidiate, stem lateral. 



16. H. auriscalpium Linn. — Pileus 12-18 mm. {%-U in.) 

 broad, date-brown then blackish, dimidiate, coriaceous, reniform, 

 hairy. Stem slender, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long-, 1-3 mm. {Yz-1%. 

 lin.) thick, vertical, rooted, hairy, of the same colour as the pileus. 

 Spines 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) long, tough, date-brown. 



The pileus sometimes appears entire with lobes all round. 



On fir-cones and among fir-leaves. Frequent. Aug.-Nov. 



Name — auriscalpium, an ear-pick. From its shape. Linn. Suec. n. 1260. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 607. Berk. Out. p. 258. C. Hbk. ?i. 850. S. Mycol. Scot. u. 

 809. Schceff. t. 143. Bull. t. 481./; 3. Fl. Dan. t. 1020. f. 1. Curt. Lond. 

 t. 190. Bolt. t. 90. Grev. t. 196. Sow. t. 267. Krombh. t. 50./! 15-17- 



III. — Merisma. Very much branched or tuberculiform, &c. 



* Very natch branched. 



17. H. coralloides Scop. — Very much branched, shining white, 

 at length yellowish, wholly broken up into attenuated intricate 

 brandies; primary branches 12 mm. { l /z in.) and more thick, 

 ultimate ones 2 mm. (1 lin.) and less. Spines 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) 

 long, unilateral, awl-shaped, entire. 



On decayed fir, beech, ash, &c. Rare. 



Young plant resembling a cauliflower. Pers. Edible. Name — KopaWiov, 

 coral ; e'So?, appearance. Coral-like. Scop. Cam. 2. p. 472. Fr. Hym. J-'.ur. 

 p. 667. Sv. at I. Sv. t. 34. Berk. Out. p. 259. C. Hbk. 11. 851. Schceff. t. 

 142. Sow. t. 252. Krombh. t. 51./". 4-7. — Bull. t. 390. 



