378 HYDNACE.E Hydnwn 



1702a. H. Queletii Fr. ex Quel, (after Dr. Lucien Quelet) a. 



P. fleshy, coriaceous, plane, then depressed, zoneless, or with 

 one zone, somewhat rugoso-radiate, vinous-sienna, darker at 

 mid. j marg. white. St. colour as P., paler above. Flesh pale 

 salmon-umber. 

 Often connate. On the ground in woods. Oct. 2 x 1 X T 3 ^ in. 



1703. H. nigrum Fr. (from the blackish colour ; ?iiger, black) a b c. 

 P. turbinate, rugged-tubercular, tomentose, lavender-grey, purple 



or blackish-blue ; z. 2-5, deep purple. St. unequal, lavender- 

 umber, shaded umber, to black. Sp. decurrent, lavender- 

 whitish, greyish or purple. Flesh slate or deep purple. 

 Often connate. Woods, pine. Sept. -Nov. 2f x I \ X § in. 



1704. H. graveolens Fr. (from its strong odour ; gravis, strong, oleo, 



to smell) a b c. 



P. thin, zoneless, smooth, rugose, depressed, pale to dark umber 



or black-fuscous ; marg. paler or whitish. St. equal, smooth, 



colour as P. Sp. decurrent, grey. Flesh umber. 



Usually ccespitose and confluent, rarely solitary. Odour heavy, spicy-sweet, 

 like curry powder. Woods, fir, oak ; rare. Sept .-Nov. if x 2 X J in. 

 Varied in shape and size, sometimes spathulate. Examples gathered in 

 1855 retained their odour in 1901. Stem sometimes very short. 



1705. H. melaleueum Fr. (from the black pileus and white spines ; 



Gr. melas, black, leukos, white) a c. 

 P. thin, plane, depressed, slate-blackish or slate-brownish or dark 



brown-grey ; z. darker ; marg. whitish ; when young pale umber 



with white marg. St. smooth, ashy-grey to slate-blackish. Sp. 



adnato-decurrent, white or whitish. Flesh umber-white to 



slate. 

 Sometimes ccespitose. Odour none. Amongst pines. Sept. if x \\ X ^ in. 



1706. H. eyathiforme Schaeff. (from the pileus, sometimes cup- 



shaped ; cyathus, a cup, forma, form) a b c. 

 P. thin, plano-infundibuliform, tomentose, somewhat rugged at 

 mid., brown-whitish to dark claret-brown ; marg. sometimes 

 white-tomentose ; z. 3-1 1, darker, when dry very glossy. St. 

 unequal, smooth, sometimes almost obsolete, colour as P. or 

 darker. Sp. adnato-decurrent, dull salmon or salmon-grey. 



Sometimes connate. Woods, fir. Aug.-Nov. 2f x if X f in. With the 

 exception of the spines, sometimes much like 1525. 



PLEUROPOD/E. 



1707. H. aurisealpium L. (from the shape of small examples; 



auriscalpium, an ear-pick) a b c. 



P. thin, coriaceous, reniform, hispid-hairy, brownish-salmon or 



brown, sometimes blackish ; z. darker. St. rooting, hispid, 



often branched, colour as P. Sp. white, salmon or brown. 



Flesh pale umber or salmon-white. 



Sometimes springing from thick rhizomorphoid growths with stems some- 

 times without pilei. Fir-cones, fir-leaves. May-Dec. j x 2 x ^ in. 



