Hydnum HYDNACEiE 379 



Merismatve. 



1708. H. eoralloides Scop, (from its appearance, like branched white 



coral ; Gr. korallion, coral, eidos, appearance) a b c. 



Much and narrowly branched, wholly white, becoming faintly 



buff or yellowish. Sp. T V to § in. long. 



Trunks, beech, birch, ash, oak, etc. ; rare. Oct. 12 x 7j in. Sometimes 

 dark brown when dry. 



1709. H. erinaeeus Bull, (from a fancied resemblance, when young, 



to a hedgehog, erinaeeus) a b c. 



Slightly and broadly branched, wholly white, becoming pale 



yellowish. Sp. il to 2f in. long, pendulous in large tufts. 



Flesh branched, cancellate. 



Taste mild. Trunks, oak, beech, hornbeam, alder, etc. ; rare. Sept. -Nov. 

 13 x 13 in. Sometimes dark brown when dry. Sometimes very large and 

 heavy, weighing 22 lbs. or more. 



1710. H. eaputmedusse Pers. (from a fancied resemblance to 



Medusa's head ; caput, a head) a b c. 

 Sp. in connate, tuberculiform groups, \ to \\ in. long, growing in 



various directions in matted locks as of hair, substipitate, wholly 



white or ivory, becoming grey. 

 Trunks ; rare. Diam. 6 J in. 



1710a. H. Sehiedermayeri Heuf. (after K. B. Schiedermayer) a. 



Fleshy, immarginate, ivory-white, becoming buff when old. Sp. 



I to I in. long. Flesh somewhat cancellate, pale sulphur, 



becoming buff below when old. 



Connato-imbricate. Growing from cracks in bark of old apple trunks. In 

 connato-imbricate groups of various sizes, each example \\ X I in. 

 Groups 6 x 3 or 4 in. 



Apod^e. 



1711. H. eirrhatum Pers. (from the pileus, clad with small curls, like 



little locks of hair ; cirrus, a curl) a b c. 



P. pulvinate, expanded, dark biscuit-colour ; marg. fimbriate. 



Sp. f to \ in. long, paler than P. Flesh paler than P. 



Imbricate or simple. Trunks, beech. Aug. Group 7 in. Diam. 5J in. 

 Sometimes dark brown when dry. 



1712. H. diversidens Fr. (from the spines, differing from the scale- 



like growths on the pileus ; divcrsus, diverse, dens, a tooth) a b c. 

 Wholly biscuit-colour, pale to dark. 

 P. somewhat lobed, thick, beset with small variously shaped sc. 



Substipitate, obscurely branched. Irregularly imbricate. Trunks, hornbeam, 

 oak, beech, birch. Oct. Diam. 5^ in. One cause of " white-rot." 



1713. H. puleherrimum B. & Curt, (from its appearance ; pulcher- 



rimus, very beautiful) a c. 

 P. pulvinate, fleshy-fibrous, spongy-soft, dimidiate, expanded, 



