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HYDNACE^E 



Irpex 



a base resembling small honeycomb, compressed, unequal, 



incised. Often with large pores near the marg. 



Stumps, dead branches, fir, larch, beech, birch, palms in nurseries. Oct.- 

 May. 4§ in. 



1755. I. deformis Fr. (from the misshapen teeth ; deformis, mis- 



shapen) a c. 



Effused, crustaceous, thin, white ; circ. pubescent, somewhat 

 flaxy. Te. awl-shaped, growing from a minutely porous base, 

 thin, somewhat incised, unevenly and partially spread over the 

 subiculum, matrix seen between the groups of teeth. 



Wood. 2\ in. Allied to the PolyporacecB. 



1756. I. earneus Fr. (from its flesh-colour ; caro, flesh) a b c. 

 Effuso-gelatinous, membranous, adnate, collapsing, reddish ; 



marg. barren. Te. awl-shaped, entire, united at the base. 



Wood and bark, beech. Autumn. 2\ in. Placed in Raduhim by Fuckel. 

 Must not be confounded with 1720. 



LXXIV. RADULUM Fr. 



(From the root-like appearance of the processes of the hymenium ; 



radix, a root.) 



Hymenium resupinate, tubercular. Tubercles distinct at the 

 base, coarse, irregular in shape, commonly elongate, obtuse, mostly 



7"™ Fig. 89. — A, Raduhim quercinum Fr., one-half natural size ; B, ditto, section, 

 natural size ; c. tubercles of R. orbiculare Fr. ; d, ditto of R. quercinum Fr. ; e, 

 ditto of R.fagineum Fr. ; enlarged. 



on 



waxy, scattered or fasciculate. Basidia 4-spored. Growing 

 wood and on and under bark. (Fig. 89.) Species 1757 — 1764 



1757. R. pendulum Fr. (from the pendulous habit) a c. 



Longitudinally effused, thick, softly coriaceous, whitish or ivory, 

 upper marg. shortly reflexed and rugose, lower marg. barren 

 Tib. elongate, somewhat lax, irregular. 

 Alder, birch, pine. 5 in. Must not be confounded with 1748. 



