120 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BKITISH FUNGI. 



(151.) HYDNUM FRAGILE ; The Pine-iree Urchin. 



Habitat. At the foot of pine trees. Singly. 



Season. August to November. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Three to six inches across, whitish, soon dusky red- 

 fawn, at first pubescent, then smooth, perhaps rugulose, waved, 

 irregular, repand. Margin undulate, lobulate, gi'eyish. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, tint of pileus, pale, short, 

 unequal, thick, firm, smooth, central. 



Section. I'lesh greyish, not thick, soft, fragile. Spines dusky, 

 slender, elongate, acute, crowded. Odour and taste aromatic. 

 Spores grey. 



Obs. A little-known esculent. It is of poor quality. — W. D. H. 



(152.) HYDNUM IMBRICATUM ; The Scaly Urchin. 



Habitat. On the ground in fir and pine woods. In groups. 



Season. August to November. Common locally. 



Pileus. Three to five inches across, umber, perhaps tawny, 

 squamose ; convex, rounded, then plane, depressed, of irregular 

 outline. Scales thick, flaky, numerous, erect, imbricate. 



Stem. Short, white, stout, irregular, smooth, rigid. 



Section. Flesh pale buff, thick, compact, tough. Stem solid. 

 Spines dingy white, numerous, short, equal, smooth, decurrent. 

 Odourless. Taste good. Spores fawn. 



Obs. A fairly good esculent, but inferior to the succeeding. It is apt to be 

 tough.— T^'. D. //. 



(153.) HYDNUM REPANDUM; The Urchin of the Woods. 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 4.) 



Habitat. On bare ground in woods ; amid grass and fern in 

 glades and parks; on yellow clay soils. In groups, and con- 

 fluent. 



Season. August to October. Common. 



Pileus. One to six inches across, pale creamy buff; compact, 

 irregular, sinuate, arcuate, repand, smooth. Margin irregular, 

 undulate. 



Stem. One to three inches high, pale creamy buff, stout, un- 

 equal, deformed, excentric, perhaps finely tomentose. 



Section. Flesh white, unchanging, thick, firm, compact. Stem 

 solid. Spines creamy buff, looking velvety in the mass, short, 



