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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  TEETII.BEARING 
  FUNGI. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  order 
  of 
  fungi 
  is 
  termed 
  Hydnei, 
  from 
  

   Hydnum 
  (udna, 
  Gi\, 
  puff's 
  resembling 
  mushrooms), 
  the 
  

   typical 
  genus. 
  In 
  this 
  order 
  Ave 
  encounter 
  numerous 
  

   spines, 
  teeth, 
  or 
  pap-like 
  projections 
  from 
  the 
  surface, 
  

   over 
  which 
  the 
  hymenium 
  is 
  spread, 
  and 
  bearing 
  the 
  

   spores. 
  The 
  order 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  one, 
  but 
  is 
  distinct 
  

   in 
  its 
  features 
  from 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

  

  In 
  Hydnum 
  the 
  spines 
  are 
  awl-shaped, 
  and 
  distinct 
  

   or 
  separate 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  This 
  structure 
  will 
  be 
  better 
  

   understood 
  by 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  our 
  plate 
  (PI. 
  18), 
  in 
  which 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  of 
  Hydnum 
  repandum 
  is 
  shown 
  

   in 
  section, 
  magnified. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  in 
  woods 
  and 
  woody 
  places, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  compact 
  

   wavy 
  pileus, 
  with 
  spines 
  of 
  unequal 
  length 
  proceeding 
  

   from 
  the 
  under 
  surface, 
  which 
  is 
  rather 
  paler 
  in 
  colour. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  much 
  redder 
  than 
  our 
  plate, 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  treated 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  rufescens, 
  but 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  every 
  

   feature 
  except 
  colour. 
  The 
  flesh 
  of 
  this 
  fungus 
  is 
  firm 
  

   and 
  white, 
  rather 
  hot 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  when 
  raw, 
  but 
  mild 
  

   when 
  cooked. 
  

  

  On 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  containing 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  

   amount 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  its 
  composition, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  dried 
  

   successfully, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  preserved 
  for 
  winter 
  use. 
  

   It 
  is 
  employed 
  as 
  food 
  in 
  Austria 
  and 
  Belgium, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  in 
  France, 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  localities 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  

   Bpecies 
  From 
  the 
  firmness 
  of 
  its 
  texture 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

  

  