156 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



In fir woods. Gregarious and commonlj- confluent or 

 growing into each other. 



IL PLEUEOPUS. Stem lateral 



Hydnum auriscalpium. Linn. 



Pileus -1— J in. across, thin, dark brown, hairy, reniform ; 

 stem very slender, 2-3 in, long, dark, rooting ; spines 

 crowded, 2-3 lines long, dark ; spores subglobose, 5 x -i /x- 



Hydnum atir i scalp iiim, Linn., Siiec, n. 12G0; Stev., Fung., 

 p. 239. 



On fir cones ; amongst fir leaves, &c. 



Pileus 0,-1 in. broad, subrotund, thin coriaceous, often 

 somewhat lobed, the margin of the pileus entire, more or less 

 zoned, tomentose, purjdish or reddish-brown, sometimes 

 pale ; spines subcinereous, or a dilute shade of the pileus, 

 the tips often darker, but not always so, more or less hoary 

 from the spores. Stem l)nried to some depth amongst fir 

 leaves, 2-3 in. high, often confluent, slender, dark-brown, 

 tomentose, attached by a shaggy or spongy base. (Berk.). 



Pileus roundish, al)out ^ in. in breadth, nearly jilane, or 

 somewhat convex, entire at the margin, of a leather}'- 

 substance ; surface tomentose, obscurely zoned ; colour 

 pur])lish-brown. Spines of the hymenium generally paler 

 than Ihe pileus, darkest at their apex, which is entire. 

 Stipes often branched at the base, 2-4 in. long, erect, 

 lateral, cylindrical, tomentose, bi'own, terminating in a 

 shaggy root, which is alwaj's fixed to the cone of some 

 Bjiecics of fir. (Grcv.) 



111. MERISMA. Vcri) much brintchcd, or tuhcrcullfurm. 



Hydnum coralloides. Scopoli. 



Pure white, yellowisli Avith age, entirely brokeu up into 

 tapering interlaced branches ; branches .V in. thick or more 

 at the base, about 1 line at the tip ; spines growing from one 

 side of the branches, pendulous, 3-G lines long, awl-shaped, 

 entire ; spores globose, 4-G //, diam. 



Jfildnum coralloides, Scop., Carn., 2, p. 472; Stev,, Fung., 

 p. 239. 



