152 FUXGUS-FLOEA. 



more or less distinctly zoned, and sometimes reaches a foot in 

 diameter. Allied to Eydnum lacvigatum ; for distinction see 

 lander latter. 



Hydnum repandum. Linn. (fig. 1, p. 140.) 



Pileiis 12-6 in. across, fleshy, fragile, somewhat waved, 

 smooth or minntelj^ floccose ; usually with the spines and 

 stem pale, ojiaqne 3'ellow, sometimes with a pinkish tinge ; 

 spines crowded, 2-4 lines long, brittle ; stem 2-4 in. long, 

 ^,-li thick, rather irregular ; spores subglobose, apiculate, 

 5-8 IX diam. 



Hydnum repamhim, Linn., Suec, n. 1258; Stev., Fung., 

 p. 230. 



In woods. Subgregarious ; pileus 2-4 in. broad, the margin 

 more or less arched, very irregnlar in form, often cxcentric, 

 or even laterally stipitate, more or less lobed or nndulated, 

 buflSsh or subrufescent, smooth or frequently decidedly to- 

 mentose ; spines unequal, conical, entire, or sometimes bifid or 

 laciniated, and even compressed and lamellated, sometimes 

 forming spurious pores. Stem lo-3 in. high, 1 in. thick, 

 solid, paler than the pileus, sometimes clothed with white 

 down, and at the apex with abortive spines. (Berk.) 



I'ileus 2-4 inches broad, more or less convex, sometimes 

 slightly depressed, smooth, brittle, carnose, waved or sinuous, 

 or even sublobed at the margin, spreading, very j^ale bufi" 

 flesh-colour, occasionally reddish. Hj'menium composed of 

 fleshy, unequal, conical spines about the eighth of an inch in 

 length, very pale, mostly entire at the apex, but sometimes 

 laciniatc, and as if tubular. Stem often not central, thick, but 

 unequal, rarely straight, l?,-3 inches in lengtli, solid, fleshy, 

 paler than the pileus. I'lants seldom solitary, yet scarcely 

 gregarious. (Grev.) 



Hydnum rufescens. IVrs. 



Every part rufescent ; pileus 2-3 in. broad, thin, fragile, 

 mostly regular, pubescent ; si)incs 2-3 lines long, equal ; 

 stem 1-3 in. long, thin, subequal. 



Hi/dimm riifcsccns, l^ers., Sj'm., p. 555 ; Stev., Fung., p. 23(3. 



In woods. I'oBsibly only a thin, rufescent variety of 

 H. repandum. 



