276 FETCH : 



narrow-oval or oblong -oval, 5-7 X i}-3"5[jL. On dead wood, 

 scattered or fasciculate. The whole fungus is tough and 

 elastic when fresh, but become somewhat brittle when dry. It 

 frequently arises from pecuHar pseudosclerotia, of which it is 

 hoped to pubhsh a description shortly. 



83. — Hydnum gilvum Berk. 



Berkeley and Broome described this species (Jour. Linn. 

 See, XIV., p. 59) as " Pileo flabelliformi ochi-aceo piUs 

 cartilagineis radiantibus vestito ; contextu tibroso sjiongioso, 

 aculeis acutis. Pileus 3 inches across, 2| long, flabelUform, 

 clothed «ith radiating cartilaginous hans ; substance spongy, 

 mixed with cartilaginous bodies like those with which the 

 pileus is clothed ; pricklfes 2 inches long ; spores -OOOS-'OOOCi 

 long, with a strong nucleus 0002-0003 wide. Intermediate 

 betM-een Hydnum and Hydnoglcea." That description was 

 compiled from the Ceylon specimens sent by Thwaites ; but 

 the s]X'cies had been previously described by Berkeley, in 

 Hooker's Journal of Botany, III. (1851), p. 168, as follows : — 

 " Imbricatuni tenue subcamiosum : pileo flabelliformi pallide 

 gilvo post ice virgato antice strigoso ; aculeis tenuibus subula- 

 tis teretibus integris fuscescentibus. On dead tmnks, 

 Darjeeling. Imbricated. Pileus 2to3incheslong,flabelliform, 

 sometimes laterally connate, thin but flesh}^ pale reddish gray, 

 attenuated behind, strigose at the base, disc more or less 

 virgate, ran'ly rough, margin strigoso-cirrhato, acute. 

 Hymenium yellowish-brown, at length dark ; aculei elongated , 

 subulate, (entire, margm generally sterile." 



Whether the Ceylon species is identical with that from 

 India would appear doubtful. A specimen recently gathered 

 at l*eradcniya grew in a rubbish heap, where it formed a 

 labyrinthiui! mass about 2 feet in diameter, encrusting the 

 dead stemn, leaves, &c. The part buried in the rubbish 

 formed a pseudostalU which developed a hymenium, or 

 produced lateral j)ilei, wherever it was exposed. The pilei 

 arc orbicular or liabcllifoi in. 2 to 3 inches across, 

 imbricated, and usually fused laterally into sheets 6 inches 

 or more in K-ngth. The whole fungus is pure white when 

 fresh, the hyjneniuni becoming brown where bruised; its 



