37*2 TTymenomycetfT, IlydnacetB, Ilydnum. 



toso, 4 cm. longo, 0,5 cm. cr., basi bulboso; aculeis capillaribus 

 subdecurrentibus ex umbrino uigricantibus, 7 mm. long., 0,15-0,25 

 mm. cr.. in quoque ram. 2; sporis subglobosis, subtuberculatis, 

 brunneis, 4-5 a. diam. 



Hdb. ad torram in silvis, New York (Peck), Virginia occid. 

 (Nuttall), Carolina sup. (Atkinson) in Amer. bor. — ITijdno ve- 

 lutino proximum. 



31. Hydnum Ellisianum (Banker) Sacc. et Trott , Phellodon Ellisia- 1430 

 niis Banker, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, XII (1906) p. 174. — Ter- 

 restre, mesopus, gregarium, subconfluens, minutum ; pileo subro- 

 tundo, cx umbilicato infundibuliformi, 0,7-1,5 cm. lat., superficie 

 subplana, radiatim Hbroso-striata, subzonata, subglabra, e murino 

 fusca, zona marginali alba prsedita, margine tenui, levi, sterili, 

 albido; substantia fibrosa subcompacta, tenui; stipite angusto, cen- 

 trali, tereti, deorsum, tenuato, basi bulboso, tomentoso, supra ci- 

 nereo, deorsum murino, 4-7 mm. longo, 1-2 mm. cr. ; aculeis bre- 

 vibus, crassiusculis, subdecurrentibus, cinereis, 1 mm. long., 0,12 

 mm. cr., 3-4 in quoque mm. ; sporis globosis, ecliinulatis, albis, 



3,5 {j-. lat. 



Ilah. ad terram in silvis, New Jersey, Amer. bor. (Ellis). — 

 Proximum //. delicato. 



32. Hydnum spongiosum Rick, Broteria V (1906) p. 14. — Pileo la- 1431 

 teraliter ad basim truncorum vivorum juniorum nasceute mesopo- 



dis ad instar, apode, tomentoso-spongioso, 4 cm. cr., 1 dm. lato, 

 in sicco fere membranaceo et collabescente e pallido olivascente, 

 aquam avide absorbente, turgido; margine obtuso, albo, sterili ; 

 dentibus candidis, teretibus, acutis, regularibus, ceraceis, hispidu- 

 lis, 1 cm. longis, versus marginem brevioribus, decurreutibus ; 

 sporis ovalibus, 7,5 * 5, vakle exasporatis, albis. 



llab. ad terram, truncos complcctens, sed potius epiphyta quam 

 parasita, Rio Grando do Sul Brasiliie. 



33. Hydnum Kauffmanl Peck, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, XXXIV (1907) 1432 

 pag. 348. — Pileo dimidiato, sessili, convexo v. subplano, molli 



sed tenaci v. coriaceo, fibris fasciculatis longiusculis adpressis stri- 

 goso. ;i'quali, subochracoo, carno albida, radiatim fibrosa; aculeis 

 subcyhndraceis v. subulatis, 2-3 mm. long., snepe inter se coh.ie- 

 rentibus et c;i'spites subgelatinosos efformantibus, acutis, albo-cre- 

 meis, dein arescendo obscurioribus, interdum pra3cipue ad margi- 

 nem flavo-maculatis ; sporis hyalinis, ellipsoideis. 4-5 >^ 2-3. 



Hah. in ligno gossypino dejecto, Marquette Michigan, Amer. 



