294 HTDNEI. 



On the ground, in pine woods. Esculent. 



[Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Pileus 2-5 in. broad, tliick and fleshy, plane, or slightly convex, and 

 rounded at the margin, at length somewhat hollowed in the centre, varying 

 from reddish to moasG-brown, scaly; scales imbricated, numerous, the cen- 

 tral ones being often mere cracked portions of the pileus, wh^ch render that 

 part tesselated ; flesh pale-buffish or reddish ; spines entire, numerous, 

 very short, of nearly equal length, greyish-white ; stem 1-2 in. thick, firm, 

 irregular, wliitish. — Grev. Spores round, tuberculated, pale yellowish, brown, 

 •00025 X -0002 in. 



843. Hydnuxn fragile. Fr. " Fragile Hydnum." 



Pileus fleshy, fragile, sub-repand, undulate and lobed, at first 

 pubescent, then nearly smooth, commonly even, but sometimes 

 minutely squamulose, at first pallid, then cinereous or brick-red ; 

 margin and flesh grey, somewhat zoned ; stem unequal, short 

 and thick, or elongated ; spines scarcely decurrent, much elon- 

 gated, slender, very fragile, whitish, then grey. — Fi\ Mon. U.S. 

 ii./9.275. Beiyeret.i.t.lS. B. ^ Bi\ Ann. N.IL1866,no. 1024:. 



Amongst heath. Ascot. 



This fine species, which attains a diameter of several inches, was included 

 in Fr. Sys. Myc. under H. Iceoigatum, from which it is now very properly 

 separated.— J/. /. B. 



** Spines immutable, whitish. 



844. Hydnuzn repanduxn. L. " Spreading Hydnum." 



Pileus fleshy, compact, subrepand, nearly smooth, pallid; stem 

 deformed, pallid ; sjoines unequal, of the same colour. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 506. Fl. Dan. t. 310. Roq. t. '2,f. 2. Harz. t. 23. Bkch.f. 

 3-430. Sow.t.llQ. ScJireff.t. S18. Kromhh. t.hOJ.l-'d. Vitt. 

 Mang. t. 25,/. 2. Paul. t. 35. Cooke, B.F. 1. 16,/. 2. Berk.Outl. 1. 17, 

 /. 2. Badh. 1 1. 12, f. 3, a. t. 8 J. 3, 4. Vent. t. 27, f. 4-6, t.28,f. 1, 

 2. Smith, E.M.f. 22. Huss. i. 1. 16. Eng. Fl. y.p. 155. Grev. t. 

 44. Bull. 1. 172. Berk. exs. no. 141. Gard. Chron. {I860), p. 121, 

 fig. Trans. Woolk. CI. 1869. Barla. t. 32,/. 1-9. 



var. rufescens. Fr. Entire plant reddish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 506. Bolt. t. 89. Sciiccjf. 1. 141. 



On the ground, in woods. Common. [United States.] 



Subgregarious ; pileus 2-4 in. broad, the margin more or less arched, very 

 irregular in form, often excentric, or even laterally stipitate, more or less 

 lobed or undulated, huffish or sutru'escent, smooth, or frequently decidedly 

 tomentose ; spines unequal, conical, entire, or sometimes bifid or laciuiated, 

 and even compresed and lamellated, sometimes forming spurious pores. 



