296 HTDNEI. 



In pine woods, &c. Street, Somerset. 



Inodorous, woody. Pileus unequal, flattened or depressed, with a whitish 

 margin. Spines slender, equal, becoming cinereous. Very distinct, and 

 easily recognised by its black, zoneless flesh. Spores white, round, papil- 

 lose, diameter '00017 in. In ray specimens of this species the pileus is dis- 

 tinctly zoued, as it is in Fries' own figure in his recently published Icones. — 

 W. Q. S. 



848. Hydnum graveolens. Del. " Strong-scented Hydnum." 



Pileus coriaceous, thin, soft, not zoned, rugose, dark-brown, 

 brown within ; margin becoming whitish ; stem slender ; spines 

 short, grey. — Fr.Epicr.p.bO^. Ann. N.H. no. 2S0. Rahh.F.E. 

 no. 1004. >r. Icon. t. 6,/. 1. 



In woods. Eare. [United States.] 



When fresh it is extremely beautiful, being dark in the centre with a white 

 border. The spines are pale, and the spores evidently white. The whole 

 plant smells extremely strong of melilot, and after it has been dried three or 

 four years the scent is as strong as ever.— i>. d; i>r. 



849. Hydnum tomentosum. L. " Tomentose Hydnum." 



Pileus coriaceous, thin, plano-infundibuliform. zoned, pale 

 cinereous ; stem slender, of the same colour ; disc tomentose ; 

 margin and spines white. — Fr. Epicr.j^- ^^O- Scho'ff. 1. 139. Kl. 

 exs. no. 123. Fl. Dan. t. 1020,/. 2. B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. 1865, no. 

 1025. Seem. Jour. 1868, t. 76. Harz. t. 3. a. 



In fir woods. Ascot. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Thev have a strong smell of raelilot, but differ from H. graveolens in the 

 strongly zoned pileus, more coriaceous substance, and in the white (not grey) 

 spines. The spores are thrown down in abundance on any subjacent objects. 

 Spores white, globular, rough, or papillated, diameter "00013 in. 



Sect. 2. Pleuropus — sub- dimidiate ; stem lateral. 



850. Hydnum auiiscalpium. L. " Fir-cone Hydnum." 



Pileus dimidiate, coriaceous, reniform, hairy, bright brown, in- 

 clining to black; stem slender, rooting, hairy, of the same colour; 

 spines tough, bright brown. — Fr. Epicr.p.bW. Schceff. 1. 14:3. 

 FL Dan. 1. 1020, f.l. Grev.t.ld6. Kromhh.t.hOJ.lb-11. Eng. 

 Fl. \.p. 156. Bull. t. 481,/. 3. Sow. t. 267. Cooke exs. no. 306. 

 Bisch.f. 3284. Sch?izl. 1. 16,/ 33-35. Kl. exs. no. 126. 



On fir cones. Common. 



Pileus 1-1 in. broad, subrotund, thin, coriaceou?, often somewhat lobed, 

 the mariiin of the lobes entire, more or less zoned, tomentose, purplish, or 

 reddieh-brown, sometimes pale j spines subcinereous, or a dilute shade of 



