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H Y D N U M. 



HYDNUM fubrotundum coriaceo-lignofum aurentiacum ; fejjilis^ 

 ligno putrido fuperfice adnafcens, aculeis brevibus areflis. 



THE LEAST HYDNUM. 



TAB. CLXXI. 



'"p'HIS curious little plant, adheres by its bafe to putrid wood ; 

 ■*■ it is of a roundifh or globular figure; fometimes folitary, 

 but more frequently feveral are thruft near together ; fometimes 

 adhering together by their fides ; it varies in fize, from a. to b. 

 as reprefented on the plate. It is of a dry, tough, leathery, or 

 woody fubftance, adhering very firmly to the wood whereon it 

 grows ; it cuts fmooth, and is white within. 



The furface is thickly fet with acnlei or foft prickles, in an 

 upright direction \ thefe vary in colour, from a pale to a firrong 

 gold, and turn gray with age. 



The fpecimens here figured, grew in a little wood near Stump, 

 in Nortbowram, on a piece of old oaken wood ; and I have feen 

 the plant in other places in this neighbourhood. 



cexx. 



minimum. 



B b 



