Hymenomycetfe, Hydnacese, Hydnnm. 471 



ovoideis, 4-5 |i latis; liypliis byalinis, levibus, subteimiter turiicatis, 

 siccis collabescentibus, augustis, nniformibus, septatis connectio- 

 nibus siuiplicibus praeditis, articulis longissimis, 3,5-4 jj. crassis, 

 diftnse ramosis, septatis. 



Hab. gregarium v. snbconfiuens ad terram iu silvis, N^orth Elba 

 N. Y., Amer. bor. (C. H. Peck). 



14. Hydnum (Hydnellum) Rickerii Banker, Mycologia, 1913, p. 201. — 1745 

 Mesopodo e medio amplo, obscure brunneo v. olivaceo ; pileo e de- 

 presso subinfundibnliformi, repando, parum iuaequali v. rngoso, e 

 rotundato leniter irregulari, 12-20 cm. lato; superficie glabra, pel- 

 licnlosa, subrugosa, ceutro obscure brunneo-oli vacea versus marginem 

 castanea, colore parum irregulariter distributo; margiue tenni are- 

 scendo incurvo ; substantia e tlbrosa subcarnosa, tenui sicca 2-4 

 mm. crassa, sordide alba v. leniter olivacea versus ceutrum et sti- 

 pitem cyaneo-ferrea, homogenea, azona ; stipite brevi, exceutrico, 

 basi bulboso; aculeis angustis, teretibus, subcylindraceis, acutis, 

 decurrentibus, griseo-brunneis, usque 7 mm. long. versus marginem 



et stipitem brevioribus, confertis, 7-9 pro mm.^ ; sporis e globo- 

 sis ovoideis, tubercnlatis, e pallide brunneis hyalinis, 3-4 [i cr. ; 

 hyphis pilei e hyalinis pallide flavidis, levibus, tenuiter tnnicatis, 

 siccis collabesceutibus, raro septatis et conuectiouibus simplicibus 

 praeditis, segmentis longissimis, angustis, nuiformibus, 5-6 |jt. latis, 

 parce uniramosis ; odore fortiter aromatico Melilotum memorans. 



Hab. sparsum v. solitarium ad terram, Orouo, Maine, Amer. bor. 

 (P. L. Ricker). — H. suaveolenti ijroximum. 



15. Hydnum (Hydnellum) parvum Banker, Mycologia, 1913, p. 200. — 1746 

 Mesopodo, saepe contiuenti, parvo, cinnamomeo-bruuueo margine 

 pallido ; pileo e subconvexo plano, umbilicato v. subiufundibuli- 

 foruii, irregulari, teuui, 1 mm. crasso et ultra, 1,5 3 cm. lato; su- 

 perficie radiatim flbrilloso-striata, subpubescenti, distiucte zonata 



et maculis brunneis centro obscurioribus marginem versus juveu- 

 tute e carneo albis in sicco plus vel minus uniformiter brunneis 

 ornato; margine tenui acuto, repando, plus v. miuns lacerato; sub- 

 stantia obscuriore et compacta, azona, tenui ; stipite angusto, sub- 

 cylindrico, basi leniter bulboso et tomeuto spougioso tenui tecto, 

 solido pubescenti cinnamomeo-brunneo, 1-1,5 cm. longo 2-3 mm. 

 lato ; aculeis angustis, teretibus, conoideis, non decurrentibus, ob- 

 scure brunneis, usque 1,25 mm. longis, ad marginem et stipitem 

 brevioribns; sporis snbglobosis, adpresse tuberculatis, 3-4 ij., brun- 

 ueis; hyphis bruuueis, levibus, tenuiter tuuicatis, sicco collabescen- 



