156 FUNGI. IHydnunu 



Hist, des Champ, p. 2. /. 2 H, Jlavidum, Schoeff. t. 318—^. 



rufescens, t. 141. 



h, subtomentose. H. repandum. Bolt. t. 88. — H, rufesce7is, 

 Pers. Syn. p. 555. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. j9. 401. 



Woods ; Autumn. Common ; the subtomentose variety especially 

 so. — Subgregarious. Pileus 2 — 4 inches 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 subrufescent, 

 smooth, or frequently decidedly tomentose. Spines unequal, conical, 

 entire or sometimes bifid, or laciniated, and even compressed and lamel- 

 lated and sometimes forming spurious pores as figured by Sowerby. 

 Stem I^ — 3 inches high, 1 inch thick, solid, paler than the pileus, 

 sometim"es clothed with white down, and at the apex with abortive 

 spines. — Hydnum rufescens, Pers. ^ Fr. appears clearly nothing more 

 than a variety or mere state of H. repandum. Some of the spines are 

 generally laciniated ; I do not find the stem more slender than in the 

 smooth plant, though this is certainly the case in specimens from Per- 

 soon in Dr. Hooker's Herbarium. I have never found the smooth 

 state in England ; but it is not uncommon in Scotland. There seems 

 to be a strong analogy between Cantharellus aurantiacus and Hydnum 

 rufescens ; so that 1 have been sometimes inclined to unite C. aurantia- 

 cus with C cibariuSy though so far as 1 know, no intermediate states 

 occur. The common Hydnum is much used for food on the continent, 

 especially in Austria. The taste of the fresh plant is at first sufficiently 

 agreeable, but it leaves an acrid pungent sensation. The acrid qualities, 

 however, seem to be entirely dissipated by heat. 



3. H.compdctum, Pers. {ihich-fleshed Hydnum) ; pileus corky 

 undulated tomentose olivaceo-cinereous variegated within with 

 brown and blue, stem very short. Pers. Syn. p. 556. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. v. \. p. 402. Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 2. p. 166.—^. 



floriforme, Schoeff. t. 146. Picks, fasc. 1. p. 19. With. v. 4. 

 p. 293. 



On the ground, in heaths, and fir woods, «&c. Aug. Earsham 

 Wood, Bungay. 3Ir. Woodward. Aviemore, Klotzsch, in Hook. 

 Herb. — " Irregular, confluent, inodorous, resembling a thick shapeless 

 crust. Pileus 1 — C inches broad, thick, readily imbibing moisture, 

 clotted with down of the same colour or dirty-white. Spines equal, 

 chestnut. Stem corky, obsolete, or very thick." Fr. I. c. I am only 

 acquainted with this species from Schoeffer's figure and specimens 

 gathered near Aviemore. It has a peculiar obconic form, the upper 

 surface being nearly flat. The stem is much more developed than is 

 described above by Fries, being in one specimen 2 inches high. The 

 plant of Woodward, cited above from Withering, appears the same on 

 an attentive examination of the description, which seems to be original: 

 but it is described as at length concave. Bull. t. 433. / 2. {H.fcr- 

 rugineum, Fr.) is quoted as well as Schoeffer's H.Jloriforme. 



4. H. auriscdlpiuniy L. (hairy-stalked Hydnum) ; pileus cori- 

 aceous horizontal downy notched at the point of insertion of 

 the lateral tomentose stem. Linn. Suec. 1260. Schoeff. t. 143. 

 Bull t, 481. /. 3. With, V. 4. p. 293. Sow, t. 267. Part, 



