Hydnum^, FUNGI. 157 



3IidL FL V. 2 <^- 3. n. 1010. Fr. Si/st. 3Tyc. v. 1. p. 406. Grev, 

 FL Ed. p. 406. Scot, Crypt. FL t. 196. 



On cones of the Scotch Fir ; all the year : common.— Pi7e?/5 



^ 1 inch hroad, subrotuiid, thin, coriaceous, often somewhat lobed,the 



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

 reddish-brown, sometimes pale. Spines subcinereous or a dilute shade 

 of the pileus, the tips often darker, but not always so, more or less 

 hoary from the sporules, which under a powerful lens give them the 

 appearance of being rough with jiellucid points. Stem buried to some 

 depth amongst fir-leaves, 2 — 3 inches high, often confluent, slender, 

 dark-brown, lomentose, attached by a shaggy or spongy base. 



» * Stem more or less horizontal and lateral or much branched. 



5. H. erindceus, Bull. {Hedgehog Hydmnn) ; very large 

 heart-shaped white at length yellowish, pileus siibsessile torn 

 in a fibrillose manner, within somewhat chequered, spines very- 

 long. Bull. t. 34. D'lch. Fasc. 2. p. 24. With. v. 4. p. 295. 

 Fers. Syn. p. 360. Trait. Essb. Schw. t. Y. Fr. Syst. Myc. 

 V. 1. p. 407. — Ilericium erinaceum, Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 2. p. 153. 

 — Iler. commune, Roques, HiU. des Chamj). p. 47. 



On trees, especially oak : very rare. — " Pileus a span or more broad, 

 the base projecting, soft, torn into subfasciculate fibrillae (abortive spines), 

 margin obtuse, gradually giving out true spines, often imbricated with 

 smafiar pilei. Spines U— 2^ inches long, pendulous, thick set, very 

 regular, soft, equally attenuated, connected two or three together at 

 their bases, fastiuiate. Substance thick, tough, fleshy, very soft, elastic, 

 white not changing colour." Fr. I. c. States occur, depending pro- 

 bably on situation, with densely anastomosing branches, stemless, or 

 with a horizontal stem. Esculent, according to Trattinnick and Roques. 



6. H. coralloides, Scop. (Coral Hydmim) ; very much 

 branched white at length yellowish, branches intricate at- 

 tenuated, spines unilateral subulate. Scop. Fl. Cam. n. 1062. 

 Dick. fasc. 1. p. 19. Schceff\ t. 142. With. v. ^. p. 293. Sow. 

 t. 252. Pers. Syn. p. 563. Pnrt. 31idl. Fl. v. 2 S)- 3. 7*. 101 1. 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. v. \.p. 40S.—II. ramosum, Bull. t. 390. — Iltri- 

 cium cnralloides, Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 2. p. 150. Poqucs, Hist, 

 des Champ, p. 48. 



On fir, beech, ash, Sec. Very rare. Hollow trunks of trees near 

 Uxbridgc, Litjhffoof. Werehamj Norfolk. Sept. Jiiv. Mr. Furhy. 

 Oversley, on* ash trees many years successively. Piirton.— ^Lowug 

 plant, according to Persoon, resembling a cauliflower. When oltl it 

 forms tufts, a foot or more in length, with fluxuous angular branches, 

 boet with incurved ramuli bearing spines on the underside. This ami 

 the foregoing are said to be as good for food as the connnon mushroom. 



*** Pileus dimidiate, sessile ; stem none. 



7. H. crisjmm, SchcefF. (crisp Hydnum) ; j)il('i coriaceous 

 imbricated scpiamose Iobe<l plicate rufous-brown ])rojt'(ling 

 souu'what behind, spines imbricated pale rufous. Schajf. v. 4. 

 p. 97. t. l\7.j: 1. Sibth. Ox. p. 3(32. Jl'dh. v. 4. p. 295. 



