_ CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Hydnum. 
"Trunks of trees. 
Var. 2. Surface not so hard, not rubbing to a politi . Flesh 
like cork, not fibrous. : ck 
Bull, 401~Bolt. 80-Scheff. 106—Tourn. 330. 
Var. 3. Circular or elliptical and stratified in a cylindrical 
form. Pores downy. 
Description and drawing from Mr. Stackhouse, who found 
it on cherry trees, Powick, Worcester. 
On various kinds of trees. I have chiefly seen it on the 
cherry and the plumb *. 
* Bor. (Linn.) Tubes sea green : pores circular, equal : 
pileus white, convex, thick at the edge, uneven. 
Bol. acaulis pulvinatus inequalis obtusus, poris teretibus 
zqualibus glaucis. ; ’ 
Exactly resembling a horse’s hoof, white above, hardly vil- 
lose. Pores numerous, roundish. Serves for tinder. Lryy. 
Trunks of trees. : ae Jan.—Deec. 
Var. 2. Colour uniform. Ray. Syn, 24. n. 15. 
On the trunk of an elm tree. Hupson. 
HYD'NUM. Plant horizontal, hedge-hogged un- 
' derneath with awl-shaped substances. : 
Oss. These awl-shaped bodies which Linnzus compares to 
the prickles of a hedge » are soft, solid, conical, or cylindri- 
cal substances, emitting seeds from every part of their surface. 
Bui. 
With a Stem, 
Hyp. Pileus semi-circular. Linn. sometimes circular. 
Licutr. 1042. 
Curt. 190—Bolt, 90-Scheff. 143-Fl. dan. 1020—Rase 3. 2- 
Mich. 72. 8—Gled. 3; Boletus f..5-Buxb. is 57.1-Buxb. 
hal. 1. row 2. 35 po 129+ 
May it not be only a variety of H, imbricatum., Lryn, 
This elegant little plant which is excellently described by Curtis, 
* It is used in Germany and some parts of England for tin- 
der. The Germans boil it in strong lye, dry it, and boil it again in a so- 
lution of saltpetre. The Laplanders burn it about their habitations in 
order to keep off a species of the Gadfly which is fatal to the young 
rein deer. It has been used to stop the bleeding from arteries after am- 
putations. Pdi/. Trans. vol. 48. p. 588- For this purpose the hard 
outer part is cut off, and the soft inner substance is beat with a hammer 
fe make it still softer. It is best when gathered in August or Septem 
er. 
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