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Specimens imperfect, and identification hence doubtful ; 

 Native name, " pekepeke rione " (Col].)- Berk., in N.Z. Fl. 



Hydnum coralloides, Scop., 2, p. 472 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 6677 ; 



Cooke, Austr. Fung., 171. 



Forming large tufts 5-12 in. across ; white, becoming pallid 

 with age ; originating from a knob, which at once becomes 

 divided into several tapering, crooked, pendulous branches 

 which are ^ in. or more thick at the base, narrowing to about 

 a line thick at the tip ; spines springing from one side of the 

 branches, pendulous, 3-8 lines long, awl-shaped, entire ; spores 

 hyaline, globose, 4-6 jx diameter. 



On rotten wood, inside hollow tnmks, &c. New Zealand. 

 Queensland, Europe, Asiatic Siberia, United States. 



"When old it forms tufts a foot or more in length, with 

 flexuous angular branches, beset with incurved ramuli, bearing 

 spines on the under side." (Cooke.) 



Hydnum udum, Fries, Syst. Myc, i, p. 422 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, 

 no. 6795 ; Cooke, Austr. Fung., p. 173. 



Patches thin, efEused, inseparable from the matrix, sub- 

 gelatinous, flesh-colour then dull -yellomsh ; spines crowded, 

 unequal, 2-3 mm. long, awl-shaped or compressed, simple or 

 toothed, coloured like the subiculum. 



On dead wood. New Zealand. Queensland, New South 

 Wales, Tasmania, Europe, United States. 



Sometimes forming dingily coloured sub gelatinous patches 

 several inches long. Yellowish towards the margin when dry, 

 the central part pale-fawn or ding}' flesh-colour. 



Hydnum niveum, Pers., Disp., tab. 4, f. 6-7 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, 



no. 6815. 



Entirely resupinate, inseparable from the matrix, very thin 

 and delicate, pure white, becoming pallid when dry, patches 

 2-8 cm. long ; margin delicately byssoid ; spines crowded, 

 very minute, equal, glabrous. 



On dead wood. New Zealand. Europe. 



A very delicate species, resembling a mere film ; spines or 

 teeth very delicate, but under a lens are found to be acute, very 

 uniform in size, glabrous. 



Hydnum scopmeUum, Berk., Fl. N.Z., ii, p. 181 ; Hdbk. N.Z. 



Flora, p. 611 ; Sacc, Syll. vi. no. 6825. 



Effused, white, subiculum interwoven ; spines tomentose at 

 the base, tips penicillate. 



On dead wood. 



" Widely effused ; subiculum composed of delicate inter- 



