CHAP. CXIII. 



CONl'FERiE. ^BJE'TIN^. 



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^cidium Pini Pers. Spu, p. 213., Grev., t. 7., and our Jig. 2031.; on PJnus 

 sylvestris, occurring sometimes on twigs, and being then much larger. An allied 

 species, lEt. abietinum, is found, in Germany, on the spruce fir ; and two on 

 Pinus Picea, M. columnare and M. elatinum. All are figured by Albertini and 

 Schweinitz, in their fifth plate. The latter infests trees to such an extent, that 

 they are known by the name of hexenbiiume. 



Many i^ungi grow beneath the 

 )shade of Conifera;; as Jgaricus hy- 

 pothejus Fr., syn. A. limacinus Soiu., 

 t. 8., and our Jig. 2032. ; A. multi- 

 formis Schceff., syn. A. terreus Sow., 

 t. 76., and our j?g. 2033.; J. delici- 

 osus L,., Sow., t. 202., and our ^g. 

 2034.; thereitzkers of the Germans, 

 is, as its name implies, a most delicious agaric, but not 

 always to be eaten with impunity. It abounds in mucilaginous matter, and 

 has, therefore, been recommended for pulmonary affections by M. Dufresnoy. 

 A. rufus Scoj]. ; A. bellus Pers. ; A. maculatus Alb. et Schiv., 

 syn. A. carnosus Sow., t. 246., and our 

 7?g. 2036. ; A. vulgaris Peis. ; and A. 

 limonius Fr., Cantharellus aurantiacus 

 Wtiif, ; a poisonous species, which 

 2034 must be carefully distinguished from 



the edible one, C. cibarius Fr., our Jig. 2037. boletus 

 granulatus L., syn. B. lactifluus With., Sow., t. 420. 



an esculent species, according to Persoon. B. bovinus 

 L. ; and B. variegatus Swartz. j^ydnum imbricatum L,, 

 Grev.,t. 71., and our Jig. 

 2035. ; and H. compac- 

 tum Pers. Thelephora ^ 

 terrestris Fr. ; T. laci- 

 niata Fr., syn. Helvella 

 carj'ophyllae^a Bolt., t. 

 173., and our /g. 2038. ; 

 and T. byssoides Fr. 

 2036 Clavaria «bietina Pers.\ 



syn. Leotia mitrula Grev., t. 81., and om Jig. 2039. Spathularia flavida 

 Pers., Grev., t. 165., and our Jig. 2040. Sphee^ria capitata Holmsk, syn. 

 Sphae^ria agariciformis Sow., t. 354., and our Jig. 2042., parasitic upon 

 Elaphomyces granulatus Fr.; and S. alutacea Pers., syn. S. 

 clavata Sow., t. 159., and our Jig. 2044. ; are both among the 

 most curious and rare of British 2^ungi : and to these may 



Geoglossum cucuUatum Fr., 



2039 2040 '»i^ ==^*^ 



be added the interesting S. lateritia Fr., developed upon agarics, which are 

 so strangely altered by the parasite as to assume the form of a /helvella 

 or Leotia. 



The branches of the larch, which are cut off for the purpose of thinnmg 

 plantations, are frequently covered with Jgaricus mitis Pers. ; and under the 

 shade abounds boletus /aricinus Berk. 



The Study oftlie Species. The mode which we have followed in the study 

 of the ^bietinae, as in all the other orders and genera treated of in this work, 



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