116 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



and may attain a size of about five centimeters high, and the 

 entire cluster fifteen centimeters in width. The fungus is re- 

 peatedly lobed or furcate ; with the lobes, except the last, dilated 

 in a fan-like manner. A cock's comb effect is produced. It 

 grows readily on dead wood and has been found on dead branches 

 of Koordersiodendron pinnatum (Blanco) Merr., and Caesal- 

 phiia pulcherrima (Linn.) Sw. It is homogeneous, gelatinous, 

 collapsing when dry, reviving when moistened. The fungus is 

 not abundant enough to be of any commercial importance, but 

 when found it is highly prized by those who are in the habit of 

 eating these forms. It is lacking in flavor, otherwise being 

 rather soft, and ia( frequently used especially by the Chinese in 

 the preparation of various dishes. 



Tremella foliaceae Fr. may also be found growing on dead 

 wood. 



Family HYDNACEAE 



Genus HYDNUM 



Hymenium inferior, aculeate, spines subulate, separate at 

 the base. Fle.^hy or woody fungi, stipitate, sessile or resu- 

 pinate. 



A number of species of Hijdnum grow in the Philippines 

 and the fleshy ones are edible. Usually they are too small to 

 be of any economic importance. 



Family POLYPORACEAE 



Genus BOLETUS 



Hymenium tubular, distinct from the hymenophore and easily 

 separable. Tubes crowded in a porose stratum, without tra- 

 ma, easily separable from each other. Mouth of the tubes round 

 or angular, except in a subgenus, sinuous. Spores normally 

 fusiform, rarely oval or subglobose. Terrestrial putrescent 

 fungi. 



The Boletus fungi have a pileus or cap with pores underneath, 

 and a stem. Few of these forms are found in the Philippines, 

 but all present are edible. 



Family AGARICACEAE 



Genus COPRINUS 



Hymenophore distinct from the stem, gills membranaceous, 

 at first crowded, coherent, sessile, at length deliquescing into 

 a black fluid, trama none. Spores even black. 



The inky caps belonging to the Coprinus group are all edible 

 and found in abundance. The fungi are characterized by their 

 ovate cap, somewhat expanded, dark gray to brownish, smooth 



