CHAP, CXIII. 



CONl'FER-E. ^BIE'TIN^. 



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^cidium Pini Pers. Syn., p. 213., Grev., t. 7., and our fg. 2031.; on Pinus 

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

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

 Pinus Picea, JE. columnare and ^E. elatinum. All are figured byAlbertini and 

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

 they are known by the name of hexenbaume. 



Many Pungi grow beneath the 

 )shade of Coniferae ; as Jgaricus hy- 

 pothejus Fr., syn. A. limacinus Sow., 

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

 formis Sch(Tff.f syn. A. terreus Sow., 

 t. 76., and our Jig. 2033. ; A. delici- 

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

 2034.; thereitzkers of the Germans, '^033 



2032 -««««fe jg^ ^ jj.g najj^g 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 Scop. ; A. bellus Pcrs. ; A. maculatus Alb. et Schw., 

 syn. A. carnosus Sow., t. 246., and our co35 



fg. 2036. ; A. vulgaris Pers. ; and A. 

 iimonius Fr., Cantharellus aurantiacus 

 Widf. ; a poisonous species, wliich 

 20S1 must be carefully distinguished from 



the edible one, C. cibarius Fr., our Jig. 2031. Poletus 

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



an esculent species, according to Persoon. B. bovinus 

 L. ; and B. variegatus Swartz. Hjdnum imbricatum L., 

 Grev.,t. 71., and our fg. ...xnA 

 2033. ; and H. compac- ^^ '" ' "" 

 tum Pers. Thelephora 

 terrestris Fr. ; T. laci- 

 niata Fr., syn. Helvella 

 caryophyllee^a Bo/t., t. 

 17.3., and our /g. 2038.; 

 and T. byssoides Fr. 

 2036 Clavaria abietina Pers. 



syn. Ledtia mitrula Grev., t. 81., and our 7?g. 2039. Spathularia flavida 

 Pers., Grev., t. 165., and our fg. 2040. Sphae'ria capitata Holimk, syn. 

 Sphae'ria flgariciformis Sow., t. 354., and our fg. 2042., parasitic upon 

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

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

 most curious and rare of British Pungi : and to these may 



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

 so strangely altered by the parasite as to assume the form of a He\\e\\a. 

 or Ledtia. ^ , r l- • 



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

 plantations, are frequently covered with ylgai-icus mitis Pers. ; and under the 

 shade abounds Poletus /aricinus Berk. , • . 



The Study of the Species. The mode which we have followed m the study 

 of the ylbietinae, as in all the other orders and genera treated of m this work, 



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