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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



inches to four inches long, crowded, straight, equal, pendulous. The stem is some- 

 times rudimentary. The spores are subglobose, white, plain, 5-6/x,. Peck, 22 N. Y. 

 Report. 



The spines when just starting are like small papillae, as will be seen in 

 Figure 364. Figure 363 represents a very fine specimen found on the end of a 

 beech log, on the Huntington Hills, near Chillicothe. It made a meal for three 

 families. I have found several basketfuls of this species on this same log, within 

 the past few years. I have also found on the same log large specimens of Hydnum 

 corralloides. 



The photograph at the beginning of the book represents the largest specimen 

 I ever saw of this species. It measured eighteen inches one way and thirteen the 

 other, and was found on a maple tree on top of Mount Logan. It grew from a 

 central stem, while the one in Figure 363 grew from a crack in a log, apparently 

 without a stem. Plate I, Figure 1 was photographed after it was dried. The 

 specimen can be seen in the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati. Found from July to 

 October. 



Figure 365. Hydnum caput-ursi. 



