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tose, thin ; frequently a plant will be found growing on the top of another plant. 

 The spines are at first white, adnate, short, turning flesh-color and when 

 dried almost black. 



The stem is short, solid, tapering upward. 



Figure 374. Hydnum adustum. Natural size. 



The plant is found growing in the woods on trunks and sticks after a rain 

 in July, August, and September. It is not as plentiful as Hydnum spongiosipes 

 and H. scrobiculatum. It is an attractive plant when seen in the woods. 



Hydnum ochraccum. P. 

 Ochrey Hydnum. 



Small, at first entirely resupinate, gradually reflexed, and somewhat repand, 

 at first sparingly clothed with dirty-white down, at length rugose ; one to three 

 inches broad. The spines are short, entire, becoming pale. Fries. 



It is occasionally found on decayed sticks in the woods. 



