KEY TO APHYLLOPHOEALES 13 



Receptacle resupinate, thin, waxy, inseparable.^ 

 Tubercles or spines obtuse, often deformed, ir- 

 regularly scattered, or confluent. Spores white, r Radulum. 

 or coloured. Cystidia none, cystidioles (sterile 

 basidia) sometimes present 



Eeceptacle resupinate, thin, waxy. Spines thin, 



subulate, generally entire, distinct, or connate 

 at the base. Spores white. Cystidia none, cys- 

 tidioles very thin, or absent 



Receptacle resupinate, thin, membranaceous, 

 pelliculose, or crustaceous. Tubercles or spines 



Ada. 

 (Hydnum p.p.) 



Grandinia. 



obtuse, or pointed, entire. Spores white, or 

 coloured. Cystidia none 



Receptacle resupinate, thin, membranaceous, \ 

 waxy, crustaceous or mealy. Spines conical,! ~, 

 ciliate, or penicillate at the apex. Spores white, t 

 Cystidia present J 



Receptacle resupinate, subgelatinous. Spines very) ., 

 minute, sterile. Spores white J l '" ia " 



Like Odontia, but spores coloured, smooth Hydnopsis. 



Receptacle resupinate, soft, floccose. Spines soft, \ 



conical, villose, fimbriate at the apex. Flesh [ 



coloured. Spores coloured, verrucose, or echinu- 1 



late 



Receptacle pileate, stipitate, sessile, or resupinate, 



without a distinct pellicle, coriaceous. Hyme- 



nium smooth, granular, or faintly ribbed. Flesh 



coloured. Spores coloured, angular, echinulate, (Thelephorap.p.) 



or verrucose 



PJiylacteria. 



Receptacle resupinate, soft, floccose. Hymeniuml ~ ochnus 



granular, or smooth, floccose. Flesh coloured. > , J^ til \ 



Spores coloured, echinulate, or angular J 



Like Hypochnus, but spores violet, smooth Hypochnella. 



Receptacle resupinate, effused, flocculose-pulveru-'j 



lent, Hypochnus-like. Spores straw coloured, sub- v Jaapia. 



elliptical, hyaline-appendiculate J 



Receptacle resupinate, subgelatinous, then car-"| 



tilaginous. Hymenium smooth. Spores olive, V Aldrigea. 



elliptical, smooth J 



[Irregular abnormal growths the conidial forms) \ptijchoaaster 1 

 of Porohydnineae] / L y y 



