HYDNUM 631 



var. rufescens (Pers.) Fr. Bolt. Hist. Fung. t. 88, as Hydnum re- 



pandum. Rufescens, becoming reddish. 



Differs from the type in being rufescent, in the smaller size of all its 



parts, the non-decurrent spines and the slightly larger spores, 8-10/z,. 



Woods. Aug. Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



2135. H. fuligineo-album Schmidt. Boud. Icon. t. 168. 



Fuligineus, sooty; album, white. 



P. 5-15 cm., whitish, tinged rosy, or somewhat fuscous towards the 

 margin, convex, then expanded and depressed, often finally infundi- 

 buliform, repand, wavy, rather silky, smooth, disc often with darker 

 scales, or spots; margin at first involute. St. 45 x 1-1 -5 cm., whitish 

 rosy, or concolorous and slightly fuscous at the base, central, or ex- 

 centric, subequal, or attenuated at the base, subsquamulose, or gla- 

 brous. Spines white, becoming rosy reddish, slightly fuscous at the base, 

 6-8 mm. long, decurrent, subulate, or compressed, crowded. Flesh 

 white, rosy when broken, thick, firm. Spores "white, verrucose, sub- 

 reticulate, globose, 3-5 /A " Boud. Smell strong, unpleasant, "of 

 liquorice" Quel. Taste somewhat pleasant. Coniferous woods, and 

 adjoining pastures. Sept. Oct. Rare. 



2136. H. fragile Fr. Fragile, brittle. 

 P. 430 cm., pallid, soon cinereous, or brick rufescent, convex, then 



plane and depressed, pubescent at first, becoming smooth, often zoned 

 towards the margin, and minutely squamulose, or wrinkled; margin 

 undulate, lobed. St. 4-8 x 1-5-10 cm., pallid, becoming rufescent or 

 cinereous, often incrassated at the base, unequal, smooth. Spines 

 whitish, then grey, 4-8 mm. long, scarcely decurrent, subulate, slender, 

 fragile. Flesh grey, or reddish, soft, thick, firm, sometimes zoned. 

 Spores white, subangularly globose, 3-4/x, 1-guttulate. Pine woods, 

 and moors. Sept. Nov. Rare, but occasionally abundant, (v.v.) 



2137. H. molle Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 2, upper figs. Molle, soft. 

 P. 6-11 cm., white, becoming greyish or tinged with chocolate, convex, 



then umbilicate, or irregularly depressed, often wavy, covered with a 

 dense tomentose coat. St. 4-5 x 2 cm., white, then grey, equal, conical, 

 glabrous. Spines white, then grey, 6-8 mm. long, decurrent, acuminate, 

 thin, crowded. Flesh white, becoming yellowish when broken, soft, 

 thick. Spores white, "globose, with a basal apiculus, 7 /A" Massee. 

 Taste pleasant. Edible. Coniferous woods. Sept. Oct. Uncommon. 



**Spores coloured. 



2138. H. imbricatum (Linn.) Fr. Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 71. 



Imbricatum, covered with tiles. 



P. 7-50 cm., umber, convex, then plane, often subumbilicate, and 

 finally infundibuliform, fioccose, tessulato-scaly. St. 2-5-7-5 x 2-5- 



