HYDNTJM 633 



2143. H. infundibulum (Swartz) Fr. (= Hydnum fusipes Pers. sec. 

 Quel.) Pers. Myc. Eur. u, t. 20, figs. 4-6, as Hydnum fusipes 

 Pers. Infundibulum, a funnel. 



P. 5-20 cm., brown, infundibuliform, lobed, unequal, smooth. St. 

 5-7-5 x 2-5 cm., white, then reddish or brownish, constricted at the 

 base, unequal, smooth. Spines white, then bay or brown, decurrent. 

 Flesh white, fleshy, fibrous, firm. Pine woods. Sept. Bare. 

 H. fusipes Pers. = Hydnum infundibulum (Swartz) Fr. 



B. P. corky, or coriaceous, tough. 

 *Spores white. 



2144. H. cinereum (Bull.) Fr. Cinereum, ash colour. 

 P. 5-9 cm., white, becoming greyish and tinged with lilac or chocolate, 



convex, umbilicate. repand, at length often infundibuliform, minutely 

 tomentose, or pubescent; margin thin. St. 2-3 x -5 cm., white, then 

 grey, attenuated at the base, often branched, firm, glabrous. Spines 

 white, then grey, 1-2 mm. long, decurrent, thin. Flesh whitish, be- 

 coming ferruginous, corky, thin. Spores white, "6/i, granular" Quel. 

 Coniferous woods. Sept. Oct. Rare, (v.v.) 



2145. H. nigrum Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 5, lower figs. Nigrum, black. 

 P. 2-10 cm., whitish, soon becoming azure-blue-black with the margin 



whitish, club-shaped, then turbinate, at length flattened, piano-de- 

 pressed, tubercular, tomentose, sometimes zoned. St. 2-3 x -5- 

 1-5 cm., black, equal, often rooting at the base, unequal, thickened 

 at the tomentose base. Spines white, then grey, 2 mm. long, subulate, 

 thin. Flesh black, corky rigid. Spores white, minutely verrucose, sub- 

 globose, 4/n. Often connate. Coniferous woods. Sept. Nov. Not un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



2146. H. graveolens (Delast.) Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 6, upper figs. 



Graveolens, strong smelling. 



P. 25 cm., bistre becoming black, then cinereous with the margin 

 whitish, hemispherical, sinuate, often depressed at the centre, thin, 

 soft, rugose, silky. St. 1-5-3 cm. x 1-3 mm., fuscous black, thickened 

 at the apex, tough, equal, smooth. Spines white, then grey, -5-1 mm. 

 long, decurrent, thin. Flesh concolorous, or paler, coriaceous, rigid, 

 thin. Spores white, echinulate, globose, 3-4/x, 1-guttulate. Smell 

 strong of Fenugreek, or tincture of Belladonna. Often connate. Coni- 

 ferous woods. Sept. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2147. H. melaleucum Fr. Schaeff. Icon. t. 272, as Hydnum pullum 

 Schaeff. /ie\a<?, black; Xeuo9, white. 



P. 1-5-3 cm., greyish violet, or bistre, then black with the margin white, 



