HYDNUM. 237 



elevations, soneless, often covered over with whitish down, zoned Hydnum. 

 internally. Stem short, 1-5 cent. (X~ 2 m -) l n g> 1-2.5 cent. 

 ( l /z-\ in.) thick, orange. Spines 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) long, whitish 

 becoming fuscous. 



Inodorous, firm. 



In pine woods. Grantown. Sept.-Nov. 



Name aurum, gold. Orange-yellow. A. & S. p. 265. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 603. B. & Br. n. 1368. -5. Mycol. Scot. n. 803. Fl. Dan. t. 1439. Batsch 

 f. 222 (bad). 



9. H. ferrugineum Fr. Pileus 2.5-10 cent. (1-4 in.) broad, 

 obconic or when more fully grown flattened, even depressed, 

 spongy-corky, soft, at first covered over with whitish down which 

 exudes blood-red drops in the depressions, then more even and 

 internally ferruginous. Stem firm, 4-7.5 cent. (iK~3 in-) long* 

 unequal, fuscous-ferruginous. Spines awl-shaped, equal, fuscous- 

 ferruginous. 



Gregarious but not confluent. Spongy-soft when young, corky and juice- 

 less when full grown. 



In fir wood. Rothiemurchus. Aug.-Oct. 



Na.meferrum, iron. Ferruginous. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 603. Icon. t. 4. 

 B. dr 5 Br. n. 1369. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 804. Krombh. t. 50. f. 10, n. Bull, 

 t. 409 (var.) 



** Spines changing colour, and, as well as the spores, ferruginous. 



10. H. scrobiculatum Fr. Ferruginous. Pileus 2.5-5 cent. 

 (1-2 in.) and more broad, corky-coriaceous, clavate then plano-in- 

 fundibuliform, pubescent, disc slightly pitted, scaly, zoned within. 



Stem very short, 12 mm. ()4 in.) or a little more long, 6-8 mm. 

 (3-4 lin.) thick, equal, smooth, often rooted. Spines very short, 

 slightly decurrent, thin, fragile, of the same colour as the pileus, 

 and at length becoming fuscous. 



Gregarious, often growing into each other. Pileus becoming pale when dry. 



In fir woods. Minstead, Lyndhurst. Rothiemurchus, &c. 

 Aug.-Nov. 



Name scrobis, a trench. From the slightly pitted disc. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 604. Icon. t. 5. f. i. B. & Br. n. 1294. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 805. Mich. 

 Gen. t. 72. /. -j.Bull. t. 156. 



11. H. zonatum Batsch. Ferruginous. Pileus 2.5-5 cen t- 

 (1-2 in.) broad, equally coriaceous, thin, expanded, somewhat 

 infundibuliform, zoned, becoming smooth, radiato-rugose, the paler 



