HYDNUM. 239 



In fir woods. Ascot. Forres. Sept. Hydnum. 



Name MAas, black ; Aevxo?, white. From the black pileus and white 

 spines. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 606. B. & Br. n. 1295. S. Mycol. Scot. Supp. 

 Scot. A 7 at. 1881, p. -^.Schceff. t. 272. 



15. H. cyathiforme Schasff. Pileus pale cinereous, margin 

 white, coriaceous, thin, plano-infundibuliform, zoned, disc some- 

 what tomentose. Stem slender, smooth, pale cinereotis. Spines 

 white. 



Small, commonly growing into each other. 



On fir wood. Ascot. Rothiemurchus. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores globular, rough or papillated, 3 mk. IV.G.S. Name cyathus, a 

 cup ; Jorma, form. Sch&ff. t. 139. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 606. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 808. Fl. Dan. t. 1020. /. 2. H. tomentosum B. & Br. n. 1025. C. Hbk. 

 n. 849. Harz. t. 3. a. Seem. Journ. 1868, t. 76. 



II. PLEUROPUS. Somewhat dimidiate, stem lateral. 



16. H. auriscalpium Linn. Pileus 12-18 mm. (%-% in.) 

 broad, date-brown then blackish, dimidiate, coriaceous, reniform, 

 hairy. Stem slender, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long-, 1-3 mm. (#-!# 

 lin.) thick, vertical, rooted, hairy, of the same colour as the pileus. 

 Spines 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) long, tough, date-brown. 



The pileus sometimes appears entire with lobes all round. 



On fir-cones and among fir-leaves. Frequent. Aug.-Nov. 



Name auriscalpium, an ear-pick. From its shape. Linn. Suec. n. 1260. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 607. Berk. Out. p. 258. C. Hbk. n. 850. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 809. Schceff. t. 143. Bull. t. 481. / 3. Fl. Dan. t. 1020. / i. Curt. Lond. 

 t, 190. Bolt. t. 90. Grev. t. 196. Sow. t. 267. Krombh. t. 50. f. 15-17. 



III. MERISMA. Very much branched or tuberculiform, &c. 

 * Very much branched. 



17. H. coralloides Scop. Very much branched, shining white, 

 at length yellowish, 'wholly broken lip into attenuated intricate 

 branches; primary branches 12 mm. ()4 in.) and more thick, 

 ultimate ones 2 mm. (i lin.) and less. Spines 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) 

 long, unilateral, awl-shaped, entire. 



On decayed fir, beech, ash, &c. Rare. 



Young plant resembling a cauliflower. Pers. Edible. Name Kopd\\iov, 

 coral ; elfio?, appearance. Coral-like. Scop. Cam. 2. /. 472. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 667. Sv. atl. Sv. t. 34. Berk. Out. p. 259. C. Hbk. n. 851. Schce/. t. 

 142. Sow. t. 252. Krombh. t. 51. f. 4-7. Bull. t. 390. 



