242 HYDNEI. 



Hydnum. 24. H. membranaceum Bull. Subiculum tawny -ferruginous, 

 effused, waxy-membranaceous, agglutinated, smooth. Spines 

 awl-shaped, crowded, equal, acute, of the same colour as the 

 subiculum. 



It varies yellowish and thinner. 



On fallen sticks. Frequent. 



Name membrana, a membrane. Bull. t. 481. f. i. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 613. Berk. Out. p. 260. C. Hbk. n. 857. Sow. t. 327. 



25. H. Weinmanni Fr. Subiculum fawn-grey, effused, waxy- 

 membranaceous, agglutinated, smooth. Spines minute, acute, 

 somewhat distant, equal. 



Becoming cinereous when dry. 



On fallen branches. Bristol. 



Name after Weinmann. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 613. Berk. Out. p. 260. C. 

 Hbk. n. 858. Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 22. /. 2 ? 



26. H. crinale Fr. Subiculum umber, effused, villoso-inter- 

 ivoven, thin. Spines long, crowded, equal, very slender, umber. 



Unicolorous. The spines are almost like hairs. 

 On dead wood. Rare. . Essex. 



Remarkable for the long dark rufous-brown spines which shine as if var- 

 nished. M.J.B. Name crinis, hair. From the hair-like spines. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 613. H. fuscum Berk. Out. p. 260. C. Hbk. n. 859. Pers. Myc. 

 Eur. t. vj.f. 3. 



27. H. ferruginosum Fr. Subiculum tawny -ferruginous, 

 effused, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, tomentose. Spines crowded, 

 conico-awl-shaped, acute, tawny-ferruginous. 



The spines are straight and equal or oblique and somewhat compressed 

 according to situation. 



On decayed wood. Uncommon. 



Separable from the matrix, almost mucedinous when fully developed. 

 M.J.B. Name ferrum, iron. Ferruginous. Fr. Hym. Eiir. p. 613. Syst. 



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Myc. i. p. 416. Berk. Out. p. 260. C. Hbk. n. 860. ' S. MycoL Scot. n. 811. 

 Schrad. Spic. t. 4. f. 2. NeesSyst.f. 



28. H. variecolor Fr. Subiculum white, effused, adnate, 

 forming a furfuraceotts crust. Spines crowded, conical, short, 

 unequal, minute, somewhat fuscous. 



Like H. farinaceum. Spines commonly adpressed. 



On dead stumps. Rare. 



