398 BRITISH FUNGI 



Forming patches 1-2 in. across ; spines 1-2 lines long. In some 

 specimens flattened and awl-shaped spines are mixed. Spines 

 sometimes scarcely orange. 



On decaying wood. 



H. midtiformc. — Substance very pale buff or whitish, at first 

 smooth and resembling a Corticium, at length bearing spines here 

 and there in clusters, which are either awl-shaped or more or less 

 flattened and fimbriated. 



Rather broadly effused, inseparable, edge often thin and in- 

 determinate or vague, waxy, and becoming cracked when dry. 

 Perhaps may prove to be a morbid species of Corticium. 



On dead wood. 



H. anomaluni. — Substance pallid light yellow, thin, gelatinous ; 

 spines in the form of granules, then stalked and obtusely divided 

 upwards. 



Possibly not a good species. 



On the inside of a very much decayed ash tree. 



H. melleiim. — Substance honey-colour, effused, thin ; teeth 

 acute, sometimes divided at the apex, basal portion and the crust 

 pulverulent. 



Forming a very thin, honey-coloured film, margin minutely 

 byssoid ; spines about i line long, often scattered, stout and blunt, 

 or slender and acute, or blunt and divided at the tip. 



On fallen rails. 



H. sepultum. — Substance golden yellow, edge white ; spines 

 acute, about i line long. 



Forming little scattered patches. Distinguished from other 

 adnate yellow species by the persistent, white, sterile margin. 



On stones buried among pine leaves. 



*** Spines flesh-colour, lilac, or rujescent. 



H. udum. — Substance flesh-colour, then pale yellowish, sub- 

 gelatinous, spreading for several inches ; spines crowded, unequal, 

 about I line long, awl-shaped or compressed, simple or toothed, 

 coloured like the crust. 



Forming elongated, dingy,- subgelatinous patches on dead 

 branches, not separable from the matrix. When dry it is yellowish 

 towards the edge, the central portion becoming a pale fawn-colour. 



On dead branches, etc. 



H. hicolor. — Substance white, very thin, spreading for many 

 inches, very thin, inseparable ; spines about half a line long, basal 

 portion white and downy, tips dark brown, smooth. 



Superficially resembling reddish forms of H. fnrinaceum, 

 but when examined in a living condition seen to be quite 

 distinct. 



On pine wood, etc. 



