400 BRITISH FUNGI 



/. pendulus. — Cap very thin, attached by a broad or narrowed 

 base, white, elastic, wrinkled or minutely scaly, pendulous, 1-2 in. 

 across, more or less circular ; teeth in irregular rows, about i line 

 long, shining white. 



On pine wood. 



/. spathulatus. — Broadly effused, inseparable, whitish, edge 

 downy ; teeth irregularly flattened, coarse, 2-3 lines long, springing 

 from a network of raised ribs. 



Often effused for several inches. 



On larch wood, etc. 



/. obliqiiiis. — White or pallid, inseparable, patches several inches 

 across ; teeth oblique, often split or torn, 2-3 lines long, springing 

 from a network of raised ribs. 



Forms irregular patches on stumps, dead branches, etc. Round 

 the edge there are more or less rounded pores, but towards the centre 

 the flattened teeth are obhque and overlap each other. White at 

 first, then brownish. 



/. carneus. — Thin, soft and cartilaginous, reddish, 2-3 in. across ; 

 teeth conical, entire, united at the base. 



On wood and bark. 



I, johnstoni. — -Pure white, resupinate, thin, separable ; teeth 

 compressed, unequal, in irregular rows, springing from folds. 



On dead beech, etc. 



I. dcformis. — Thin, white, effused, several inches across ; teeth 

 crowded, awl-shaped, 1-2 lines long, springing from folds that join 

 to form an irregular network. 



Resembling a Porta, with the pores torn into shreds. 



On wood. 



/. fusco-violacetis. — Effuso-reflexed, thin, tough, silky, zoned, 

 greyish ; teeth flattened, torn at the tips, in irregular rows, dingy 

 violet. 



On dead pine trunks, which it often nearly covers. Entirely 

 adnate or partly free and reflexed. Becomes pale tan-colour when 

 old and dry. 



Caldesiella 



Resupinate, substance very thin, texture loose and fibrous ; 

 spines minute, conical. 



The true nature of this genus is uncertain ; superficially it re- 

 sembles a resupinate Hydnmn, but the substance or flesh from which 

 the spines originate is very loose in texture. 



C. /erniginosa. — ^Effused for several inches, and separable from 

 the matrix, tomentose, rusty brown ; spines crowded, acute, short, 

 rusty brown. 



The fungus consists of a densely woven, very thin, indeterminate 

 felt, covered with erect or oblique spines. 



On dead wood, more especially under loose bark. 



