Hydnaceae 



3 in. long, cartilaginous-gelatinous, membranaceous, adnate. Teeth 

 obtuse and awl-shaped, entire, united at the base. 



It inclines to Radula and Phlebia. Stevenson. 



On tulip poplar, Haddonfield, N. J., September, 1892; on hickory, 

 Angora, Philadelphia, September, 1897. Mel lvalue. 



The entire fungus is good, cooking like a Hydnum. 



L defor'mis Fr. deformed. White, effused, crustaceous, thin, cir 

 cumference pubescent, somewhat flaxy. Teeth extended in awl-shape 

 from a minutely porous base, thin, somewhat digitato-incised (cut in 

 finger-shape), 1-2 lines long. Fries. 



It approaches the Polypori. Grows on wood. Stevenson. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis; Massachusetts, Frost. 



Common on stumps and trees. The awl-shaped teeth, which have 

 the appearance of shreds, can be scraped from the fresh plant, or if 

 dried plants are moistened, the teeth are detachable, and are food-giving. 



I. flLSCO-viola'ceus Fr. fuscus, brown; violaceoiis, violet. Pileus 

 2 in. long, more than I in. broad, white inclining to hoary, effuso- 

 reflexed, coriaceous, silky, zoned. Teeth in rows in the form of plates, 

 brownish-violet, incised at the apex. Fries. 



On pine trunks. Stevenson. 



Decaying trunks of spruce, abies nigra. Adirondack mountains. 

 July. 



Our specimens are not "silky," as required by the description, but 

 villose or tomentose-villose as in Polyporus hirsutus and P. abietinus, 

 the latter of which this species closely resembles. The hymenium, 

 however, is coarser, more highly colored and lamellated to such an 

 extent that young specimens might easily be taken for a Lenzites. 

 Peck, 30th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Found in West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. 

 Mcllvaine. 



Very common on logs of coniferous trees. It is difficult to collect it 

 entirely free from resin, which as a seasoning is not recommended. 



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