302 OUTLINES OK liltlTISH FUNGOLOGV. 



Gexus 31. SOLENIA. 



Keceptacle none ; tubes membranaceous, somewhat cylindrical, 

 turbinate, distinct and free from one another ; definitely 

 facing the ground ; mouth narrowed, in which respect they 

 .liiier from CypbelUe. Hoff. D. Fl. II. t. 8/. 2. 



1 . S. ochracea, Hoffiii. ; ochraceous, m bite internally ; 

 scattered ; clavato-cylindrical ; toraentose. 

 On dead wood. Uncommon. 



Order 3. HYDNEI (p. 257). 



Genus 32. HYDNUM L. (p. 257). 



I. Mesopus. — Entire, simple with a central stem; all terrestrial, 

 chiefly groiving in pine tvoods. 



f Cahnosa. — Pileits fleshy, some wh at fragile. 



* Spines changing coloicr ; 2}ileus scaly or tomentose. 



1. H. imbricatum, L. (p. 257); 4 in. 



2. H. squamosum, Schceff. ; pileus rufous-fuscous, fleshy, 

 irregular, depressed, smooth, breaking up into irregular 

 scales ; flesh rigid, w^liitisli ; stem short, attenuated down- 

 wards, white ; spines grey-fuscous, whitish at ape.\. — 

 >SV-A«//. /. 273. 



On the ground. 



3. H. scabrosum, Fr. ; l in., pileus umber-ferruginous, 

 compactly-fleshy, at flrst turbinate, then plane above, very 

 convex beneath, tomentose, then rough with flocci which 

 are fasciculate in the form of minute crowded squamules, 

 slightly repand at margin ; flesh very thick, white, descend- 

 ing into stem ; stem very short and thick, round or com- 

 pressed, dotted with rudiments of spines decurrent on it, 



