CHAP. CXIII. 



CONl'FERJE. 



2149 



'2033 



2032 



^Ecidium Pini Pers. Syn., p. 213., Grev., t. 7., and our /g. 2031.; on Pinus 

 sylvestris, occurring sometimes on twigs, and being then much larger. An allied 

 species, JE. abietinum, is found, in Germany, on the spruce fir ; and two on 

 Pinus Picea, JE. columnare and ^E. elatinum. All are figured by Albertini and 

 Schweinitz, in their fifth plate. The latter infests trees to such an extent, that 

 they are known by the name of hexenbaume. 



Many -Fungi grow beneath the 

 > shade of Conf ferae; as Ag&ricus hy- 

 pothejus Fr., syn. A. limacinus Sow., 

 t. 8., and our Jig. 2032. ; A. multi- 

 formis Schcsff., syn. A. terreus Sow., 

 t. 76., and our fig. 2033. ; A. delici- 

 osus L. y Sow., t. 202., and our fig. 

 2034.; thereitzkers of the Germans, 

 is, as its name implies, a most delicious agaric, but not 

 always to be eaten with impunity. It abounds in mucilaginous matter, and 

 has, therefore, been recommended for pulmonary affections by M. Dufresnoy. 

 A. rufus Scop. ; A. bellus Pers. ; A. maculatus Alb. et Schiv. t 

 syn. A. carnosus Sow., t. 246., and our 

 Jig. 2036. ; A. vulgaris Pers. ; and A. 

 limonius Fr., Cantharellus aurantiacus 

 Wulf. ; a poisonous species, which 

 203* must be carefully distinguished from 



the edible one, C. cibarius Fr., our fig. 2037. .Boletus 

 granulatus L., syn. B. lactifluus With.., Sow., t. 420. 



an esculent species, according to Persoon. B. bovinus 

 L. ; and B. variegatus Swartz. Hydnum imbricatum Z/., 

 Grcv.,t. 71. > and our fig. 

 2035. ; and H. compac-, 

 turn Pers. Thelephora 

 terrestris Fr.; T. laci- 

 niata Fr., syn. Helvella 

 caryophyllse y a Bolt., t. 

 173., and our fig. 2038.; 

 and T. byssoides Fr. 2037 



2036 Clavaria abietina Pers. ; Geoglossum cucullatum Fr., 



syn. Leotia mitrula Grev., t. 81., and our fig. 2039. Spathularia flavida 

 Pers., Grev., t. 165., and our fig. 2040. Spha^ria capitata Holmsk, syn. 

 Sphae'ria agariciformis Sow., t. 354., and our fig. 2042., parasitic upon 

 Elaphomyces granulatus Fr.; and S.alutacea Pers., syn. S. 

 clavata Sow., t. 159., and our fig. 2044. ; are both among the 

 most curious and rare of British Fungi : and to these may 



-2040 2041 2C42 



be added the interesting S. lateritia Fr., developed upon agarics, which are 



so strangely altered by the parasite as to assume the form of 



or Leotia. r \.- 



The branches of the larch, which are cut off for the purpose of thinning 

 plantations, are frequently covered with ^garicus mitis Pers.; and under the 

 shade abounds boletus /aricinus Berk. 



The Study of the Species. The mode which we have followed in the study 

 of the >lbietinae, as in all the other orders and genera treated of in this work, 



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