HYDNEI. 257 



1. P. Priesii, Mont.; effused, confluent, flocculoso-mem- 

 brauaceous, white, inelining to taa-colour ; circumference 

 simple; papillae immersed, yellowish, at length open, pitcher- 

 shaped. — Ann. de Sc. Nat. ser. 2. vol. v. p. 339. 



On pine- wood. Very rare. Castle Semple, Klotzsch. 

 Wraxall, Somersetshire, C. E. B. Wothorpe, Northampton- 

 shire. Pores often crowned with a pellucid drop. 



25. FISTULIWA, Bull. 



Hymenophorum fleshy. Hymenium inferior, at first pa- 

 pillose ; the papillas at length elongated, and forming distinct 

 tubes, 



1. F. hepatica, Fr. ; fleshy and juicy, rootless; pileus un- 

 divided, blood-red. (Plate 17, fig. 1.) — Huss. i. t. 65. 



On trunks of old oaks. Common. Esculent. Sometimes 

 attaining an enormous size. Tubes flesh-coloured or yel- 

 lowish. 



Ordeu 3. HYDNEI. 



Hymenium spread over the surface of spines, teeth, persis- 

 tent papillae, etc., and not lining impressed pores or tubes. 



26. HYDNUM, L. 



Spines awl-shaped or compressed, distinct at the base. 



* Stem central. 

 1. H. imbricatum, L. ; pileus fleshy, nearly plane, some- 

 what umbilicate, rough with tessellated scales, floccose, zone- 

 less, umber ; stem short, even ; spines decurrent, pale-cinere- 

 ous. — Grei). t. 71. 



