2G0 OUTLINES or inilTISH FUNGOLOGY. 



On trunks of trees, especially beech. Admitted on the 

 authority of the figures of Ray and Bolton. 



13. H. membranaceum, Bull, ; subiculum effused, waxy, 

 membranaceous, agglutinate, smooth, tawny-ferruginous ; 

 spines awl-shaped, crowded, equal, acute, of the same colour. 

 —Sow. t. 3.27. 



On fallen sticks. Not uncommon. Spines often collected 

 in bundles. 



14. H. Weinnianni, Fr.; subiculum effused, waxy, mem- 

 branaceous, agglutinate, smooth, greyish fawn-colour j spines 

 minute, sharp, rather distant, equal. — Pei's. Myc. Eur. t. 22. 

 /. 2. 



On fallen branches. Bristol, Dr. Stephens. 



15. H. fuscum, P. ; effused, rufous-brown ; circumference 

 paler, coarsely byssoid ; spines long, quite entire, close, very 

 acute, shining, as if varnished. — Pers. Myc. Eur. ii. t. 17. 

 /. 3. 



On dead wood. Very rare. Wrabness, Essex, Rev. R. T. 

 Lowe. Differs from H. fusco-atrum, Fr., in its long spines. 



16. H. ferruginosum, Fr. ; subiculum effused, tomentose, 

 tawny-ferruginous, as well as the crowded, conico-subulate, 

 acute spines. — Nees, Syst. f. 248. 



On decaying wood. Not uncommon. Separable from the 

 matrix, almost mucedinous when not fully developed. 



17. H. variecolor, P.; subiculum effused, adnate, furfu- 

 raceo-crustaccous ; spines crowded, short, conical, unequal, 

 minute, l)rownish. 



On dead stumps. Rare. Clifton, Nottinghamshire. Com- 

 pared with an authentic specimen from Fries. 



18. H. alutaeeum, Fr. ; subiculun\ longitudinally effused, 

 erustaceous, adnate, smooth, pale-ochre ; circumference naked; 

 spines minute, crowded, equal, acute. 



