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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  manent 
  than 
  the 
  upper. 
  The 
  cap 
  Is 
  more 
  highly 
  colored 
  when 
  

   young 
  and 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  become 
  paler 
  with 
  age, 
  but 
  the 
  margin 
  do'es 
  not 
  

   become 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  as 
  it 
  so 
  often 
  does 
  in 
  the 
  edible 
  

   Boletus. 
  Individuals 
  sometimes 
  occur 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   cylindric 
  and 
  reticulated 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part. 
  These 
  connect 
  

   so 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  edible 
  Boletus 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  considered 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  mere 
  variety 
  of 
  it. 
  In 
  size 
  and 
  in 
  edible 
  qualities 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  Hydnum 
  albidum 
  Pk. 
  

  

  Whitish 
  Hydnum 
  

  

  Plate 
  56, 
  lig. 
  1-7. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  thin, 
  broadly 
  convex 
  or 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  subpruinose, 
  

   white, 
  flesh 
  white; 
  aculei 
  short, 
  white; 
  stem 
  short, 
  solid, 
  central 
  or 
  

   eccentric, 
  white; 
  spores 
  subglobose, 
  .00016 
  to 
  .0002 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  whitish 
  Hydnum 
  is 
  uniformly 
  colored 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  parts. 
  It 
  grows 
  

   in 
  groups 
  or 
  in 
  clusters. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  case 
  the 
  caps 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   irregular 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  crowded 
  mode 
  of 
  growth 
  and 
  the 
  stems 
  are 
  

   occasionally 
  eccentric. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  species 
  not 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  mistaken 
  

   for 
  any 
  other 
  except 
  possibly 
  for 
  very 
  small 
  pale 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  spread- 
  

   ing 
  Hydnum. 
  But 
  wholly 
  white 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  never 
  

   been 
  seen 
  by 
  me. 
  

  

  The 
  caps 
  are 
  i 
  to 
  2 
  in. 
  broad 
  and 
  the 
  stems 
  are 
  generally 
  about 
  

   I 
  in. 
  long 
  and 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  grow 
  in 
  thin 
  woods 
  or 
  in 
  open 
  bushy 
  places 
  and 
  appear 
  

   in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  and 
  thoiigh 
  well 
  

   flavored 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  importance 
  as 
  an 
  edible 
  mushroom 
  

   because 
  of 
  its 
  scarcity 
  and 
  small 
  size. 
  

  

  Hydnum 
  Caput-ursi 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Bear's-head 
  Hydnum 
  

  

  Plate 
  56, 
  iig. 
  8-12. 
  

  

  Fleshy, 
  tuberculiform, 
  immarginate, 
  pendulous, 
  white, 
  the 
  surface 
  

   everywhere 
  emitting 
  short 
  branches 
  wliich 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  branch- 
  

   lets 
  and 
  subulate 
  deflexed 
  aculei; 
  spores 
  globose 
  or 
  subglobose, 
  

   .0002 
  to 
  .00024 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  