﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  III 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  tomentum; 
  spores 
  white, 
  globose, 
  minutely 
  echinulate, 
  

   .00016 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  6 
  to 
  18 
  lines 
  broad; 
  stem 
  6 
  to 
  10 
  lines 
  long, 
  about 
  2 
  lines 
  

   thick. 
  

  

  Gregarious 
  among 
  fallen 
  leaves 
  in 
  woods. 
  Port 
  Jefferson. 
  July. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  one, 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size 
  and 
  the 
  paler 
  brownish 
  or 
  

   ferruginous-brown 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  and 
  stem. 
  

  

  Hydnum 
  spongiosipes 
  ru 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  convex, 
  soft, 
  spongy-tomentose, 
  but 
  tough 
  in 
  texture, 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous-brown, 
  the 
  lower 
  stratum 
  more 
  firm 
  and 
  fibrous, 
  but 
  con- 
  

   colorous 
  ; 
  aculei 
  slender, 
  i 
  to 
  2 
  lines 
  long, 
  ferruginous-brown, 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  darker 
  with 
  age 
  ; 
  stem 
  hard 
  and 
  corky 
  within, 
  externally 
  spongy- 
  

   tomentose, 
  colored 
  Hke 
  the 
  pileus, 
  the 
  central 
  substance 
  often 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  zoned, 
  especially 
  near 
  the 
  top; 
  spores 
  subglobose, 
  nodulose, 
  

   purplish-brown, 
  .00016 
  to 
  .00024 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  1.5 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad; 
  stem 
  1.5 
  to 
  3 
  in. 
  long, 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Woods. 
  Rensselaer 
  and 
  Saratog^a 
  counties. 
  August. 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  was 
  formerly 
  referred 
  to 
  Hydnum 
  ferrugineum 
  Fr., 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  perhaps 
  be 
  a 
  variety. 
  

   But 
  having 
  observed 
  it 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  I 
  find 
  it 
  constantly 
  differing 
  

   from 
  the 
  Friesian 
  plant 
  as 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  Icones 
  Hymen- 
  

   omycetum, 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  pileus 
  convex 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   dense 
  spongy 
  tomentum, 
  colored 
  like 
  the 
  pileus 
  and 
  quite 
  distinct 
  in 
  

   texture 
  from 
  the 
  hard 
  central 
  part. 
  The 
  figure 
  of 
  H. 
  ferrugineum 
  

   shows 
  a 
  depressed 
  pileus 
  and 
  a 
  stem 
  paler 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  

   texture 
  that 
  is 
  without 
  any 
  external 
  tomentose 
  coating. 
  Nor 
  does 
  

   the 
  description 
  ascribe 
  such 
  a 
  character 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  

   plant. 
  

  

  Hydnum 
  mirabile 
  Fr. 
  

  

  A 
  plant 
  answering 
  fairly 
  well 
  to 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  soil 
  of 
  woods 
  near 
  Port 
  Jefferson. 
  Its 
  

   structure 
  is 
  of 
  that 
  peculiar 
  character 
  ascribed 
  by 
  Fries 
  to 
  his 
  species, 
  

   and 
  which 
  apparently 
  suggested 
  the 
  specific 
  name, 
  mirabile. 
  Its 
  odor 
  

   when 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  cut 
  or 
  broken, 
  is 
  farinaceous 
  and 
  its 
  taste 
  is 
  also 
  

  

  