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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  farinaceous 
  at 
  first, 
  but 
  quickly 
  becomes 
  hot 
  or 
  peppery 
  like 
  the 
  taste 
  

   of 
  acrid 
  species 
  of 
  Lactarius 
  and 
  Russula. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  regretted 
  that 
  

   Fries 
  neglected 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  flavor 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Hydnum, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  

   value 
  in 
  their 
  identification. 
  

  

  The 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  and 
  pileus, 
  except 
  the 
  superior 
  stratum 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter, 
  is 
  brittle 
  when 
  fresh, 
  but 
  compact 
  and 
  slightly 
  or 
  line- 
  

   ately 
  zoned 
  within, 
  a 
  character 
  not 
  ascribed 
  by 
  Fries 
  to 
  his 
  plant. 
  It 
  

   becomes 
  hard 
  and 
  woody 
  when 
  dry. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  compactly 
  

   fleshy 
  when 
  fresh 
  and 
  moist, 
  and 
  then 
  it 
  has 
  some 
  points 
  of 
  agree- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  H. 
  acre 
  Quel. 
  But 
  Quelet 
  fails 
  to 
  notice 
  any 
  difference 
  in 
  

   texture 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  strata 
  of 
  th^ 
  pileus 
  in 
  his 
  plant, 
  a 
  fea- 
  

   ture 
  well 
  shown 
  by 
  our 
  specimens 
  and 
  strongly 
  emphasized 
  by 
  Fries 
  

   in 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  H. 
  mirabile. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  we 
  have 
  referred 
  

   our 
  plant 
  to 
  H. 
  mirabile, 
  although 
  otherwise 
  agreeing 
  quite 
  well 
  with 
  

   the 
  description 
  of 
  H. 
  acre. 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  H. 
  mirabile 
  attributes 
  

   an 
  alutaceous 
  color 
  to 
  the 
  pileus, 
  but 
  the 
  figure 
  indicates 
  a 
  pale 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  color. 
  In 
  our 
  plant 
  the 
  color 
  varies 
  from 
  grayish-buff 
  to 
  brown- 
  

   ish-bufif. 
  Possibly 
  our 
  plant 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  species 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   both. 
  

  

  Hydnum 
  separans 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Resupinate, 
  white; 
  subiculum 
  membranous, 
  at 
  first 
  pure 
  white^ 
  

   becoming 
  yellowish 
  or 
  cream 
  color 
  with 
  age; 
  aculei 
  subulate, 
  

   glabrous, 
  crowded, 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  lines 
  long, 
  fragile, 
  easily 
  separating 
  from 
  

   the 
  subiculum 
  and 
  leaving 
  in 
  it 
  alveolar 
  impressions; 
  spores 
  globose, 
  

   colorless, 
  .00016 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Much 
  decayed 
  wood 
  of 
  deciduous 
  trees. 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  

   July. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  teeth 
  have 
  been 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  subiculum 
  it 
  resem- 
  

   bles 
  somewhat 
  a 
  shallow-pored 
  species 
  of 
  Poria. 
  By 
  this 
  character, 
  

   the 
  thinner 
  subiculum 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  spores 
  the 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  sep- 
  

   arated 
  from 
  H, 
  mucidum, 
  to 
  whch 
  it 
  is 
  allied. 
  

  

  Hydnum 
  serratum 
  ;/. 
  sj>. 
  

   Resupinate, 
  white; 
  the 
  subiculum 
  thin, 
  somewhat 
  gelatinous, 
  livid 
  

   white 
  or 
  bluish-tinted; 
  aculei 
  crowded, 
  short, 
  somewhat 
  confluent 
  in- 
  

   small 
  fasciculate 
  compact 
  clusters, 
  compressed, 
  serrate 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  white, 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  straw 
  color. 
  

  

  