CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1041 



doubtlefs it is their proper food; It is pity 

 men, or other animals, fhould rob them of 

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HYDNUM. Gen. pi. 121 1. 



Fungus horizontalis, fubtus eel inatusi . 

 repandumi. HYDNUM ftipitatum pileo convexo lasvi flexuo- 

 , . fo. Sp.pl. 1647. (Michel, gen. 132./. 72./. 3. 

 Vaill. par is. /. 14. /. 6, 7, S. quoad fig. Oeder 

 Dan. 310. bcna. Schceffer. fung. t. 141. opt.) 

 Yellow fmooth Hydnum. Attglis. 

 In woods not unfrequent. We obferv'd it at 

 Bellmcnt, the feat of the honourable Mr. Siczvart 

 • Mackenzie, in the county of Angus. X. 



:/. '...', :, The fubftance of this is dry, flefliy, and breaks 

 fhort •, die color a pale yellow. 

 The ftalk is about two inches high, a finger 

 - li ,,: V thick, folid, biggeft at the bafe, of a whitilh or 

 , ;. / .' pale-yellow color, with white puftules near the 



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The Pileus is of a pale-yellow color, fmooth on 

 ' \: . :^ .: the upper fide, convex, about three inches in 

 ; , ■ ,." . diameter, the margin deflex'd, fometimes intire, 

 '.v ; but generally waved or lobed irregularly. 



The under fide is echinated, according to the 

 charader of the ge?ms -, the prickles of a pale- 

 /. yellow color. The feeds fphasrical. 



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