stew-pan with butter, salt, pepper and beef gravy, and simmering 
slowly for an hour. 
The Coral-like hydnum, Hydnum coralloides, is quite unlike 
the spreading hydnum in general appearance, and might easily be 
thought to belong to a distinct genus. Instead of having a cap 
it is divided imto several rather broad, angular or flattened, 
spreading branches, from whose lower surface the spine-like teeth 
project. The whole plant is white, and the branches and spines 
are so numerous and dense that it has been compared to a cauli- 
flower and called the “cauliflower spiny cap.” It is often men- 
tioned as “a fungus that looks like coral.” The stem is short or 
almost none, the branches sometimes starting from the very base. 
The terminal ones frequently curve upwards at their tips and end 
in a spreading mass of teeth. The teeth vary in length from one- 
sixth to one-third of an inch, and single plants are generally two 
to four inches high and nearly as broad, but sometimes they are 
considerably larger. 
It grows on prostrate trunks and decaying wood of various 
trees, but chiefly on beech. It is found in woods, especially in 
hilly and mountainous districts, and occurs during rainy or show- 
ery weather from August to October. 
It is a pretty fungus, and very attractive to those who are 
neither botanists nor fungus-eaters. And it is as good as it is 
beautiful. In our botanical expeditions in the vast wilderness of 
the Adirondack region we were often obliged to camp in the 
woods several nights in succession. On such occasions this fun- 
gus sometimes formed a luxurious addition to our ordinarily sim- 
ple and sometimes very limited bill of fare. 
Two or thrée other species of Hydnum belonging to our flora 
are classed as edible by some writers, but they have appeared to 
me to be so dry and tough that trial of them has not been made. 
The Gelatinous hydnum or “jelly hedgehog,” Hydnum gela- 
tinosum of some authors, Tremellodon gelatinosum of others, is 
sometimes eaten raw like a jelly. It is sometimes sweetened 
with sugar. 
In the family Thelephoreae, the lower surface of the cap has 
neither gills, pores nor teeth, but is even or slightly wrinkled, 
occasionally obscurely papillose. A single species belonging to 
the genus Craterellus will be described as the representative of 
this family. 
The Cornucopia craterellus, sometimes called the Horn of 
Plenty, Craterellus cornucopiotdes, is not attractive in appear- 
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