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152 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



more or less distinctly zoned, and sometimes reaches a foot in 

 diameter. Allied to Hydnum laevigatum ; for distinction se& 

 under latter. 



"'fi"' Hydnum repandum . Linn. (fig. 1, p. 149.) 



Pileus 2-6 in. across, flesty, fragile, somewhat waved, 

 ' smooth or mintitely floccose ; usually with the spines and 

 stem pale, opaque yellow, sometimes with a pinkish tinge ; 

 spines crowded, 2-4 lines long, brittle ; stem 2-4 in. long, 

 |— 1|- thick, rather irregular; spores subglohose, apiculate,, 

 5-8 yu, diam. 



Hydnum repandum, Linn., Suec, n. 1258; Stev., Fung.,, 

 p. 236. 



In woods. Subgregarious ; pileus 2-4 in. broad, the margin 

 more or less arched, very irregular in form, often excentric, 

 or even laterally stipitate, more or less lobed or undulated, 

 huffish or subrufescent, smooth or frequently decidedly to- 

 mentose ; spines unequal, conical, entire, or sometimes bifid or 

 laciniated, and even compressed and lamellated, sometimes 

 forming spurious -pores. Stem lJ-3 in. high, 1 hi. thick, 

 solid, paler than the pileus, sometimes clothed with white 

 down, and at the apex with abortive spines. (Berk.) 



Pileus 2-4 inches, broad, more or less convex, sometimes 

 slightly depressed, smooth, brittle, camose, waved or sinuous, 

 or even sublobed at the margin, spreading, very pale buff 

 flesh-colour, occasionally reddish. Hymenium composed of 

 fleshy, unequal, conical spines about the eighth of an inch in 

 length, very pale, mostly entire at the apex, but sometimes 

 laciniate, and as if tubular. Stem often not central, thick, but, 

 unequal, rarely straight, l|— 3 inches in length, solid, fleshy, 

 paler than the pileus. Plants seldom solitary, yet scarcely 

 gregarious. (Grev.) 



Hydnum rufescens. Pers. 



Every. part rufescent ; pileus 2-3 in. broad, thin, fragile, 

 mostly regular, pubescent; spines 2-3 lines long, equal; 

 stem 1-3 in. long, thin, subequal. 



Hydnum rufescens, Pers., Sym., p. 555 ; Stev., Fung., p. 236. 



In woods. Possibly only a thin, rufescent variety of 

 H. repandum. 



