. HYDXU.M. 155 



In pine woods. Gregarious and often confluent. Margin 

 ■white when in full vigour ; flesh Hack. 



Inodorous, woody. Pileus unequal, flattened and depressed, 

 with a whitish margin, spines slender, equal, becoming 

 cinereous. Very distinct and easily recognised by its black, 

 zoneless flesh. Spores white, round, papillose, diameter 

 ■00017 in. In my specimens of this species the pileus is 

 distinctly zoned, as it is in Fries' own figure in his recently 

 published Iconec. (W. G. Smith.) 



Hydmim g raveolens. Delast. €^^.>~^y-^r-,^^9-i~^-^- ' 



"With an odour like melilot. Pileus f-lw in. across, 

 coriaceous, thin, soft, zoneless, rugulose, smooth, blackish- 

 brown, grey when dry, margin pale, flesh brownish ; spines 

 decurrent, short, grey ; stem 1-1 J^ inch long, aboat 1 line 

 thick, tough, blackish-brown, polished. 



Hydnum graveolens, Delast. in Litt. Fr. Epicr., p. 509 ; Stev., 

 F. Brit., p. 238. 



In fir woods. Gregarious, retaining its scent for years. 



When fresh it is extremely beautiful, being dark in tlie 

 centre with a white border. The spines are pale, and the 

 spores evidently white. The whole plant smells extremely 

 strong_of_melilot, and after it has been dried three or "four 

 years the scent is as strong as ever. (B. & Br.) 



Hydnum melaleucum. Fr. 



Pileus plane, 1-lf in. across, thin, rigid, dry, irregular, 

 striate, with little elevations at the centre, black, margin 

 white ; spines short, white ; stem ■^— J in. long, slender, 

 smooth, black ; spores globose, 2 • 5-3 /x diam. 



Hydnum melaleucum. Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 406 ; Stev., 

 Fung., p. 238. 



In fir woods. Inodorous. 



Hydnum cyathiforme. Schaeff. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, coriaceous, thin, plane, then deeply 

 depressed (infandibuliform), zoned, centre somewhat tomen- 

 tose, pale grey, margin white ; spines white, short, crowded ; 

 stem 1 in. or more long, slender, smooth, pale grey ; spores 

 globose, 3 /A diam. 



Hydnum cyathiforme, Schaeffer, t. 139; Stev., Fung., p. 239. 



