chap. cxrn. 



CONl'FERM. ^BlE'TINiE. 



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iEddium Pini Pers. Syn., p. 213., Grev., t. 7., and our fig. 2031.; on Pinus 

 sylvestris, occurring sometimes on twigs, and being then much larger. An allied 

 species, JE. abietinum, is found, in Germany, on the spruce fir ; and two on 

 Pinus Picea, JE. columnare and JE. elatinum. All are figured by Albertini and 

 Schweinitz, in their fifth plate. The latter infests trees to such an extent, that 

 they are known by the name of hexenbaume. 



Many Pungi grow beneath the 

 shade of Conifera? ; as ^4garicus hy- 

 pothecs Fr., syn. A. limacinus Soiv., 

 t. 8., and our fig. 2032. ; A. multi- 

 formis Schccff. y syn. A. terreus Sow., 

 t. 76., and our fig. 2033. ; A. delici- 

 osus P., Soiv., t. 202., and our fig. 

 2034.; thereitzkers of the Germans, 

 is, as its name implies, a most delicious agaric, but not 

 always to be eaten with impunity. It abounds in mucilaginous matter, and 

 has, therefore, been recommended for pulmonary affections by M. Dufresnoy. 

 A. rufus Scop. ; A. bellus Pers. ; A. maculatus Alb. et Schw., 

 syn. A. carnosus Soiv., t. 246., and our 2035 



fig. 2036. ; A. vulgaris Pers. ; and A. 

 limonius F?\, Cantharellus aurantiacus 

 Wulf. ; a poisonous species, which 

 must be carefully distinguished from 

 the edible one, C. cibarius Fr. y our fig. 2037. Poletus 

 granulatus P., syn. B. lactifluus Wzth. t Sow., t. 420. 



an esculent species, according to Persoon. B. bovinus 

 P.; and B. variegatus Swartz. i/ydnum imbricatum P., 

 Grev.,t. 71., and our fig. 

 2035. ; and H. compac- 

 tum Pers. Thelephora 

 terrestris Fr.; T. laci- 

 niata Fr., syn. Helvella 

 caryophyllae^a Bolt., t. 

 173., and our fig. 2038.; 

 and T. byssoides Fr. 

 Clavaria abietina Pers. 

 syn. Leotia mitrula Grev., t. 81., and our fig. 2039. Spathularia flavida 

 Pers., Grev., t. 165., and our fig. 2040. SphaeVia capitata Holmsk, syn. 

 Sphae v ria agariciformis Sow., t. 354., and our fig. 2042., parasitic upon 

 Elaphomyces granulatus Fr.; and S. alutacea Pers., syn. S. 

 clavata Sow., t. 159., and our fig. 2044. ; are both among the 

 most curious and rare of British Pungi : and to these may 



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2037 



2036 



Geoglossum cucullatum Fr., 



2040 2041 2042 



be added the interesting S. lateritia Fr., developed upon agarics, which are 

 so strangely altered by the parasite as to assume the form of a JTelvella 

 or Leotia. 



The branches of the larch, which are cut off for the purpose of thinning 

 plantations, are frequently covered with ^garicus mitis Pers. ; and under the 

 shade abounds Poletus /aricinus Berk. 



The Study of the Species. The mode which we have followed in the study 

 of the ^bietinaB, as in all the other orders and genera treated of in this work, 



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