YDNUM AURISCALPIUM. FlR HyDNUM. 



HYDNUM Lin. Gen. PL Cryptogamia Fungi. 



Fungus horizontalis fubtus echinatus. 



Rati. Syn. Gen. i . Fungi. 

 HYDNUM aurifcalpium ftipitatum, pileo dimidiate Lin. Syji. Vegetab. p. 822. Spec. Plant, p. 1648. FL 



Suecic. 1 100. Lappon 524. 



ECHINUS petiolo gracili laterali, pileolo piano obfcuro. Haller Hift. n. 2321. 



ERIN ACEUS parvus hirfutus exfulvo fufcus, pileo femiorbiculari, pediculo tenuiore. Mich. Gen 1-22 



t. 72. £ 8. J * 



FUNGUS erinaceus parvus in conis abietis nafcens. Buxb. Cent. 1. t. 57. f. 1. 



FUNGUS erinaceus parvus pediculo longiore aurifcalpium referens buxei colons. Buxb. hall. 129. t. 829. 



ERINACEUS minimus aurifcalpium referens. Cels. Ups. 20. 



FUNGUS erinaceus efculentus parvus, pediculo longiore, aurifcalpium referens, buxei colons, in ftrobilis 



pini eveniens. Kram. tent. 146. . 



Budfon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 628. 

 Lightfoot Fl. Scot. 

 Rofes Elem. of Bot. app. t. 3. 

 •Scbafer. Fung. tab. 143. 



Ex ftrobilis feu ramulis emorttiis pini nafcitur hie t From the decayed cones or fmall branches of the fir 



Fungus. I fprings this Fungus» 



STIPES pollicaris feu bipollicaris, infeme incraffatus, i STALK from one to three inches in height, thicken'd 



fublanuginofus, fuperne ad apicem fenfim f at bottom and fomewhat wooly, from thence 



attenuatus, pilis numerofis brevibus, rigidulis, £ to the top gradually tapering and befet with 



horizontalibus fcabriufculis. | numerous, fhort, horizontal, and fomewhat 



I rigid hairs, which give it a manifeft rough- 



t nefs. 



PILEUS magnitudine unguis indicis, plerumque di- | HEAD or cap the fize of the forefinger nail, in ge- 



midiatus, rotundato-reniformis, horizontalis, & neral halved, of roundifli kidney-fhape, 



fuperne planiufculus, fafciis luteis et fufcis | horizontal, on the upper fide flattifh, marked 



in orbem difpofitis notatus, hirfutus, demum * with yellow and brown ftripes circularly dif- 



nigricans, kiferne canefcens, echinatus, jig. 1. f difpofed, hirfute, finally becoming black, un- 



Echini plurimi, conferti, acuminati, fimplices. | derneath of a greyifh colour, and prickly, 



fig. 2. £ jig. 1. Prickles numerous growing thickly 



I together, fimple, and running out to a point. 



I fig' *■ 



SOME of the more antient Botanifts have given to this fpecies of Hydnum the name of mtrifcalpium or ear- 

 picker, from its refemblance to the inftrument ufed for that purpofe, but it mould be obferved that it is only when 

 young or fmall that it bears this refemblance. 



Its habitat is on the half decayed branches, and cones of the Fir Tree, efpecially the latter, molt probably it is 

 not attached to any particular fpecies, the Cones on which I found it were of the Pinus jylvejlris. 



In the time of Mr. Ray, it was not known to be a native of Great Britain, of late years it has been found 

 by feverai inquifitive Botanifts in various parts of the Kingdom, as in Scotland by Mr. Lightfoot, near Norwich 

 by Mr. Rose, and in a fmall pine wood oppofite to, and by the road only Separated from Lord Mansfield's 

 Houfe near Hampjlead 'by Mr. Dixon, and from which wood the fpecimens here reprefented were taken. 



The fifth of October 1780, I found a great number of them in the faid wood in the greatefl perfection, they 

 grew in the moift part of the wood out of the cones buried under the dead leaves. 



In its ufe it does not appear to be very important, at leaft immediately to us, Kramer applies to it the epithet 

 of efculentus, but of all the Fungi this is the leaft proper for eating, as it is not only fmall in quantity but 

 biting to the tafte, and tough as leather. 



To the Student it affoeds a very good example of the Genus Hydnum. 



