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Genus 10. SOLENIA Hoffm. (Gr., so/en, a pipe, the shape of the plants). 

 Minute, consisting of clusters of tubes. 

 T. anomala (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., irregular, because difficult to classify). 

 Ironshill. Denny. 



On rotten wood. Not common. 



Family IV. HYDNACE^E ("Hedgehog Fungi"). 

 Spore-surface on spines or projections. 



Genus 1. HYDNUM Linn. (Gr., hudnon, truffle). Spore-surface of teeth which 

 are acute and distinct at the base. 

 H. imbricatum Linn. (Lat., tiled ; the arrangement of the scales). 

 Bolderwood. 



In pine woods. Uncommon. 

 H. repandum Linn. (Lat., turned up). 



Denny Lodge Inclosure. Holmsley. Ironshill. Dearleap. Mark Ash. 

 Ridley Wood. Holmhill. Hollands Wood, etc. 



In woods. Common. Edible and delicious. Uniform pale pinkish 



tan. 



H. ferrugineum Fr. (Lat., rust- coloured). 

 Burley New Inclosure. 



In woods. Not common. 

 H. QueletH Fr. (In honour of Mons. L. Quelet). 

 Knightwood, 1899. 

 In woods. Rare. 

 H. cyathiforme Schneff. (Lat,, cup-shaped). 

 Knightwood. 



In fir woods. Rare. 

 H. auriscalpium Linn. (Lat., an ear-pick). 



Costicles. Poundhill. Brockenhurst Park. New Copse. Holmhill, 

 On fir-cones. Not uncommon. 



H. erinaceum Bull. <Lat., hedgehog-like). 



Near Lyndhurst. 



On trunks. Rare. Edible. 



Genus 2. TREMELLODON Pers. (Gr., odous, odontes, tooth, and from its 

 resembling Tnmella in substance). Tongue-shaped. 

 T. gelatinosum (Scop.) Fr. (Lat., jelly-like). 

 Rhinefield. Ironshill. Costicles. Ramnor. 



On pine stumps. Not uncommon. Edible. 



Genus 3. IRPEXFr. (Lat., a harrow ; from the arrangement of the teeth). Spore 

 surface uppermost, springing from folds or ridges. 



I. ObliquuS (Schr.) Fr. (Lat., slanting). 



Near Lyndhurst. Knightwood. Ridley Wood. Mark Ash. Denny 

 Lodge Inclosure. 



On fallen branches, etc. Frequent. Like Foria vaporaria with torn 

 pores, but coarser. 



Genus 4. RADULURft Fr. (Lat., radix, a root, from the appearance of the pro- 

 jections. Spore-surface uppermost, of coarse, deformed tubercles. 

 R. orbiculare Fr. (Lat., circular : the outline of the patches). 

 Near Lyndhurst. Bolderwood. 



On fallen branches of alder, birch and firs. Not common. 

 R. quercinum (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., of the oak). 

 New Copse. 



On fallen branches of oak. Uncommon. Tubercles bearing minute 

 spines. 



Genus 5. PHLEBIA Fr. (Gr. phZebs, a vein, from the appearance of the species). 

 Spore-surface uppermost, in folds or wrinkles. Orange-coloured. 



P. merismoides Fr. 



Buskctt's Wood. Burley. Mark Ash. Tantany Wood. 

 On mossy stumps. Not common. 



