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In the work cited he did not publish any species with his genus 

 nor did he form any 'binomials, but he cited " Hydna Gomphi " 

 from a previous work, Syst. Myc." i: 409. 1821. In this 

 latter work the genus Hydmim is divided into sections, one of 

 which is designated " Hydna Gomphi " and consists of four 

 species in the following order: Hydnum Caput-medusae (Bull.) 

 Pers. ; H. Hystrix (Pers.) Fr. ; H. Echinus (Scop.) Fr. and H. 

 ramarium Fr. These four species, therefore, constitute the 

 Hericium of Fries as published in 1825. It must be noted that 

 according to our code the type of the genus is Hydnum Caput- 

 medusae. This species, however, is of somewhat uncertain stand- 

 ing. If a good species, as generally understood, it belongs to the 

 genus Manina Scop., and in that case Hericium Fr. becomes a 

 metonym of Manina Scop, and also of Hericium Pers. Yet 

 Fries expressly and emphatically asserts that his genus is dis- 

 tinct from Hericium Pers. If now we consider the remaining 

 species of Fries' genus, it appears evident that his own concep- 

 tion of Hericium Fr. is that of Martella Scop. This is also con- 

 firmed by his later treatment of his genus and by his incidental 

 comments. In the " Hymenomycetes Europeae," p. 617, he pub- 

 lished his genus Hericium with four species which included only 

 two of the original list. These four species were Hericium No- 

 tarisii (Inz.) Fr. ; H. Echinus (Scop.) Pers.; H. Hystrix (Pers.) 

 Fr. ; and //. alpestre Pers. and Fries points out that Hericium 

 differs from Hydnum in that the teeth are not pendent but are 

 erect, pointing upward. In this work Hydnum Caput-medusae 

 and H. ramarium have been retained in the genus Hydnum and 

 are associated with Hydnum coralloides Scop, in the tribe Mer- 

 isma, the type of Hericium Pers., which Fries expressly stated 

 was not the same as his own Hericium. It appears, therefore, 

 that technically Hericium Fries is a metonym of Manina Scop. 

 The name of course is untenable, being superceded by Hericium 

 Pers. As treated in " Hymenomycetes Europeae," Hericium Fr. 

 is a synonym of Martella Scop. 



The species and the genus appear, however, more or less doubt- 

 ful. Hydnum hystricinum Batsch and all its synonyms appear >^ 

 to have been based on Micheli's figure (Nov. PI. Gen. pL 64. f. i), 

 and outside of that figure seems to be wholly unknown. Martella 



