650 281. Hydnum. 1 1 . HYMENOTHECEiE. Pl.cell.aph. 
K. HYDNiDEiE. Volvo 0; collar 0; cap leatherlike or 
fleshy; hymenium prickly; prickles awlshape, not divided. 
— None are known to be poisonous. 
XXXIX. 281. HYDNUM. Dillenius. Prickle-stool. 
Stem central ; cap regular, round, fleshy, convex. 
Hydnum imhricatum. Tiled prickle-stool. 
Cap umbiKcated, umber-brown, scaly; scales thick, 
nearly upright, darker. 
Hydnum imbricatum, Lin. S. F. 1647 ; Sowerby Fungi , 73; Persoon 
Syn. 554. 
In fir plantations. 
Esculent. 
XL. 282. DENTINUM. Micheli. Dentino . 
Stem nearly central ; cap regular, round, fleshy, umbi- 
licated. 
1 . Dentinum repandum . Spread dentino. 
Thallus pale flesh-colour ; stem tuberous, rather eccen- 
tric; cap wrinkled, bent, slightly lobed, bald; prickles ra- 
ther thick, many, compressed. 
Hydnum repandum, Lin. S. P. 1647 ; Sowerby Fungi , 176; Persoon Syn. 
555. 
In woods. 
2. Dentinum rufescens . Reddish dentino. 
Stem rather slender, nearly cylindrical ; cap rather thin, 
fleshy, slightly woolly, flesh-red; prickles pointed, slightly 
compressed, yellowish. 
Hydnum rufescens, Bolton Fung , 88 ; Persoon Syn. 555. 
In woods. 
XLI. 283. AURISCALPIUM. Earpick- stool. 
Stem lateral, naked ; cap leatherlike, membranaceous, 
nearly round. 
Auriscalpium vulgare. Common ear pick-s tool. 
Thallus bay-colour; cap halved, leatherlike. 
Hydnum Auriscalpium, Lin. S. P. 1648 ; Persoon Syn. 557. 
On the cones of fir ; all the year. 
