652 286. Heric. 11. HYMENOTHECEAE. Pl.cell.aph . 
XLIV. 286. HER I Cl UM. Persoon. Spine-stool. 
Thallus clublike, simple or branched ; prickles covering 
every part. — Wholesome. 
Hericium coralloides. Coral-like spine-stool . 
Thallus large, much branched ; branches crowded, bent 
in ; prickles terminal, rather bundled. 
Hydnum coralloides, Sowerby Fungi , 252 ; Persoon Syn. 252. 
In woods, upon oak and other trees. 
Esculent. 
L. THELEPHORiDEiE. Thallus leathery, rarely with a 
cap 3 hymenium smooth, hairy or warty, expanded. 
XLV. 287. CRATERELLA. Persoon. Crater-stool. 
Stem central ; cap round, umbilicated or funnelshape ; 
centre shaggy. 
Cratella caryophyllea. Vink crater-stool. 
Thallus varying ; cap funnelshape, thin, brown then 
purple; edge generally cut, rather crisp. 
Oaterella ambigua, Persoon Comment. 128. 
Helvella caryophyllea, Dickson Crypt. 1,20. 
Thelephora caryophyllea, Persoon Syn. 565. 
In fir plantations, on the ground. 
XLVI. 288. STEREUM. Persoon. Stereum. 
Cap semicircular, at length horizontal. 
1. Stereum laciniatum. Jagged stereum. 
Thallus tiledlike, dark brown ; cap thin, jagged, crisp, 
beneath rough with nipples crowded together. 
Stereum laciniatum, Persoon Ohs. Myc. 1,36. 
Auricularia caryophyllea, Sowerby Fungi , 213? 
Thelephora laciniata, Persoon Syn. 567. 
On trees, near their roots. 
2. Stereum ruliginosum. Rusty stereum . 
Thallus tiledlike, stiff, rusty chestnut, smooth on both 
faces ; nipples scattered, large. 
Helvella rubiginosa, Dickson Crypt. 1,20. 
Auricularia rubiginosa, Sowerby Fungi, 26. 
Thelephora rubiginosa, Persoon Syn. 567. 
On the mossy trunks of oak and other trees. 
