Favolus.] 
VIII. FUNGI. 
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Northern Island: on dead wood amongst moss, Colenso. A singular plant, resembling 
a piece of tripe when fresh, probably esculent. (Himalaya mountains.) 
13. HYDUUM, Linn. 
Habit of Polyporus. Pileus fleshy, coriaceous, or hard. Hytnenium of the 
same substance as the pileus, spread over the surface of awl-shaped or com- 
pressed spines that are free at the base. 
A large genus, especially in hot climates. Some species are esculent, and excellent when 
cooked. 
1. H. clathroides, Pallas; — FI. N. Z. ii. 181. Much branched 
from the base, ashy-grey, soft ; branches anastomosing, above muricate and 
papillose, beneath covered with long crowded filiform spines. 
Northern Island: Manawata (on Knighlia), Colenso. Specimens imperfect, and iden- 
tification hence doubtful; nat. name, “ Pekepeke Rioue” {Col.). 
2. S. scopinellum, Berk, in PI. N. Z. ii. 181. Widely effuse, white; 
spines toinentose at the base, pencilled at the tips. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, Colenso. 
14. IRPEX, Fries. 
Habit of Polyporus , and intermediate in character between it and Hydnum. 
Hymenium at first toothed ; teeth firm, subcoriaceous, acute, disposed in 
rows, or like network, connected together at the base by porose or plaited 
folds. 
A small temperate genus. 
1. I. brevis, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 181. Loosely distantly imbricate ; 
stem 0 ; mycelium forming patches on bark. Pileus dimidiate, pendulous, 
^ in. long, 1 in. broad, at first white, then red-brown, somewhat zoned, 
slightly rugose, fibrillous ; teeth elongate, compressed, often again toothed. 
Northern Island : dead bark, Bay of Islands, J. D. E. 
15. THELEPHORA, Fries. 
Pileus without a cuticle, consisting of matted fibres. Hymenium tough, 
at length rigid, finally collapsing and flocculent, costate, striate, or 
papillose. 
A very large genus, especially in temperate climates. 
1. T. vaga. Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 182. Kesupinate; mycelium forming 
stringy reticulated patches on wood. Hymenium pale clay-coloured, pulve- 
rulent but not setulose. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, Sinclair. 
2. T. pedicellata, Schwein. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 182. Widely effused, of 
a byssoid texture, tawny- cinnamon ; margin waved white, rooting beneath, 
blackish from scattered papillae. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, Colenso , J. D. H . — A curious plant which, as Mr. 
Berkeley observes, may easily be taken for a Lichen. 
