CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Hydnum. 
293 
Var. 2. Colour uniform. Ray Syn. 24. n. 15. 
On the trunk of an elm tree. Hudson. (A. Purt. E.) 
HYD'NUM.* (Receptacle or membrane of fructification, (hy- 
menium) consisting of soft processes either 
subulate or cylindrical, emitting seeds from 
their surface. E.) 
With a Stem. 
Hyd. AURiscALphuM. (Pileus coriaceous, tomentose; stem lateral, to- 
mentose. Grev. E.) 
Curt. 190— (Sowerby 267. E.)— Bolt. 90— Schceff. 143— FI. Dan. 1020— 
Bose 3. 2— Mich. 72. 8— Gled. 3; Boletus f. 5— Buxb. i. 57. 1— Buxb » 
Hal. 1. ?'ow 2, 3. p. 129. 
This elegant little plant, which is excellently described by Curtis, is con¬ 
stantly to be found in Norfolk and Suffolk, in pine groves on a gravelly 
soil, of a sufficient age to bear cones plentifully. On these, in a state of 
decay, and on no other part of the plant have 1 found this Hydnum. Mr. 
Woodward. Stem solid, brown, tapering upwards, rather hairy, one and 
a half to two inches high, thick as a crow quill. Pileus kidney-shaped, 
brown, faintly marked with concentric stripes, somewhat hairy, from one- 
third to three quarters of an inch over. Prickles grey, conical, pointed. 
(Ear-picker Hydnum. E.) Under fir trees at Pendarvis, Cornwall. Mr. 
Stackhouse. On old cones, and decayed branches and leaves of firs 
lying half buried in the ground. In a small plantation of Scotch pines, 
called Hardy’s Grove, near Norwich. Rose, ib—Pine groves, fre¬ 
quently. Mr. Woodward. (Abundant in Kensington Gardens under fir 
trees near the Rayswater gate. Graves. E.) Sept. Oct. 
Hyd. coralloPdes. (Scop.) Stem whitish, very much branched ; 
branches flatted, the ends bent down. Dicks. 19* 
FI. Dan. 450— Bull. 390 —(Sowerby 252. E.)— Schceff. 142— Mich. 64. 2 
— Clus. App. alt. 18— Ger. Em. 1582. 4— Park. 1323. 24— Sterb. 27. G, 
at p. 244. 
Large, sessile, tufted and branched, yellow white, not leathery.. Prickles 
slender ; branches towards the ends pendent. When young very like a 
cauliflower. Bulliard. Stem branched, fleshy white; branches roundish, 
thick, nearly horizontal, dividing into other smaller branches, the extre¬ 
mities very much subdivided. Pileus none. Prickles awl-shaped, crooked, 
parallel and fasciculated. Scheeff. 
(Coral, or Cauliflower Hydnum. Hyd. coralloides. SchaefF. Dicks. Pers. 
Purt. Hyd. ramosum.. Bull. E.) Hollow trunks of trees near Uxbridge. 
(On ash trees at Oversley, many successive seasons. Purt. E.) Aug. 
Hyd. florifor'me. (SchaefF.) Stem black at the base, woody or 
leathery: pileus turban-shaped, velvety, purplish. 
Schceff. 146, and 147. f. 2; 6— Bull. 453. 2— Mr. Woodward also authorises 
me to refer to the following figures ; Batsch 221. 222—Mich. 72. 4. 7— 
(Bull. 156, seems to be only a variety of this species.) 
* (From lih ov, a round root mentioned by Dioscorides, though probably misapplied 
by Linnaeus, as it is supposed to have referred to the Truffle or Tuber. E.) 
