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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Hydnum 
Stem swollen at the base, covered with a thick woolly down and blackish ; 
substance like cork, very elastic when pressed. Frequently two or more 
plants united at the stem, and sometimes the pilei are also united. Pileus 
at first flat, or very slightly convex, afterwards concave, covered with a 
fine down resembling velvet to the eye and to the touch: of a fine ash 
colour, soon turning to reddish purple, and at length black. Prickles 
short, numerous, covering the inversely conical body of the pileus quite 
to the stem. Mr. Woodward. First published as an English plant by 
Dickson, fasc. 1. 19, to whom it was communicated by Mr. Wood¬ 
ward. The general shape is conical, half to one inch diameter at the 
bottom, and one and a half to three inches over at the top. Stem red 
brown. Pileus when young, lopped, white, set with shining particles ; 
when older, convex but flattish, assuming a gold colour, at length concave 
and scaly. Prickles tiled, pale red. Schaeffer. 
(Velvety Turban-shaped Hydnum. E.) Earsham Wood, Bungay, Suf¬ 
folk, but rare. Mr. Woodward. 
Hyd. imbrica'tum. Prickles pale red brown: pileus red brown with 
darker scales: stem pale red brown or brownish white. 
Hydn. stipitatum , pileo convexo imbricato. Linn. 
Pileus pale flesh colour; unequal. Prickles whitish. Stem smooth, whitish 
flesh-colour. 
( Grev . Scot. Crypt. 71. E.)— Bull. 409—( Sowerby 73— Abbot FI. Bed. 
p. 319. E.)— FI. Dan. 176— Schasff. 140— Hedw. Th. 37. 212, a magn. 
prickle , 213 seeds , 214 threads with stamens from the stem-—Pet. Gaz. 92. 
16— Batscli 43. 
(Pileus varying in colour from reddish to a mouse-brown; spines greyish 
white; stem thick, firm, whitish. Grev. E.) 
Prickles red yellow. Pileus convex, fleshy, pale brown, depressed in the 
centre, scaly; scales blackish, raised, pointed. Schaeffer. 
(Tiled Hydnum. Hyd. subsquamosum. Batsch. E.J 
Var. 2. Pileus, edge turned inwards. Stem whitish. 
Schceff. 273. 
Var. 3. Prickles whitish. Pileus pale flesh-colour, smooth. 
Mich. 72. 2. 
Pileus pale flesh-colour, unequal. Prickles whitish. Stem smooth, white 
with a tinge of flesh-colour. FI. Suec. 
Woods near Maidstone, Kent. About Bungay, not uncommon. Mr. Wood¬ 
ward.* 
Hyd. repan'dum. Prickles and pileus brownish yellow : stem paler: 
pileus convex, smooth, waved at the edge. 
Hydnum stipitatum, pileo convexo Icevi Jlexuoso. Linn. 
(Grev. Scot. Crypt. 44. E.)— Bull. 172— Bolt. 89—( Sowerby 176. E.)—- 
Schoeff. 318 and 141— FI. Dan. 310— Mich. 72. 3—Vaill. Par. 14. 6, 7, 8. 
Pileus often six or seven inches diameter, with a short stem, exactly re¬ 
sembling the figure of Bulliard. Mr. Woodward. Firm, fleshy, brittle, 
tawny, yellow. Stem short, whitish. Pileus convex, waved at the edge. 
Bulliard. Prickles bright cinnamon-colour, slanting, sometimes cloven, 
soft and brittle. Pileus flat, smooth, cinnamon-colour. Flesh white. 
* (This species is used in Italy as an article of food, E.) 
