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1702a. H. Queletii Fr. ex Quél, (after Dr. Lucien Quelet) a.
P. fleshy, coriaceous, plane, then depressed, zoneless, or with
one zone, somewhat rugoso-radiate, vinous-sienna, darker at
mid. ; marg. white. St. colour as P., paler above. Fksh pale
salmon-umber.
Often connate. On the ground in woods. Oct. 2 x i X in,
1703. H. nigrum Fr. (from the blackish colour ; niger, black) abc.
P. turbinate, rugged-tubercular, tomentose, lavender-grey, purple
or blackish-blue ; z. 2—5 , deep purple. St. unequal, lavender-
umber, shaded umber, to black. Sp. decurrent, lavender-
whitish, greyish or purple. Fksh slate or deep purple.
Often connate. Woods, pine. Sept.-Nov. 2j x i® X | in.
1704. H. graveolens Fr. (from its strong odour; gravis, strong, oko,
to smell) abc.
P. thin, zoneless, smooth, rugose, depressed, pale to dark umber
or black-fuscous ; marg. paler or whitish. St. equal, smooth,
colour as P. Sp. decurrent, grey. Fksh umber.
Usually cæspitose and confluent, rarely solitary. Odour heavy, spicy-sweet,
like curry powder. Woods, fir, oak; rare. Sept.-Nov. 1} X 2 x ® in!
Varied in shape and size, sometimes spathulate. Examples gathered in
1855 retained their odour in 1901. Stem sometimes very short.
1705. H. melaleueum Fr. (from the black pileus and white spines;
Gr. melas, black, leukos, white) a c.
P. thin, plane, depressed, slate-blackish or slate-brownish or dark
brown-grey ; z. darker ; marg. whitish ; when young pale umber
with white marg. St. smooth, ashy-grey to slate-blackish. Sp.
adnato-decurrent, white or whitish. Fksh umber-white to
slate.
Sometimes cæspitose. Odour none. Amongst pines. Sept. i f x I® X in.
1706. H. eyathiforme Schæff. (from the pileus, sometimes cupshaped
; cyathus, a cwxp, forma, form) abc.
P. thin, plano-infundibuliform, tomentose, somewhat rugged at
mid., brown-whitish to dark claret-brown; marg. sometimes
white-tomentose; z. 3- 1 1 , darker, when dry very glossy. St.
unequal, smooth, sometimes almost obsolete, colour as P. or
darker. Sp. adnato-decurrent, dull salmon or salmon-grey.
Sometimes connate. Woods, fir. Aug.-Nov. 2 f x i | X | in. With the
exception of the spines, sometimes much like 1525.
P leuropodæ.
1707. H. aurisealpium L. (from the shape of small examples;
auriscalpium, an ear-pick) abc. ’
P. thin, coriaceous, reniform, hispid-hairy, brownish-salmon or
brown, sometimes blackish ; z. darker. St. rooting, hispid,
often branched, colour as P. Sp. white, salmon or brown.
Fksh pale umber or salmon-white.
Sometimes springing from thick rhizomorphoid growths with stems some-
times without pilei. Fir-cones, fir-leaves. May-Dee. ^ x 2 x in.
Merismatæ.
1708 H. e o r a llo id e s Scop, (from its appearance, like branched white
coral • Gr. korallion, coral, eidos, appearance) a b c.
Much arid narrowly branched, wholly white, becoming faintly
buff or yellowish. Sp. yV to f in. long.
Trunks, beech, birch, ash, oak, etc. ; rare. Oct. 12 X 7 i « • Sometimes
dark brown when dry.
1709. H. e r in a e e u s Bull, (from a fancied resemblance, when young,
to a hedgehog, erinaceus) abc. , . , ■ ,
Slightly and broadly branched, wholly white, becoming pale
yellowish. Sp. I i to 2j in. long, pendulous in large tufts.
Fksh branched, cancellate.
Taste mild. Trunks, oak, beech, hornbeam, alder, etc. ; rare. Sept.-Nov.
13 X 13 in. Sometimes dark brown when dry. Sometimes very large and
heavy, weighing 22 lbs. or more.
1710. H. e a p u tm ed u sæ Pers. (from a fancied resemblance to
Medusa’s head ; caput, a head) abc. .
S-p. in connate, tuberculiform groups, i to l i m. long, growing m
various directions in matted locks as of hair, substipitate, wholly
white or ivory, becoming grey.
Trunks ; rare. Diam. 6f in.
1710a. H. S e h ied e rm a y e r i Heuf. (after K. B.^ Schiedermayer) «.
Fleshy, immarginate, ivory-white, becoming bufl when old. Bp.
I to i in. long. Flesh somewhat cancellate, pale sulphur,
becoming buff below when old.
Connato-imbricate. Growing from cracks in bark of old apple trunks. In
connato-imbricate groups of various sizes, each example I® X
Groups 6 X 3 or 4 in.
Apodæ.
1711. H. e ir rh a tum Pers. (from the pileus, clad with small curls, hke
little locks of hair ; cirrus, a curl) abc. . , ■ r
P. pulvinate, expanded, dark biscuit-colour ; marg. fimbriate.
Sp. f to i in. long, paler than P. Fksh paler than P.
Imbricate or simple. Trunks, beech. Aug. Group 7 i«- D « “ - SJ « '
Sometimes dark brown when dry.
1712 H. d iv e r s id en s Fr. (from the spines, differing from the scalelike
growths on the pileus ; diversus, diverse, dens, a tooth) abc.
Wholly biscuit-colour, pale to dark.
P. somewhat lobed, thick, beset with small variously shaped sc.
Substipitate, obscurely branched. Irregularly imbricate. Trunks hornbeam,
oak, beech, birch. Oct. Diam. 5® in. One cause of white-rot.
1713. H. p u leh e r r im um B. fc Curt, (from its appearance ; pulcher-
rimus, very beautiful) a c.
P. pulvinate, fleshy-fibrous, spongy-soft, dimidiate, expanded.
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