On trunks of trees, especially beech. Admitted on the
authority of the figures of Ray and Bolton.
13. H. membranaceum. Bull.; subiculum effused, waxy,
membranaceous, agglutinate, smooth, tawny-ferruginous;
spines awl-shaped, crowded, equal, acute, of the same colour.
— Sow. t. 327.
On fallen sticks. Not uncommon. Spines often collected
in bundles.
14. H. Weinmanni, Fr.; subiculum effused, waxy, memhranaceous,
agglutinate, smooth, greyish fawn-colour; spines
minute, sharp, rather distant, equal.—Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 22.
f . 2 .
On fallen branches. Bristol, Dr. Stephens.
15. H. fuscum, P .; effused, rufous-brown; circumference
paler, coarsely byssoid; spines long, quite entire, close, very
acute, shining, as if varnished.—Pers. Myc. Eur. ii. t. 17.
/ . 3.
On dead wood. Very rare. Wrabness, Essex, Rev. R. T.
Lowe. Differs from F[. fusco-atrum, Pr., in its long spines.
16. H. ferruginosum, F r .; subiculum effused, tomentose,
tawny-ferruginous, as well as the crowded, conico-subulate,
acute spines.—Nees, Syst. f . 248.
On decaying wood. Not uncommon. Separable from the
matrix, almost mucedinous when not fully developed.
17. H. variecolor, P .; subiculum effused, adnate, furfu-
raceo-crustaceous; spines crowded, short, conical, unequal,
minute, brownish.
On dead stumps. Rare. Clifton, Nottinghamshire. Compared
with an authentic specimen from Pries.
18. H. alutaceum, F r .; suhiculum longitudinally eftused,
crustaceous, adnate, smooth, pale-ochre; circumference naked;
spines minute, crowded, equal, acute.
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On dead wood. Rare. Colleyweston, Northamptonshire.
My plant is not on fir-wood, like that of Fries.
19. H. spathulatum, F r .; subiculum effused, memhranaceous,
seceding, dirty-white, verging on yellow; circumference
fimbriate; spines spathulate, oblique, orange.
On decaying wood. Very rare. Apethorpe, Northamptonshire.
Spines, however, scarcely orange, yet agreeing with
authentic specimens from Schweinitz. Separable.
20. H. udum, F r .; subiculum effused, thin, suhgelatinous,
agglutinate, smooth, flesh-coloured, then watery-yellow; spines
crowded, unequal, forked and fimbriate, of the same colour.
(Plate 17, fig. 3.)
On fallen branches. Not uncommon. So nearly allied to
H. membranaceum, that it is difficult to draw the line between
them.
31. H. niveum, P . ; white; subiculum effused, thin, membranaceous,
adnate; circumference byssoid; spines short,
crowded, equal, smooth.'—Pers. Disp. t. 4. / . 6, 7.
On dead wood, leaves, etc. Rare. Bristol, C. E. B.
23. H. farinaceum. P .; white; suhiculum effused, indeterminate,
crustaceous, mealy; circumference sliglitly flocculose
; spines slender, rather distant, very acute, quite entire.
On decayed wood. Not uncommon. Varies a little in
tint. .
23. H. plnmosum, Duby ; downy, snow-white; suhiculum
very delicate; spines divided, feathered at the apex.—Bot.
Gall. ii. p. 778.
On dead wood. Rare. Lamhley, Nottinghamshire.
37. SISTOTREMA, P.
Hymenium spread over gill-like teeth, irregularly distributed,
distinct from the pileus, and easily separable.