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POLTPOEEI.
at length open and urceolate.—Dr. Epicr. p. 504. Ann des Sc
Nat. (1836), vol. v. p. 339. Ann. N .H . no. 359.
On pine wood. Rare.
Pores often crowned with a pellucid drop. (Fig- 69.)
Gen. 27. FISTULINA, Bull. Champ.
Hymenophore fleshy. Hymenium
inferior, at first papillose;
the papillæ at length elongated,
and forming distinct tubes.
{Fig. 70.)
Bpixylous fungi, intermediate between
Polyporei and Hydnei-
Kg. 70.
841. Fistulina hepática. “ Liver Fistulina.”
Flesby, juicy, rootless ; pileus undivided, blood-red ; tubes
yellowish.—F r. Epicr. p. 504. Schoeff. t. 116-120. S o w .t.58.
R o q .t.2 .f.4 . Bail. t.29. Kl.exs.no.1404. F l.D a n .t.1039. Grev.
i.2 7 0 . L en z.f.4 0 . Kromhli.t.5. f . 9 , 1 0 .t. 41 .f.1 -1 2 . V itt.t.36.
Paul. t. 12. Cooke B .F . <.18. Badh. i. t. 1 2 ./ . 4. ii. <. 1 2 ./. 2.
Berk. Outl. t. 1 7 . / . 1. Huss.i. t. 65. Smith E .M .f . 21. Price, f
22. Eng. Fl. v. yi. 154. Gard. Chron. (1 8 6 1 ) j>. 121. Trans.
Woolh. 01.1869. Hogg. 4 Johnst. t . l . Barla. t. 30. f . 4~1. Vent.
< . 3 6 . / 1 , 2. Fckl. exs. no.l351.
On trunks of old oaks. Common. Esculent. [Up. Carolina.]
Pileus roundish, dimidiate, or subspathulate, in general more or less concave,
studded with minute, stellate, furfuraeeous tufts, the rudiments of
tubes, rich red-brown, tinged with vermilion, sometimes substipitatej
margin ohtuse, substance thick and juicy, marbled like beet-root, distilling a
red pellucid juice from different parts of the plant; hymenium convex,
elegantly tinted with shades of red or vermilion, dotted with rose-like somewhat
remote, radiated warts, which form a veil to the young tubes ; as the
pilens expands tlie tubes elongate and become approximate, and are jagged
at their orifices. Taste rather acid. I t attains sometimes an enormous size,
even nearly 30 pounds in weight.— Fl. Spores salmon colour, nearly
round, with an oblique apiculus, diameter '00013 in. (Fig. 70, reduced.)
Order I I I . H Y D N E I .
tru^P^ to “r at first definitely pro-
Irregularly distributed, distinct from pileus .
. disposed in rows, coucrete with pileus . . .
■tLymenium waxy—
Of irregular tu b e r c le s .......................................
Of crest-like wrinkles or veins
o 1 equal g r a n u le s ...................
wlris o® spiny
Hydaum.
Sistoti-ema.
Irpex.
Rcidulum.
Phlebia.
Grandinia.
Odontia.
Gen. 28. HYDNUBI, Linn.
Hymenium inferior,
aculeate ; spines at first
papillffiform, awl-shaped,
or compressed, distinct
at the base.—Fr. Epicr.
p . 505. (F ig .l l .)
Fig. 71.
S e c t .l . -SfisqpMS—entire, simple ; stem central. Terrestrial.
A. Oaraosa—pileus fleshy, subfragile. Edible.
* Spines coloured.
842. Hydnum imbricatum. L. “ Imbricated Hydnum.”
Pileus fleshy, nearly plane, sub-umbilicate, tessulato-squa-
mose, floccose, not zoned, umber ; stem short, even ; spines de-
current, whitish cinereous.—Dr. Epicr. p. 505. Schaifr. t. 140
Fl- Dan. t 176 1500. K r om b h .t.4 9 .fl-6 . L e n z .f 50. Grev.
/ • Gooke B .F . t . l 6 , f . l . Kl.exs. n o .l2 1 . E n g .F I .y .p .\55.
68'/ . 1-4. Harz. t. 3. b. Bisch. f . 3244.
■ajCi iL, t, 29.