HYDNUM IMBRICATUM.
Scaly Hydnum.
Class and Obdeh CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn.—N a t. Ohd. FUNGI,
Link, Grev.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Hymenium aculeatum. Aculei vel processi subulati, liberi, carnosi, sporulìferi.
Hymenium spinose. Spines or awl-shaped processes free, carnose, sporuliferous.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
H y d n um imbricatum ; pileo carnoso, plano, tessulato-squamoso, azono, umbrino,
acuMs albido-cinereis ; stipite brevi, (Fries).
H. pileus fleshy, plane, tessulato-squamose, zoneless, brown, the spines greyish
white ; stem short.
H y d n um imbricatum, Linn. FI. Suec. 1257-—Sp. PI. 1047.—Schæff. Fung.
t. 140.—FI. Dan. t. 176. ?—Sow. Fung. t. 73-—Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 554.
—Alb. et [Schwein. p. 264— Fries, Obs. Mycol. 1. p. 137— Syst. Mycol.
V. 1. p. 398.— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 403— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1.
p. 650.—Tratt. Esbarr. Schwaem. t. 10.
H ydnum cervinum, Pers. Obs. Mycol. 1. p. 74— De Cand. FI. Franç. ed. 3.
V. 6. p. 38.
H ydnum squarrosum, Nees ab Esenb. Syst. t. 32. f. 240.
H ab . Fir woods in the autumn, not frequent. Glen More, Messrs H o o k e r
and G r e v i l l e .—In England, it seems to be equally rare, having been
found only in Bedfordshire by Mr A b b o t, and near Maidstone and Bungay
by Mr W o o dw a rd .
Pileus 2 -5 inches broad, th ic k an d fleshy, plane or s lig h tly convex, an d
ro u n d ed a t th e margin, a t le n g th somewhat hollowed in th e centre, p re tty
reg u la r in form, v a ry in g in color from red d ish to a k in d o f m ouse-brown,
scaly ; scales imbricated, numerous, th e c en tra l ones b e in g often mere
cracked portions o f th e pileus, which ren d e rs th a t p a rt tessellated. Flesh
pale huffish or reddish. Hymenium composed o f numerous, very short,
obtuse, greyish-white, entire spines, o f nearly[^equal length. Stipes centra
l, 1-2 inches long, often above 1 inch th ick , firm, irreg u la r, whitish.
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