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HYDNUM A ü r i s c a l p i u m .
Hairy-staïked Hydnum.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Lìm—N a t. Ord. FUNGI, Link,
Grev,
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Hymenium aculeatum. Aculei vel processi suhulati, liberi, carnosi, sporuliferì.
Hymenium spinose. Spines or awl-shaped processes free, carnose, sporuliferous.
S PE C IF IC CHARACTER.
H yd num Auriscalpium ; pileo horizontali, coriaceo, tomentoso, aculeisque sub-
spadiceis; stipite erecto, laterali, tomentoso.
H. pileus horizontal, coriaceous, tomentose, of a brownish colour, as well
as the spines; stipes erect, lateral, tomentose.
Hydnüm Auriscalpium, Linn.— Schoeff. Fung. t. U3 .—Butt. Champ, t. 481.
f. 3. Curt. FI. Fond. (ed. 2. cur. Hook, cum icon.)—With. Bot. Arr. v. 4.
p. 401— Huds. FI. Angl. p. 629— Light/. FI. Scot. 2. p. 1042.—Boic,
Flements o f Bot. App. t. 3.—Pers. Comment, p. 56.—Syn. Fung. p. 557__
B e Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p. 110— Fjusd. Syn. p. 22— Bolt. Fung. t. 90.
— Sow. Fung. t. 267— Alb. et Sclm. p. 267— Belli. FI. Cantab, ed. 3.
p. 5 Ì9— FI. Ban. 1.1020.—iVcei, Syst. t. 32. f. 2 i3— Winch, Bot. Cuide,
2. p. 97— Purt. Midi. FI. V. 2. p. 676— Fries, Obs. 1. p. U6.— Syst: v. 2.
p. 4,06— Hook. FI. Scot. 2. p. S3— Crev. FL Fdin. p. 406.
E rin a ceu s p a r v u s h ir s u tu s , Mich. t. 72. f. 8.
H ab. On the cones of Pinus sylvestris (and other species?) frequent. Woods
about Edinburgh, throughout the whole year.
Pileus ro u n d is h , a b o u t th r e e - fo u r th s o f an in c h in b r e a d th , n e a rly p la n e , o r
som ew h a t co n v e x , e n tir e a t th e m a rg in , o f a le a th e ry s u b s ta n c e ; surface
tom e n to s e , o b s c u re ly z o n e d ; colour p u rp lis h -b ro w n . Spines o f th e hy.
: menium generally paler than the pileus,, darkest at their apex, which is
entire. ^ Stipes often branched at the base, 2-4 inches long, erect, lateral,
cylindrical, tomentose, brown, terminating in a shaggy root, which
is always fixed to the cone of some species of F ir. Thecoe Uneai-. Spo.
ridia globose.