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'652 286.Heric. 11. HYMENOTHECE^. Pl.ceU.aph.
XLIV. 286. HERICIUM. Persoon. Spine-slool.
Thallus clublike, simple or branched; prickles covering
every part.— Wholesome.
Hericmm coralloides. Coral-like spiiie-stool.
Thallus large, much branched ; branches crowded, bent
in; prickles iervumSiX, rather bundled.
Hydnum coralloides, Sowerby Fungi, 232 ; Persoon Syn, 252.
In woods, upon oak and other trees.
Esculent.
L. THELEPHORiDEiE. Tliallus leathery, rarely with a
cap ; hymenium smooth, hairy or warty, expanded.
XLV. 287. CRATERELLA. Persoon. Crater-stool.
Stem central; cap round, umbilicated or funnelshape;
centre shaggy.
Cratella caryophyllea. Pink crater-stool.
Thallus varying ; cap funnelshape, thin, brown then
purple; edge generally cut, rather crisp.
Craterella ambigua, Persoon Comment. 128.
Helvella caryophyllea, Dickson Crypt. 1,20.
Thelephora caryopiiyilea, Persoon Syn. 365.
In fir plantations, on the ground.
XLVI. 288. STEREUM. Persoon. Stereum.
Cap semicircular, at length horizontal.
J . Stereum laciiiiatum. Jagged stereum.
Thallus tiledlike, dark brown; cap thin, jagged, crisp,
beneath rough with nipples crowded together.
stereum laciniatum, Persoon Obs. Myc. 1,86.
Auricularia caryophyllea, Sowerby Fungi, 213?
Thelephora laciniata, Persoon Syn. 567.
On trees, near their roots.
2, Stei-eum ruhiginosum.'
Rusty stereum.
Thallus tiledlike, stiff, rusty chestnut, smooth on both
faces ; nipples scattered, large.
Helvella rubiginosa, Dickson Crypt. 1,20.
Auricularia rubiginosa, Sowerby Fungi, 26.
Thelephora rubiginosa, Persoon Syn. 567.
On the mossy trunks of oak and other trees.