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yEcfdium /-’ini Pers. Syn., p. 213., Grev., t. 7., and our fig. 2031.; on Pinussylvestris, occurring sometimes on twigs, and being then much larger. An alliedspecies, JE. abietinum, is found, in Germany, on the spruce fir; and two onPinus Picea, JE. columnare and uE. elatinum. All are figured by Albertini andSchweinitz, in their fifth plate. The latter infests trees to such an extent, thatthey are known by the name of hexenbaume.

Many .Fungi grow beneath the'shade of Coniferae; as Agaricus hy-pothejus Fr., syn. A. limacinus Sow.,

M Itl ATI t- 8-; ar| d our 2032.; A. multi-J formis Schaiff., syn. A. terreus Sow.,

t. 76., and our fig. 2033.; A. delici-osus L., Sow., t. 202., and our fig.

2034.; the reitzkers of the Germans,is, as its name implies, a most delicious agaric, but notalways to be eaten with impunity. It abounds in mucilaginous matter, andha s, theref ore, been recommended for pulmonary affections by M. Dufresnoy.““ "" A. rilfus Scop.; A. bellus Pers. ; A. maculatus Alb. et Schw.,syn. A. carnosus Sow., t. 246., and our 2035

fig. 2036.; A. vulgaris Pers. ; and A.limonius Fr., Cantharellus aurantiacusWulf. ; a poisonous species, which2034 must be carefully distinguished fromthe edible one, C. cibarius Fr., our fig. 2037. .Boletusgranulatus L., syn. B. lactffluus With., Sow., t. 420.

an esculent species, according to Persoon. B. bovinusL.; and B. variegatus Swartz. Hydnurn imbricatum L.,Grev., t. 71., and our fig.

2035.; and H. compac-/turn Pers, Thelephora *terrestris Fr. ; T. laci-niata Fr., syn. Helvellacaryophyllae'a Bolt., t.

17.3., and our fig. 2038.;and T. byssoides Fr.

2036 Clavaria abietina Pers.; Geogiossum cucullatum Fr.,

syn. Beotia mitrula Grev., t. 81., and our fig. 2039. Spatlmlaria flavidaPers., Grev., t. 165., and our fig. 2040. Sphae'ria capitata Holmsk, syn.Sphm'ria «garicifdrmis Sow., t. 354., and our fig. 2042., parasitic uponElaphomyces granulatus Fr.-, and S.alutacea Pers., syn. S.clavata Sow., t. 159., and our fig. 2044.; are both among themost curious and rare of British Fungi: and to these may

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be added the interesting S. lateritia Fr., developed upon agarics, which areso strangely altered by the parasite as to assume the form of a Helvellaor Beotia.

The branches of the larch, which are cut off for the purpose of thinningplantations, are frequently covered with 4g uric us mitis Pers .; and under theshade abounds .Boletus /aricinus Berk.

The Study of the Species. The mode which we have followed in the studyof the /1 biotin a 1 , as in all the other orders and genera treated of in this work,

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