H. spongio´sipes Pk. Pileus convex, soft, spongy-tomentose, but tough in texture, rusty-brown, the lower stratum more firm and fibrous. but concolorous. Spines slender, 1–2 lines long, rusty-brown, becoming darker with age. Stem hard and corky within, externally spongy-tomentose, colored like the pileus, the central substance often transversely zoned especially near the top. Spores subglobose, nodulose, purplish-brown, 4–6µ broad.
Pileus 1.5–4 in. broad. Stem 1.5–3 in. long, 4–8 lines thick.
Woods. Rensselaer and Saratoga counties. August.
This plant was formerly referred to Hydnum ferrugineum Fr. Peck, 50th Rep. N.Y. State Bot.
Found in pine woods, near Haddonfield, N.J., by T.J. Collins, September, 1897. Cap and stem dark brown. Spines darker. Stem swelling toward base, which then tapers in a long rooting way. Cap umbilicate. Specimens identified by Professor Peck.
Edible but tough and uninviting. Yields a good fungoid flavor to the water in which it is boiled.
H. gelatino´sum Scop. Transferred to Tremelledon as T. gelatinosum, under which heading it is described and its edible qualities noted.
Photographed by Dr. J.R. Weist. Plate CXXXIV.
HYDNUM CORALLOIDES.