The photograph at the beginning of the book represents the largest specimen I ever saw of this species. It measured eighteen inches one way and thirteen the other, and was found on a maple tree on top of Mount Logan. It grew from a central stem, while the one in Figure 363 grew from a crack in a log, apparently without a stem. Plate I, Figure 1 was photographed after it was dried. The specimen can be seen in the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati. Found from July to October.
Figure 364.—Hydnum erinaceum. Young state.
Hydnum caput-ursi. Fr.
The Bear's Head Hydnum. Edible.
Figure 365.—Hydnum caput-ursi.
Caput-ursi means the head of a bear.