It is occasionally found on decayed sticks in the woods.
Hydnum pulcherrimum. B. & C.
Most Beautiful Hydnum.
Figure 375.—Hydnum pulcherrimum. Showing the under side of one of the pileoli.
Pulcherrimum is the superlative of pulcher, beautiful.
The pileus is fleshy, somewhat fibrous, alutaceus, hirsute; the margin thin, entire, incurved.
The aculei short, crowded, equal.
It is found on beech wood, frequently imbricated and laterally confluent; a single pileus two to five inches in breadth and projecting two to four inches. The spines are rather short, not exceeding a quarter of an inch.