. Elementary botany. Botany. 210 MORPHOLOGY. year's growth as in the pine polyporus (P. pinicola). In the birch poly- porus (P. fomentarius) the tubes are quite large. It also occurs on other trees. The beech polvporus (P. igniarius, also on other trees) often be-. Coral fungus. Hydnunn coralfiides, spines han^in^ duwn from branches. comes very old. I have seen one specimen over eighty years old. Not all the tube-bearing fungi are bracket form. Some have a stem and cap (see fig. 245). Some are spread on the surface of logs. 427. Hedgehog fungi (Hydnaceae).—These plants arc bracket in form or h
. Elementary botany. Botany. 210 MORPHOLOGY. year's growth as in the pine polyporus (P. pinicola). In the birch poly- porus (P. fomentarius) the tubes are quite large. It also occurs on other trees. The beech polvporus (P. igniarius, also on other trees) often be-. Coral fungus. Hydnunn coralfiides, spines han^in^ duwn from branches. comes very old. I have seen one specimen over eighty years old. Not all the tube-bearing fungi are bracket form. Some have a stem and cap (see fig. 245). Some are spread on the surface of logs. 427. Hedgehog fungi (Hydnaceae).—These plants arc bracket in form or have a stem and cap, or are spR-ad on the surface of ^\"(>*)d; but the finest specimens resemble coral masses of fungus tissue (example, Ilytinum, lig. 246). In UKjst (jf them there are slender processes resembling teeth, spiiies or awls, which depend from the under surface (fig. 247). The fruiting surface covers these spines. 428. Coral fungi or fairy clubs (ClavariaceaeV- These [ilaiUs stand upright from the wood, leaves, or soil, on whii h tlu-\' grow ((., riavaria'). The "coral" ones are branched, \\'hile tlic "fairv iluhs" are simple. The fruiting surface covers the entire exposed surface of the ]ilants (fig. 248).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York : H. Holt
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