TREMELLA. 311 



Name ^eo-eVrepoi/, the mesentery. Retz. in Vet. Ak. Handl. 1769. p. 249. Tremella. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 691. Berk. Out. p. 287. C. Hbk. n. 1017. 5. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 964. Jacqu. Misc. i. t. 15. Eng. Bot. t. jog. Hussey i. /. 27. 

 Schccff. t. 168. Bull. t. 174. Hoffm. Veg. Crypt. \. t. 6. /. 4. Fl. Dan. t. 

 885. 



6. T. intumescens Eng. Bot. Brown, becoming black when 

 dry, somewhat caespitose, rounded or conglomerate, soft, obsoletcly 

 punctate, somewhat tortuously lobed. 



It is properly developed only in very damp weather, and forms numerous, 

 rounded, soft, pulpy lobes, which are twisted and swollen, resembling the 

 intestines of some animal. 



On fallen trunks, beech, c. Rare. 



When cut longitudinally brown vertical streaks are discernible near the 

 surface. W.G.S. Name intumesco, to swell up. Eng. Bot. t. 1870. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 691. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 215. Berk. Out. p. 288. C. Hbk. n. 

 1021. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 965. 



7. T. vesicaria Eng. Bot. Pallid, erect, Jinn, gelatinous 

 within, undulated and gyrose. 



On the ground. Very rare. 



Spores ii x 6 mk. B. dr Br. Name vesica, a bladder. Eng. Bot. t. 2451. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 691. Berk. Out. p. 287. C. Hbk. n. 1018. 



8. T. albida Huds. Whitish, becoming fuscous when dry, 2.5 

 cent, (i in.) broad, ascending, tough, expanded, undulated, some- 

 what gyrose, pruinose. 



On dead wood. Common. Sept.-May. 



Erumpent from bark. Spores oblong obtuse, curved, 2-guttate, subhyaline, 

 12-14x4-5 mk. K. Name a Ibus, white. Whitish. Huds. Angl. ii. p. 565. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 2117. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 691. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 215. Berk. Out. 

 p. 287. C. Hbk. n. 1020. S. Mycol. Scot. n. qte.Bull. t. 386.7. A. 



III. CRUSTACEA. Effused, flattened. 



9. T. viscosa Berk. At first white then hyaline, effused, re- 

 supinate, undulated, somewhat viscous, the similar circumference 

 naked. 



On dead branches. Common. Jan.-Dec. 



Forming a viscid stratum on the wood. Name viscus, bird-lime. Viscous. 

 Berk. Out. p. 288. Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. ii. vol. xiii. t. 15. /. 4. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 691. C. Hbk. n. 1027. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 967. Fl. Dan. t. 1851. /. i. 



10. T. epigaea B. & Br. White, effused, gelatinous, gyroso- 

 plicate, sprinkled with the white spores. 



Spreading over the naked soil, on which it forms a thin, white, gelatinous 

 stratum. 



