314 TREMELLINEI. 



Exidia. I. AURICULIN^:. Pezizoid. 



1. E. truncata Fr. Scarcely reaching 2.5 cent, (i in.) in height 

 and breadth, 'very black, shining, soft, distended with jelly, disc 

 truncato-plane, glandular, at length cavernous, rough 'with dots 

 beneath; stem very short. 



It does not become swollen when moistened. 



On lime branches. Yester Gardens. Dec. 



Spores oblong, curved, chlorino-hyaline, 14-16x5-6 mk. K. Name 

 trunco, to maim, shorten. Cut short, truncate. Fr. Hym. Ear. p. 693. 

 Syst. Myc. ii. p. 224. Scot. Nat. iii. p. 20. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 974. 



2. E. recisa Fr. Fuscous-amber-colour, 1-2.5 cent - ( l A~i in.) 

 broad, very soft, distended with jelly, disc truncato-plane, ribbed, 

 papillose, somewhat repand, rough with dots beneath ; stem very 

 short, excentric, oblique. 



On dead wood, willow, c. Common. Sept.-Oct. 



Name recido, to cut short. Shortened. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 693. Syst. 

 Myc. ii. p. 223. Berk. Out. p. 289. C. Hbk. n. 1029. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 975. 

 Dittm. Sturm i. t. 13. Eng. Bot. t. 1819. 



II. SPICULARLE. Somewhat plane, c. 



3. E. glandulosa Fr. Blackish, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 effused, somewhat plane, thick, undulated, studded with conical 

 papillas, cinereojts and somewhat tomentose beneath. 



Extremely variable in form and size. 



On dead oak. Common. Sept.-March. 



The under side feels like black crape. Sometimes truncate, sometimes 

 pendulous. M.J.B. Known as Witch's butter. Spores oblong, curved, 

 hyaline, 12-14x5 mk. A'. Name glandules, glands. Full of glands. From 

 the papillae. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 694. Syst. Myc. ii./. 224. Berk. Out. p. 289. 

 C. Hbk. n. 1030. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 976. Hussey i. t. 42. Bull. t. 420. /. i. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 884. Eng. Bot. t. 2448, 2452. 



4. E. saccharina Fr. Tawny-cinnamon, effused, tubercular, 

 gyroso-undulated, thick, sprinkled with few papillae. 



The colour is that of crystallised sugar. Papillee minute, obtuse, vanishing. 

 On larch and Scotch fir. Rare. Nov. 



Name saccharon, sugar. From the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 694. Berk. 

 Out. p. 289. C. Hbk. ?i. 1031. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 977. 



