258 HYDNEI. 



Kneiffia. Bristly. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 628. Elench. p. 208. Berk. Out. p. 265. B. & 

 Br. n. 1299*. t. i8./. i. C. Hbk. n. 885. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 837. 



2. K. subgelatinosa B. & Br. Yellowish then cream-colour, 

 thin. Granules minute, somewhat gelatinous, fringed at the apex. 



Accompanied by a green Alga, which penetrates the tissue of the fungus. 



On stumps of fir. Glamis, 1874. April. 



Name sub, gelatinosus, somewhat gelatinous. B. & Br. n. 1444. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 838. 



Mucroneiia. GENUS XLII. Mucronella (mucro, a sharp point ; dim.) 



Receptacle none. Spines aw r l-shaped, simple, acute, smooth, 

 definitely facing the ground. Small, growing on wood. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 629. 



No British species. 



