318 TREMELLINEI. 



Dacrymyces. On dead branches. Batheaston. Dec.-March. 



Primary spores oblong, 3-5 septate, 40-50x8-11 mk. Secondary spores 

 elliptic, 14 mk. B, & Br. Name /A a *P, long ; cnropos, seed. B. & Br. n. 

 1374. /. 7 .f. i. 



** Yellowish. 



2. D. deliquescens Dub. Yellowish, somewhat round, rooted, 

 convex, immarginate, at length twisted, hyaline; spores triseptate. 



At first pezizasform, even, dingy yellowish, becoming pale, yellow-fuscous 

 when dry. 



On dead wood, pine rails, c. Common. Jan.-Dec. 



Easily distinguished from D. stillatus by its larger size, more caespitose 

 habit, and paler yellowish colour. 6-12 mm. (%-% in.) across. M.J.B. 

 Spores triseptate, curved, oblong, hyaline, 12-22x6 mk. K. Name 

 deliquesco, to dissolve. Deliquescent. Dub. Bot. Gall. p. 729. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 698. Berk. Out. p. 290. C. Hbk. n. 1038. S. My col. Scot. n. 981. 

 Bull. t. 455. f. 3. Corda Ic. ii. f. 115. 



3. D. stillatus Nees. Yellow then orange, colour persistent, 

 2-8 mm. (1-4 lin.) broad, somewhat round, convex, at length 

 plicate, spores multiseptate. 



Gregarious, somewhat confluent, variable in form, spherical when young, 

 then turbinate or irregular, pezizoid, plicate, sessile or stipitate. It is readily 

 distinguished from D. deliquescens by its colour being persistently bright. 



On pine stumps, rails, &c. Common. Jan.-Dec. 



Spores multiseptate, subhyaline, slightly curved, 10-22 x 8 mk. K. Name 

 stillo, to drop. Nees Syst. p. 89. / 90. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 699. Syst. 

 Myc. ii. p. 230. Berk. Out. p. 291. t. 18. /. 8. C. Hbk. n. 1039. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 982. Grev. t. 159. Corda Ic. \\.f. 114? 



4. D. chrysocomus Tul. Golden, orbicular, when young 

 spherical, immarginate, soon collapsing, pezizoid, and at length 

 flattened, persistently even; spores multiseptate. 



It agrees in its structure with D. stillatus. When dry it is very much con- 

 tracted, somewhat horny. 



On fir sticks. Rare. 



Spores multiseptate, ellipsoid, pale yellow, 20-28x9-11 mk. K. Name 

 xpuo-os, gold ; KOJU.TJ, hair. Golden lock. Tul. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 699. Berk. 

 Out. p. 291. C. Hbk. n. 1040. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 983. Peziza Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. \\.p. 140. Bull. t. 376. / 2. Sow. t. 152. 



*** Pallid or fuscous. 



5. D. sebaceus B. & Br. Whitish, somewhat round, composed 



