Tremellaceae 



form but known by the bright orange color. From K-2 in. across. Tremeiia. 

 Masses. 



North Carolina. Common, edible. Curtis; California, Ohio, West 

 Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Mcllvainc. Dr. J. R. Weist, 

 Richmond, Ind., November, 1898, sent me fine specimens. 



Very common as an apparent exudation from sticks, branches and 

 rails. It can usually be collected in quantity from June until far into 

 the winter. It can be found in every month in the year. 



During the civil war the writer's first attempt at .making a dish of 

 cornstarch resulted in getting it into knots. T. mesenterica, when stewed, 

 very much resembles these same knots. It has a mild, woody flavor, 

 slightly sweet, and is good. 



(Plate CXLIVa.) 



T. myceto'pllila Pk. (Plate CXLIVa.) Suborbicular, depressed, 

 circling in folds, tremelloid-fleshy, slightly 

 pruinose, yellowish or pallid, 4-8 lines 

 broad. Peck, 28th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Haddonfield, N. J., August, 1895. 

 Mcllva ine. 



Professor Peck notes it as found para- 

 sitic upon Collybia dryophila. 



I found T. mycetophila growing para- 

 sitic upon Marasmius oreades, August, 

 1894. The mass was 2 in. in diameter. 

 Separating them was taking the host from 

 the parasite. Cooked it is glutinous, ten- 

 der like calf's head. Rather tasteless. 



TREMELLA MYCETOPHILA on 



COLLYBIA DRYOPHILA. 



(After Peck.) 



T. al'bida Huds. albidus, whitish. 

 Whitish, becoming dingy-brown when 

 dry, i in. broad, ascending, tough, ex- 

 panded, undulated, somewhat circling in 

 folds, powdered. Stevenson. 



Spores oblong, obtuse, curved, 2-guttate, subhyaline, 12-14x4-5^ K. 



Where birch, sugar-maple, hickory are in abundance the T. albida 

 will be found. At Eagle's Mere and Springton, Pa., and other wooded 

 places, it is common during the warm months. It has slight taste, 

 sweet, woody, but makes a pleasant dish. 



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