Tremellaceae 



TKEMEL'LODON Pers. 

 Tremo, to tremble. 



Gelatinous, pileate, prickly below, spines awl-shaped, equal. Fries. Tremeiiodon. 



The members of this genus resemble in form the section Mesopus of 

 Hydnum and have the same awl-shaped spines, but differ in their gela- 

 tinous consistency and fructification. 



(Plate CXLV.) 



T. gelatino'sum Pers. gelatina, jelly. Pileus covered with a green- 

 ish-brown bloom, gelatinous, tremu- 

 lous, dimidiate, somewhat stipitate, 

 covered with small pimples. Spines 

 soft, glaucous. 



On fir, trunks and sawdust. 

 September to October. Stevenson. 



Of singular beauty, almost trans- 

 lucent with steel-blue tints shading 

 into violet, while the spines are of a 

 pure soft white. 



Spores round, somewhat irregu- 

 lar, white, 2/t W.G.S. 



Can not be confounded with any. 

 The only gelatinous spiny fungus. 



N orth Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis; Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Far- 

 low, Frost; New York, Peck, Rep. 22. T. gelatinosum is well distributed 

 over the United States but is not reported in quantity. It is an autumnal 

 grower, lasting well into the winter. The writer found specimens near 

 Haddonfield, N. J., in February, 1894, and sent them to Professor 

 Peck. It is delicious when slowly stewed. 



TREMELLODON GELATINOSUM. 



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