Namatelia 



TREMELLINACEJE 



453 



2026. N. rubiformis Fr. (from a fancied resemblance to a small 



fruit of Mubus, bramble) a b. 



Somewhat sessile, orbicular, gyroso-tuberculose, yellow. 

 Dead branches, twigs, sometimes on moss, spreading to the ground. Oct. 

 & in - 



2027. N. nueleata Fr. (from the nucleus) a b c. 



Sessile, flattened, somewhat gyrose, whitish, then tawny yellow, 

 nucleus white, about -$ in. in diam. 



Rotten wood, sticks, lime, plane, oak ; rare. Mar. Single plants T 3 6 in. 

 in diam. Connate to ij in. Must not be confounded with 2007. 



2028. N. vireseens Corda (from the greenish colour ; vireo, to be 



green) a b. 

 Sessile, suborbicular, depressed, gyroso-tubercular, somewhat 



pale leaf-green. Forming green gelatinous masses. 

 Furze, ivy ; common. Oct. -June. Single plant T ^ in. Connate chains 



1=2 in. 



CIII. GYROCEPHALUS Pers. 

 (From the globular shape ; Gr. guros, round, kephale, the head.) 



Sporophore erect, substipitate, flattened, subspathulate, irregular, 

 tremelloso-cartilaginous. Hymenium confined to one surface. 



Fig. 118. A, B, Gyrocephalus rufus Bref. , entire and in section. One-half natural size, 

 c, basidium with surface view, b, and spores ; D, spore germinating. X 500. 



Basidia globose, soon longitudinally quadripartite. Sterigmata 2-4, 

 elongate, thick. Spores ovato-pyriform, continuous. (Fig. 118.) 



2029. G. rufus Bref. (from the red colour ; rufits, red) a b c. 



Erect, cartilagineo-gelatinous, substipitate, subspathulate, -some- 

 times stemless, variable, orange to red or dull scarlet above 

 and orange below. Hymenium inferior, smooth. 



Terrestrial, under pines, on rotten trunks, fragments of wood. 3f X 3 in. 



