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TREMELLINEI. 



Exidia. I. — AURICULINiE. Pezizoid. 



1. E. truncata Fr. — Scarcely reaching 2.5 cent. (1 in.) in height 

 and breadth, very black, shining, soft, distended with jelly, disc 

 truncato-plane, glandular, at length cavernous, rough with dots 

 be?ieathj stem very short. 



It does not become swollen when moistened. 



On lime branches. Yester Gardens. Dec. 



Spores oblong, curved, chlori no-hyaline, 14-16x5-6 mk. K. Name — 

 trunco, to maim, shorten. Cut short, truncate. Fr. Hym. Fur. p. 693. 

 Syst. Myc. ii. p. 224. Scot. Nat. iii. p. 20. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 974. 



2. E. recisa Fr. — Fuscous-amber-colour, 1-2.5 cent - (K _I m -) 

 broad, very soft, distended with jelly, disc truncato-plane, ribbed, 

 papillose, somewhat repand, rough with dots beneath ; stem very 

 short, excentriCi oblique. 



On dead wood, willow, &c. Common. Sept.-Oct. 



Name—recido, to cut short. Shortened. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 693. Syst. 

 Myc. ii. /. 223. Berk. Out. p. 289. C. Hbk. n. 1029. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 975. 

 —Dtttm. Sturm i. t. 13. Eng. Bot. t. 1819. 



II. — Spicularite. Somewhat plane, &c. 



3. E. glandulosa Fr.— Blackish, 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 effused, somewhat plane, thick, undulated, studded with conical 

 papillae, ci?iereous and somewhat tomentose beneath. 



Extremely variable in form and size. 



On dead oak. Common. Sept.-March. 



The under side feels like black crape. Sometimes truncate, sometimes 

 pendulous. M.J.B. Known as Witch's butter. Spores oblong, curved, 

 hyaline, 12-14x5 mk. A'. Name—; glandules, glands. Full of glands. From 

 the papillae. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 694. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 224. Berk. Out. p. 289. 

 C. Hbk. n. 1030. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 976. Hussey i. t. 42. — Bull. t. 420./. 1. 

 Ft. Dan. t. 884. Eng. Bot. t. 2448, 2452. 



4. E. saccharina Fr. — Tawny-ciimamon, effused, tubercular, 

 gyroso-tmdulated, thick, sprinkled with few papillae. 



The colour is that of crystallised sugar. Papillae minute, obtuse, vanishing. 

 On larch and Scotch fir. Rare. Nov. 



Name — saccharon, sugar. From the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 694. Berk. 

 Out. p. 289. C. Hbk. n. 1031. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 977. 



