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TREMELLINEI. 



Naemateiia. Genus LXI. — Nsematelia (vaifid, a word coined by Fries from 

 vaio>, and applied to the gelatinous substance which sur- 

 rounds the nucleus; el\4», to roll or wrap round). Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. ii. p. 227. 



Solid, convex, immarginate, nucleus fleshy firm, entirely en- 

 veloped with a thick gelatinous stra- 

 tum, which is internally fibroso- 

 floccose, and everywhere covered 

 with sporophores. Growing on 

 wood, rather firm, not shrivelling 

 when dry. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. 



1. N. encephala Fr. — Pallid-flesh- 

 colour, 8-12 mm. (4-6 lin.) broad and 

 thick, somewhat sessile, pulvinate, 

 plicato-rugose. 



Solitary or clustered 

 hard, white. 



XCIX. Ncematelia encephala. 

 Natural size. 



From its brain-like appearance. 

 227. Berk. Out. p. 290. 

 Bot. Mag. i. /. 4./. 14. 



Nucleus large, 



On pine branches, chiefly Scotch 

 fir. Frequent. Sept.-Feb. 



Looks like the brain of some animal. 



M.J.B. Name— ev, within; Ke^ak-q. head. 



Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 



C. Hbk. ji. 1033. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 979. — Willd. 



2. N. nucleata Fr. — Whitish then light yellow-fuscous, 2-8 mm. 

 (1-4 lin.) broad, sessile, becoming plane, somewhat gyrose. 



On rotten wood. Rare. 



Sometimes confounded with Tremella albida from which it differs in the 

 presence of a small white nucleus. M.J.B. Name — nucleus, a kernel. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 696. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 2.2.%. Berk. Out. p. 290. C. Hbk. n. 

 1034. 



3. N. virescens Corda. — Greenish, sessile, somewhat orbicular, 

 depressed, gyroso-tubercular. 



On branches of Ulex, &c. Common. Jan. -Dec. 



Name — vireo, to be green. Corda Ic. iii. f. 90. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. 

 Berk. Out. p. 290. C. Hbk. n. 1035. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 980. — Fl. Dan. i. 



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