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TREMELLINACE/E 



D itiola 



2040. D. nuda B. & Br. (from the absence of a veil ; nudus, 

 naked) a. 

 Head subpileiform, corrugate, sometimes umbilicate, golden- 

 yellow. St. somewhat thick, not rooting, cylindrical, white- 

 tomentose. Fruiting surface at first covered with conidio- 

 phores and conidia. 

 Stumps, fir. Sept. \ X 5 in. 



Fig. 122. — a, b, Ditiola Ulicis Plowr., entire and in section. X 2. 

 c, basidium and spores. X 500. 



2041. D. Ulicis Plowr. (from the habitat, gorse, Ulex europcEus) a c. 

 Head globose, then flattened and wrinkled, pale lemon-yellow,, 

 slightly white-villous. St. firm, paler than head, sometimes 

 absent or extending only from the wood through the bark. 

 Dead stems; very common. Jan. \ x \ in. No conidia recorded. 



[The genus Apyrenium Fr. is omitted. A. lig?iatile Fr. is the 

 conidial stage of Hypocrea rufa Fr. A. armeniacum B. & Br. is the 

 same condition of H. gelatinosa Fr. Hymenula punctiformis B. & Br. 

 is an imperfect form of some fungus not belonging to the 

 Tremellinacecc. ] 



