134 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BEITISH FUNGI. 



(186.) TRETjIELLA MESENTERICA; The Orange Jelly-sprout. 

 (PL. XII. fig. 4.) 



Habitat. On stumps, logs, branches, old posts, etc. In tufts. 



Season. September to January. Common. 



Habit. Amorphous, spreading to two or three inches broad, 

 orange-yellow, smooth ; ascending, expanded, gelatinous but 

 toughish, plicate, undulate ; several individuals confluent. Odour- 

 less. Taste bland. 



Obs. It is commoner, and possesses a trifle more flavour than the preceding. 

 — IF. D. H. 



(187.) TREKELLA MORIFORMIS ; The Mulberry Jelly-sprout 



Habitat. On stumps, logs, branches, and on the ground near 

 them. In tufts. 



Season. September to November. Common. 



Habit. Amorphous, small, mulberry-purple or blackish, wrinkled, 

 folded, undulate, gyrose ; smooth and shining, toughish, elastic, 

 juicy, gelatinous ; many confluent. Substance jelly-like, staining 

 the fingers. Odour faint. Taste sub-acid. 



Obs. It seems ■wholesome, and I find it palatable, having a tomato-like taste. 

 But it is diflicnlt to do anything with these Tremelles, except add them to soup- 

 This one also yields a dye. — W. D. H. 



OBDEB HYPOG^I. 



Genus HYMENOGASTER. 



(188.) HYMENOG ASTER KLOTSCHII; Klotsch's Hymeno. 

 gaster. 



Habitat. Subterranean. In sandy soils, in woods and wastes. 



Habit. Irregularly globose, tubei-ous, obovate. Peridium 



smooth, dirty buff, perhaps wrinkled. Base fibrillose, distinct. 



Substance firm, whitish, veined with reddish fibres. Odour 



nauseous. 



Ob». It is eaten in Langucdca in spite of its smell, but is of inferior quality, 

 —W. D. II. 



Genus MELANOGASTEIi. 



(189.) MELANOGASTER VARIEGATUS ; The Red Truffle of 

 Bath. 



