TEEMELLA. Gl 



smooth (not corrugated); base firmer, plicate; pale pinkish- 

 yellow ; spores subglohose, apiculate, 7-9 /x. 



Tremella frondosa, Fries, Syst. Myo. ii. p. 212 ; Cke., 

 Hclbk., p. 344. 



On trunks of oak, &c. The largest species of the genus 

 sometimes 4 in. high and broad, or even more. 



Tremella31utescens. Pars. (fig. 15, p. 56.) 



Very soft and gelatinous, lobes crowded, entire, undulately 

 gyrose, pale then yellowish; spores subglohose, 12-16 //, 

 diameter ; conidia globose, 1 • 5-2 fx diameter. 



Tremella lutescens, Persoon, Syn., p. 622; Cke., Hdbk,, 

 p. 345. 



On fallen branches, stumps, &c. Very soft and tremulous, 

 1—2 inches broad. 



The conidia are produced at the tips of densely corymbose 

 branches in the substance of the fungus. 



Sect. II. Cerehrinae. 



Lobes short, contorted, brain-like, pruinose with the white 

 spores. 



Tremella mesenterica. Eetz. (fig. 14, p. 56.) 

 Gelatinous but firm, bright orange-yellow, variously con- 

 torted ; lobes short, smooth, pruinose with the white spores 

 at maturity ; spores broadly elliptical, 6-9 /j. diam. ; conidia 

 1-1 • 5 fi diam. 



Tremella mesenterica, Eetz. in Vet. Ak. Handl. 1769, p. 249 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk. p. 345. 



On dead branches. Very variable in form, but known by 

 the bright orange colour. From J-2 inches across. 



Tremella intumescens. Eng. Bot. 



Gelatinous; subcaespitose, rounded, broken up into nu- 

 meroTis tortuous lobes, brown, shining, obscurely dotted, 

 becoming darker when dry ; spores oblong, slightly curved, 

 12-14 X 3-4 fji. 



Tremella intumescens, Eng. Bot., tab. 1870 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 346. 



On trunks of beech, &c. From 1-2 inches across. 



