ACOtYLSDONS.— FUNGI. Tremella. ?A 



faic. 3. p. 22. /. 9./: 10. Soiv. t. 293, l.eot'ia D'uksoiii, 

 Dicks, p. 012, 

 11 AB. On decayed leaves in damp situations. Abundant by the road- 

 side on the western shores of Loch-Lomond. 

 ;^,1. HKL\'ELLA. 

 Plleus nienibratmceous, inflated, irregular, bent down on eacli 

 side. 



1. H. Milrn, large, pileus inflated (freer) pale livid colour, 

 stipes furrowetl and lacunose whitish. Ptrs. p. 613. Soio. 

 t. .'59. 



IL\n. Woods, not unfrequcnt in the autumn, Liiihtf. Rare about 

 Glasg. Wood near Castlemilk, Ure. Dougalston, Ilopk. 



2. U.fuliginosa, greyish free snbiuflated, stipes long attenuated 

 smooth ^lollow. S'clueff. /. 320. Dicks. PL Crijpt.J'asc. 3. 

 p. 2.). Sow. t. 454. 



Hab. Woods, Dickson. 



3. H. ai/rea, stipes short yellow, pileus umbrella-like gold-co- 

 loured. JFilh. p.'3o-l. 



Hab. On sticks and stamps of trees in woods and moist places, fre- 

 quent, Hopk. 



s:.. MORc:iif:LLA. 



Pileus elongate, rounded, pitted with holes. [Fulva and gelati- 

 1I01IS seminal mass none.) 



1. M. esciilenta, pileus contracted at the base, stipes solid. 

 Pers. p. 6 IS. Helvclla escvlenln, Sow. t. 5\. 



Hab. Woods in the spring, not unfrequent, as at Blair in Athol, in 

 the woods at Langholm in Eskdale, and in Logton wood, near Dal- 

 keith, Lighlf. 



Esculent Morel. Much used for seasoning dishes. 

 3G. TREMELLA. 



Spreading, gelatinous, variously folded and lobed. " Seeds scat- 

 tered throughout the whole surface." Decand. 



1. Tr. albida, sessWe dilated obtuse whitish or somewhat brown- 

 ish pulpv semipellucid. Sin. in E. B. t. 2117. Tremella Can- 

 dida P 'Pers. p. 624. 



Hab. On rotten branches of trees, and on pales. On rotten wood at 

 Dalbeth, Hopk. 



2. Tr. arborea, sessile gelatinous roundish undulated blackish 

 beset with mamrnillarv white-headed processes on the upper 

 side. Sm. in E.B.i. 24iS. 



Hab. On fallen trees and on dead wood, frequent. Found on the 



trunk of a dead tree in Carmyle wood for several years past, about 



February, Hopk. 

 Dillenius says that this is called, in Herefordshire, Witches' Butter, 



because, when thrown into the five, it is believed to be efficacious 



against witchcraft, 



