20 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



Forming a thick, compact, brainlike mass, of a dark-brown tint 

 inclining to black, with the habit of Ncematelia encej)hala, marbled 

 within like a truffle; threads waved; spores oblong. No. 5687. 

 New England, Sprague. Appears rather to be a state of some 

 Hy poxy Ion. 



* Tremella torta. Willd.— Car. Inf. No. 1273, 1 279, 1499, 2972. 

 Car. Snp. No. 761. New Eng., Murray. No. 5710. 



315. Tremella enata. B. & C. — Erumpens, convexa, tuberculi- 

 formis rnfa ; floccis dichotomis erectis. On Alnus serrulata, No. 

 2191. Car. Inf. On oak. No. 2456. 



Erumpent, forming little rufous tubercles ; flocci erect, dicho- 

 tomous. 



* Naematelia encephala. Fr. — On oak. Alabama, Peters. No. 

 6096. No. 4892, from Maine, is apparently a young state. 



* Naematelia nucleata. Fr. — Car. Inf. On oak and Nyssa. 

 No. 2642. Tremella gemmata, Leveille. Ravenel, No. 1441, on 

 Acer rubrum — is apparently a confluent state of the same species. 



316. Dacrymyces chrysosperma. B. 4' C. — Erecta clavato-lobata 

 aurantiaca ; sporis aureis 4-6 septatis. New England, Sprague. 

 No. 6211. 



On stumps ; erect, lobed above, orange, dusted with the golden 

 spores. More highly developed than D. deliquescens. 



* Dacrymyces deliquescens. Fr. — New England, Sprague. 

 Russell, No. 5951. Car. Inf. No. 3036. Ravenel, No. 1378, 1177. 



* Dacrymyces stillatus. Fr.— Car. Inf. No. 1080, J 877. No. 

 5894. 



317. Dacrymyces syringicola. B. & C. — Erumpens plana epider- 

 mide cincta pallida ; conidiis oblongis curvulis quandoque furcatis. 

 On Syringa. Car. Inf. 



Forming little concave pallid spots, resembling some Stictis, sur- 

 rounded by the cuticle ; conidia oblong, curved, sometimes forked 

 at one end. Allied clearly to D. cinnabarina, Schwein, which has 

 a similar habit ; on willow and mulberry. 



318. Dacrymyces destructor. B. fy Bar.- Erumpens, epidermide 

 cincta, tuberculata pallida ; conidiis oblongis curvulis quandoque 

 furcatis. On branches of pear, to which it is very destructive. 

 Car. Inf., Ravenel. No. 1233. 



With the habit of the last, but tuberculated. 



* Ditiola radicata . Fr. — On pine wood. No. 3250. Ditiola 

 gambosa, B. & C. 



319. Coryne gyrocephala. B. Sf C. — Stipite cylindrico rufo demum 

 sulcato, capite fusco gyroso. On rotting logs in swamps. Car. 

 Inf. No. 1191. 



About \ inch high, stem cylindrical, rufous, at length slightly 

 sulcate ; head brown, gyrose, as in Helvella esculenta. A very 

 remarkable fungus. . *„ 



