BY liEV. J. E. TE^TISOX- WOODS, E.L.S. A2sD F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S. 77 



TREiiELLA, Fries. 

 Grelatinous fungi of various forms, often lobed. 

 Tremella httescens, Persoon, Parramatta, (Moselj^. 



HiEXEOLA. Fries. 

 Gelatinous cup or ear-shaped, horny when dry. 

 li. auricida-Jiulce, Berk., Jew's ear; this species is largely used 



in China as food. 

 H. 'polytriclia^ Mont., differing from the last in the hairy pileus. 

 Is the common form in Port Jackson, and all along the 

 East Coast.* 

 II. rufa, Berk., Cape York, (Mosely), Journ. Linn. Soc, A^ol. 16. 



Sub-order II., Gasteromicetes 



Hymenium concealed within the substance of the plaiit, exposed 

 only by the rupture or decay of its walls (peridium) consisting 

 of closely packed cells, of which the fertile bear naked spores on 

 distinct spicules. 



Tribe Hri'U(;,T'A. 



Hymenium resembling the crumbs of bread, sub-terranean in 

 habit, some have a distinct peridium while others are totally 

 destitute of any covering. They differ from real truffles in the 

 fruit consisting of naked spores. This tribe of fungi are most 

 anxiously inquired after by European Mycologists from Australia 

 but as yet few have been collected. 



Hyd^v^axgium, Wcdlr. 



Peridium fleshy or membranaceous, sterile, base none. Trama 

 vesicular. Cells at first empty, then filled with echinulate spores. 



II. australien&e, B. et Berk., («. sp.) a redish, fleshy puff-ball-like 

 fungus, very rare, Sandy Creek, Taylor's Eange (Bailey). 



* licnieola polytricha^ is also found in New Zealand where it became an article 

 of export for the Chinese market. It is used to thicken soup. 



