1920] The Lower Basidiomycetes of North Carolina 173 



not as the variety, in l)oth Sjn. Car. (No. 1147) and Syn. Am. Bor. (No. 

 1121). We have this little plant in plenty at Chapel Hill and find it in no 

 "vvay related to this gi'oup of fungi, the only resemblance being the sub- 

 gelatinous texture and external form. The plants are very small, deep red, 

 scarcely as large as a clover seed, scattered or approximated. Dacrymyces 

 macrosporus B. & Br. is apparently the same. No one seems to know what the 

 original T. fragiformis of Persoon is. 



The following are translations of Sehweinitz's original descriptions 

 of species of Dacrymyces : 



Dacrymyces pelhicidus Sehw. (No. 1129. Syn. Fung. Amer. Bor. p. 186: 1832): 

 "Large, extending 3 inches in length and breadth, white, subpellueid, in the 

 grooving state, resembling the early stage of a gelatinous Hydnum ; the form 

 is also gyrose like a Troniella, variously lobed, with thick blunt lobes. The 

 internal structure is entirely that of a Dacrymyces. In the dry state it 

 presents a hard thick membrane, plicate-veined, pellucid. Large, rather rare 

 on wood at Salem; also seen near Philadelphia." A good plant in the Sch- 

 weinitz Herbarium shows this to be a Tremella or Exidia with 4-celled basidia 

 about 9.ofi thick. It is probably T. fuciformis. 



Dacrymyces capitatus Schw. No. 1130. Syn. Fung. Amer. Bor. j). 186): "Stipi- 

 tate, penetrating the stem (of Brassica) with its stalk, base tomentose, thick, 

 scurfy (resembling a Ditiola), ending in a globose head, often compressed, 

 sometimes plicate, reddish golden in color. It grows seatteringly. Internal 

 structure exactly that of this genus. Seen on the stem of Brassica, Bethle- 

 hem. ' ' Possibly a true Dacrymyces, but a slide shows no spores nor developed 

 basidia. 



Dacrymyces difformis Schw. (No. 1130. Syn. Fung. Amer. Bor. p. 186): "Multi- 

 form, variously contorted, bursting from the epidermis almost like a Myxo- 

 trichus, reddish golden, subexpanded. Internal structure as in the others. 

 Eare on the twigs of rose clusters, Bethlehem." A collection from Philadel- 

 phia by Schweinitz shows a few small plants on a rose branch about one 

 centimeter thick. A slide shows nothing decisive. 



Dacrymyces cpipliyllus Schw. (1132. Syn. Fung. Amer. Bor. p. 186): "It 

 immediately recalls a Sclerotium, but afterward slowly shows the internal 

 Dacrymyces structure. Gregarious, subrotund or oblong, yelloAvish, minute, 

 one-half line broad, sub-pulvinate, as if inherent, often subconfluent. Seen on 

 the leaves of Galium at Salem." A good collection in Philadelphia shows no 

 evidence of being a Dacrymyces. It scarcely swells when wet, and the internal 

 structure is unlike this genus. 



Dacrymyces viticoln SchAV. (No. 1133. Syn. Fung. Amer. Bor. p. 186): "Two- 

 formed. Bursting forth from the cortex or epidermis, provided with a thick 

 stalk, base obscured or covered with tomentum, expanded above into a reddish- 

 orange gyrose head. Also on decorticated wood, effused, gyrose-plicate, thin, 

 of the same color. Each form preserves the internal structure of a Dacry- 

 myces. Rare, bursting forth from the epidermis of dead grape, Bethlehem." 

 In Philadelphia both forms are represented. A slide of the second form 



