Masses — The Fungus Flora of Neio Zealand. 43 



oozing out of dead wood, branches, &c. ; spores subglobose, con- 

 tinuous, on germination the germ-tube bears numerous broadly 

 elliptical sporidiola. In some species dense racemes of conidia 

 are produced in the substance of the gelatinous sporophore pre- 

 vious to or contemporaneous mth the formation of basidio- 

 spores. 



Tremdla lutescens, Pers., Syn., p. 622 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 8377 ; 



Cooke, Austr. Fung., p.'208. 



Very soft and gelatinous, lobes crowded, entire, wav\% pallid 

 then yellowish, 2-8 cm. diameter; spores subglobose, 12-16 /x 

 diameter ; conidia globose, r5-2 /x diameter. 



On fallen and rotten trunks and branches. New Zealand. 

 Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tas- 

 mania, South Africa, Europe, North America, Brazil. 



The conidia are produced at the tips of densely corymbose 

 branches buried in the gelatinous substance of the fungus. 



• 63. Naematelia, Fries. 

 Sub gelatinous, convex, pallid, with a firm central white nucleus. 



Ncematella, Fries, Syst. Myc, ii, p. 227. 



Readily distinguished by the presence of a firm, solid, white 

 central nucleus, around which the subgelatinous sporiferous 

 portion is spread, forming a convex body when extended. In 

 some species the external gelatinous layer contracts and dis- 

 appears when dry, the white nucleus alone being visible. The 

 original structure, however, returns when the specimen is im- 

 mersed in water. 



Ncematdia nucleata, Fries, Syst. Myc, ii, p. 227 ; Sacc, Svll. vi, 



no. 8450. 



Sessile, depressed, gelatinoiis, more or less contorted, almost 

 translucent, with a central, white, opaque, hard mass, 05-1 cm. 

 across ; spores broadly elliptical, hyaline, 7 /x long. 



On damp rotten wood. New Zealand. Britain, southern 

 United States. 



Quite glairy and soft when moist ; when dry the outermost 

 gelatinous portion contracts, the white nucleus alone being 

 visible. 



64. Dacryomyces, Nees. 



Gelatinous, homogeneous, more or less contorted, often bright- 

 coloured ; spores simple or septate. 

 Dacryomyces, Nees, Syst., p. 89. 



Minute gelatinous fungi occurring on dead wood, often yellow 

 or orange ; spores cylindric- oblong, curved, often one or more 

 septate at maturity or during germination, sometimes even 



