114 MINOR PRODUCTS OF PHILIPPINE FORESTS 



moluccana (Linn.) Willd., Allaeanthiis luzonicus (Blanco) F.- 

 Vill., Annona muricata Linn., Annona reticulata Linn., Clero- 

 dendron minahassae Teysm. et Binn., Eriobortrya japonica 

 (Thunb.) Lindl., Erythrina fusca Lour., Ficus hauili Blanco, 

 Jatropha curca^ Linn., Mallotus moliiccanus Muell.-Arg., Melo- 

 chia arborea Blanco, Mussaenda philippica Rich., Psidium gua- 

 java Linn., Pterocarpus echinatus Pers., Pterocarpus indicus 

 Willd., Sapindus saponaria Blanco, Solanum vei'basci folium Linn., 

 Streblus asper Lour., Tecoma statis (Linn.) Juss., Theobroma 

 cacao Linn., Trema amboinensis (Willd.) Blume, Urcna lobata 

 Linn., Vitex negundo Linn., and Voacanga globosa (Blanco) 

 Merr. 



AURICULARIA TENUIS Lev. 



Auricularia tenuis is rather common and can be used directly 

 with the other forms. It is thinner, not so cup-shaped, smoother, 

 and lighter in color than the common Auricularia polytricha. As 

 to quality it compares favorably with the rest. 



The writer has grown this species successfully on the fol- 

 lowing woods: 



Bambusa spp., Columbia serratifolia Blanco., Cratoxylon sp.. 

 Diospyros sp., Diplodiscus panicidatus Turcz., Euphoi'bia hype- 

 ricifolia Linn., Ficus spp., Leucaoia glauca Benth., Meliaceae 

 Indet., Parinarium sp., Psidium guajava Linn., Pterocarpus sp., 

 Pterospermum obliquum Blanco., and Zea mays Linn. 



AURICULARIA BRASILIENSIS Fr. 



Auricularia brasiliensis is a rare, smooth, tropical form of 

 taiiigang-daga. It has been growTi successfully on Prosopis 

 vidaliana Naves. 



AURICULARIA MOELLERII Lloyd. 



Auncularia TnoelleHi is also a form of Auricularia auricula- 

 judae. The former fungus differs primarily in having a 

 strongly reticulate hymenium. It is not common. 



Family TREMELLACEAE 



Genus TREMELLA 



Pulvinate or affused, brain like; spores, conidia, and spori- 

 diola, globose or ovoid, always continuous. Gelatinuos, treme- 

 llous, im^marginate, hymenium not papillate, surrounding the 

 whole of the fungus. 



TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS Berk. 



Tremella fuciformis is a common white form of Tremella 

 found in the tropics. It is characterized by being caespitose. 



