HYMENOMYCETES. 



Sub-genus SYNCOEYNE. 



Simple, hut fasciculate and sub-united at the base. 



6 C. FusiFOEMis. Fries. 



2 — 3 high. Cjespitose, even, lanceolate, attenuated, forming 

 a dense tuft, luteous, darker at the apex. Bebbington. 

 Knowsley. 



7 C. IN^QUALTS. Fries. 



1 — 3 high. Sub-fasciculate, of irregular growth, compressed 

 or channelled, sometimes .slightly forked. Whitish or pale 

 yellow. Pasture near St. Helens. Not uncommon. 



8 C. FKAGILIS. Holmsk. 



Loosely tufted, very brittle, white or crumb of bread colour ; 

 club more or less obtuse and hollow. 



Var. a. — Turgid upwards, answering to Sow. t. 90 ; occurs 

 growing gregariously, never tufted, in various woods in the 

 neighbourhood. 



Var. C. — More slender and acute ; answering to the longer 

 figures in Bolt. t. iii. Occurs yearly on a grassy bank in 

 Hangsdale's Wood. Intermediate forms are common. 



Genus XXXII. CALOCERA. Fries. 



9 C. viscosA. Pers. 



1 — IJ high, exclusive of the root. Eooting, smooth ; branches 

 linear, dichotomous ; apices forked, acute ; bright reddish gold 

 colour. The substance is composed of narrowly clavate 

 vesicles, containing globules of colouring matter ; mixed with 

 these are long, even, transparent threads. Spores sub-legu- 

 mcniform. 00045. Pale ochraceous. On a decayed fir-tree, 

 Woolton Wood, 1857. 



10 C. CORNEA. Batscli. 



J high. Rooting, three or four simple branches springing from 

 the base ; bright orange. Common, growing in the cracks of 

 squared timber. 



11 C. GLOssoiDES. Fries. 



i— I high. Simple, not united at the base ; stem terete ; club 

 somewhat incrassated and obtuse ; sub-tremellose ; golden- 

 coloured. On the trunks of oaks from wliicli the bark lias been 

 stripped. Knowsley. 



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