Rcsupinatc Hymcnoniyccles. Wakefield &' Pearson. 69 



It may be of some value to give a list of the resupi nates 

 collected during three months, from the middle of November 

 to the middle of P^ebruary. They were all gathered within 

 easy distance of Weybridge, and may therefore serve as a 

 contribution to a vSurrey list of Fungi. The resupinates do 

 not usually form a prominent feature of such lists. In the 

 following both the common and the rarer species are 

 included, but many that at present seem to be rare may 

 prove to be common when sought for. 



Protodontia von Hoehnel in Sitzber. k. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Bd. CXVI, Abt. i, 1907, 



p. 83. 

 A genus resembling Odontia in appearance, but 

 distinguished by possessing the vertically septate basidia 

 characteristic of the order Tremellaceae. It is analogous 

 to the genera Tremellodon and Protohydnum, differing from 

 the latter, which does not occur in Britain, in its thinner, less 

 fleshy subiculum, and more slender spines. 



Protodontia uda von Hoehn. in Sitzber. k. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Bd. CXVI, Abt. i, 1907, 

 p. 83. 



Fructification effused, indeterminate, pure white and 

 slightly hyaline when fresh, very soft and delicate. 

 Subiculum very thin, some- 

 times almost wanting. Spines 

 slender, acute, up to 400/x long 

 and 100-150/X wide, at the base, 

 subgelatinous and slightly hya- 

 line, becoming yellowish and 

 collapsing as they dry. When 

 quite dry the subiculum appears 

 white and mealy, and the ^'tofodontia uda von Hoehnel. 

 spines subtranslucent, yellowish, ^' Spores; b, Two basidia 

 thread-like and curved. "" ®^^- 



Basidia globose, sunken, vertically septate, 7-8/x in 

 diameter with 2-4 sterigmata 8-ioxi-5yu. Spores hyaline, 

 elliptical, one side flattened, 6-8 (-9) x 3-4/x. Hyph.ge 

 very fine and closely adherent, hence scarcely to be 

 distinguished. 



On very soft, rotten wood, near Effingham, A. A. Pearson, 

 Dec, 15th, 191 7. 



At first sight this plant would suggest a " water-logged " 

 specimen of Odontia farinacea. On microscopic examination 

 it is at once distinguished by the septate, Tremella-Vike 



