I860.] CHAPTERS ON FUNGI. Til 



Meadows and woods ; common. Oct. -Nov. 



Distinguished by its fastigiate mode of growth. Its colour is 

 an ochry-yellow, more or less bright, and the whole plant resem- 

 bles the horn of a stag. 



Clavaria veemicularis, Sw. Worm-like Clavaria. Simple, 

 pure-white, tufted, crowded, subulate, flexuous, solid, but with a 

 small perforation, mostly connected at the base. 



Lawns and pastures, autumn; common, especially after rain. 



Forming white worm-like tufts about 2 or 3 inches high. 



I notice also the genus Typhula. 



Typhula. 



Heceptacle somewhat cylindrical, distinct from the capillary 

 stem. 



Typhula ERYTHROPUs, Pers. Red-stemmed Typhula. Simple; 

 receptacle smooth, white ; stem dark-red. 



On various decaying substances, as twigs, leaf-stalks, etc. etc. 

 Not uncommon. 



Often growing on some species of Sclerotium, and thus appa- 

 rently having a tuberous root 3 lines to 1 inch high ; stem often 

 flexuous, longer than the receptacle, which is pure-white. 



A pretty little Fungus, but requiring to be sought for among 

 dead leaves and twigs. The dark-red stem contrasts well with 

 the white summit or receptacle. 



Several of the genera classed with Clavaria, etc., in the ' English 

 Flora,' have now been removed to the Order Ascomycetes, as 

 their fructification is sporidiiferous. 



6. TBEMELLINL 



Fungi lobed, convolute or disciform, gelatinous ; fertile threads 

 not compacted into an hymenium. 



The plants of this suborder are chiefly distinguished by their 

 gelatinous substance. They often form rounded or shapeless 

 masses of a jelly-like consistence, swelling with moisture, and 

 shrinking up in dry weather. I select the following examples : — 



Tremella. 



Receptacle gelatinous, homogeneous, bearing fruit all round, 

 destitute of papillse. 



Tremella mesenterica, Retz. Orange Tremella. Rather 

 tough, twisted, lobed and plicate, orange-yellow. 



