176 FUNGI OF EAST DORSET. 



Genus 3. EXIDIA Fr. (Gr., exidio, I exude, from the 

 species bursting out of dead wood, e.g. thrpugh 

 the bark) . 

 E. glandulosa Fr. (Lat., nut-like). 



On dead branches of oak, &c., Copse adjoining the 

 gamekeeper's Cottage, Edmondsham, and on stakes 

 in the Rectory garden imported from the 

 woods. 

 E. albida (Huds.) Brefeld. (Lat., whitish). 



On dead or fallen branches, gelatinous, grey ; 

 not very common. Witchampton, Mrs. E. W. 

 Baker. On an old elm stump, Edmondsham 

 Rectory garden. Belt N. of St. Giles' Park by 

 Creech Hill. 



Genus 4. TREMELLA Dill. (Lat., tremo, I tremble, in 



reference to the quivering gelatinous substance of 



the species). Lobed or brain-like. 

 T. mesenterica Retz. (Gr.,frommese^erow, a membrane 



connecting the entrails). 



On dead branches, often of furze ; orange -yellow ; 



fairly common. Studland ; Nine Barrow Down ; 



Durlston ; Talbot Wood, Langton ; Godlingstone 



Heath, C. B. Green. Witchampton, Mrs. E. W. 



Baker. Broadstone in a pine wood. Woodland 



belts on the N. and E. sides of St. Giles' 



Park. Maldry Wood, St. Giles. Foxholes Wood, 



Edmondsham. 

 T. viscosa Berk. (Lat., sticky). 



On dead wood ; forming small grey gelatinous 



patches ; rare. Found and named by Rev. W. R. 



Linton. For certainty it is desirable that this 



should be rediscovered. 



Genus 5. DACRYOMYCES Nees (Gr., dacru, a tear, mukes, 

 a fungus, from the tear-like habit). Minute, 

 clustered. 



