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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Guepinia. Fr. 



Gelatinous, inclining- to 

 cartilaginous, free, different 

 on the two sides, variable in 

 form, substipitate. Hymeni- 

 um confined to one side. 



Guepinia spathularia. 



Yellow, cartilaginous, es- 

 pecially when dry, spathulate, 

 expanded above, hymenium 

 slightly ribbed, contracted 

 where it issues from a log. 



It is quite common on 

 beech and maple logs. I 

 have seen beech logs, some- 

 what decayed, quite yellow 

 with this interesting plant. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 

 Figure 408. Guepinia spathularia. Entire plant a light yellow. 



Hymenula. Fr. 



Effused, very thin, macu- 

 laeform, agglutinate, between 

 wavy or gelatinous. Berk. 



Hymenula punctiformis. B. & Br. 



Point-Like Hymenula. 



Dirty white, quite pallid, gelatinous, punctiform, slightly undulated; con- 

 sisting of erect simple threads ; frequently there is a slight tinge of yellow. The 

 spores are very minute. It looked very much like an undeveloped Peziza when 

 I found it, in fact I thought it P. vulgaris until I had submitted a specimen to 

 Prof Atkinson. 



