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of filaments which are variously branched and often clavate Dacrymyces. 

 above. 



Conspicuous only in rainy weather. Forming circular patches. Individual 

 plants 4-8 mm. (2-4 lin.) broad. 



On twigs of ash and maple. Bath, 1868. Winter. 



Spores ovato-triangular, 14x6-8 mk. B. &= Br. Name sebum, tallow. 

 From its resemblance to little spots of tallow. B. & Br. n. 1305. t. i8./. 2. 

 C. Hbk. n. 1037. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 699. 



6. D. succineus Fr. Amber-colour, punctiform, somewhat 

 gelatinous, smooth, becoming pale externally when moistened, 

 disc darker and immarginate. 



Gregarious, very small, rather thick, collapsing when dry as D. chrysocomus 

 does. 



On pine leaves. Grantown, Morayshire. 



Minute, cup-shaped, stipitate, pale-yellow ; stem short, stout, black ; spores 

 cylindrical, nxi^ mk. The British specimens exactly accord with those 

 from Spree in Rabenhorst's ' Fungi Europcei' No. 680. Phillips. Name 

 succinum, amber. From the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 699. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 984. 



7. D. vermiformis B. & Br. Grey, minute, worm-shaped. 

 Sporophores globose; spores globose, pallid fuscous. 



Sporophores 14 mk. ; spores 6 mk. 



On rotten wood. Batheaston. April. 



Name vermis, a worm ; forma, form. B. & Br. n. 1700. /. 3. /. i. 



