CLASSIFICATION 447 



Tremella 



Soft and gelatinous, variously lobed and twisted or forming 

 a mass of irregularly flattened lobes, surface smooth. 



Distinguished by the very soft, subgelatinous substance, forming 

 brain-like or foliaceous tufts. Often brightly coloured. 



T. sacckarina. — Forming tuberculose, variously twisted and 

 wavy, tawny cinnamon tufts, 1-2 in. across. 



Colour of crystallized sugar, becoming tawny. 



On fallen pine trunks. 



T. foliacea. — Gelatinous, tufted and very irregularly lobed, 

 man}' thin plates spring from a puckered base, pinkish cinnamon, 

 often with a more or less decided violet tinge, tufts 1-3 in. across. 



On stumps of pine and other trees. 



T. fimbriala. — Very soft and gelatinous, tufted, erect, lobes soft 

 and yielding, wrinkled, edges cut, blackish olive, 2-3 in. high, and 

 the same in diameter when well grown. 



Easily recognized by its very dark colour. 



On dead branches. 



T. frondosa.— Gelatinous, lobes many, wavy and twisted, pale 

 pinkish yellow, 4-6 in. across. 



The largest species. Very soft and gelatinous, almost slipping 

 through the fingers when gathered. 



On oak trunks, etc. 



T. lulescens.- — Very soft and gelatinous, lobes crowded, wavy, 

 pale, then tinged yellow, 1-2 in. across. 



Difficult to collect without dehquescing. 



On stumps, fallen branches, etc. 



T. mesenterica (PI. XXX, fig. 2).- — Gelatinous, but rather firm, 

 clear orange-yellow, folds wavy, variously curved, and forming a 

 brain-like mass 1-2 in. across. 



A very common fungus, readily known by its clear, deep orange 

 colour. Sometimes paler orange or deep j^ellow. 



On dead branches, stumps, etc. 



T. atrovirens. — Minute, bursting through the matrix to the 

 surface, minutely papillose and wrinkled, dusky green when moist, 

 blackish when dry. 1-3 lines across. 



On dead branches of broom, etc. 



T. intmnescens. —GeldiimoviS ; somewhat tufted, tufts rounded 

 and broken up into numerous wavy lobes, brown, shining, becoming 

 darker when dry, vaguely dotted, 1-2 in. across. 



On trunks of beech, etc. 



T. vesicana. — Gelatinous, but externally firm, soft and bladdery 

 within, much contorted, pallid or yellowish, tufts 2-3 in. high and 

 broad. 



Often becoming brownish when old. 



On the ground. 



