CRYPTOGAMI AFUNGI. 1 11 



of minute, globular, pellucid grains. Small, red. Hal. on 

 lichens. 



78. TREMELLA. Fungus gelatinous, subpellucid, polymorphous, 



lobed or plaited ; seeds scattered, placed near the surface. 

 (Large or middle-sized, variously coloured, bursting from 

 under the bark.) 



79. PODISOMA. Fungus gelatinous, conical, composed internally 



of pellucid unilocular capsules. Parasitical on the living 

 juniper. 



80. TUBERCULARIA. Fungus wart-like, fleshy, compact, sub- 



sessile ; granules very small and numerous, immersed in 

 the superior and cortical layer. Parasitic on the bark of 

 trees and shrubs. 



* * * Fungi Jiesliy or coriaceous ; texture fibrous ; seeds very minute, 

 produced externally, generally contained in slender tubes. (Mostly 

 large and of short duration : colours various, but seldom black. ) 



j- External surface even. 



81. CENAJTGIUM. Fungus subsessile, attached by the centre be- 



neath, plaited ; disk at first closed, at length more or less 

 open, smooth, seminiferous; the seeds in erect hyaline 

 tubes. (Coriaceous, small, gregarious, bursting from un- 

 der the bark of branches.) 



82. PEZIZA. Fungus fleshy or waxy, saucer or cup-shaped, ses- 



sile or stalked, affixed by the centre beneath; the disk 

 smooth, seminiferous ; seeds in hyaline tubes. 



b. Erect. 



83. TYPHULA. Fungi club-shaped, the stalk slender, filiform, 



sprouting from a radical tuber. Parasitical. 



84. CLAVARIA. Fungi fleshy, erect, simple or branched; the 



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