144 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



Fl. t. 159. Tremella deliquesce ns, WITH. iv. 86. GREV. Fl 

 Edin. 4,27. 



Hal. On rotten wood, everywhere. Spring. 



2. D. Urticoe, minute, oblong, rather plane, orange-coloured or 

 red ; filaments simple, slightly curved Bot. Gall. ii. 729. Tre- 

 mella Urticce, PERS. Syn. 628. Fusarium tremelloides, GREV. Crypt. 

 Fl t. 10. ; Fl. Edin. 4,71. 



Hob. On dead stems of the nettle, common in early spring. 



77- ILLOSPORIUM. 



1. /. roseum, scattered, roundish, or somewhat lobed, pinkish- 

 red or rose-coloured GREV. Syn. 10. Bot. Gall.n. 876. Tuber- 

 cularea rosea, PERS. Syn. 114. Palmella rosea, GREV. Crypt. Fl. 

 t, 51. ; Fl. Edin. 323. 



Hob. On Borrera tenella, frequent in autumn, and some- 

 times on the bark near lichens. 



78. TREMELLA. 



OBS Were the parenchymatous matter of Sclerotium less com- 

 pact and solid, or were that of Stilbospora more abundant, we should 

 have, I think, a Tremella. These fungi are of a soft gelatinous 

 consistence, having the seminal grains immersed in the outer 

 covering. The colour and forms of the species are Variable, and 

 dependent in some degree on the state of the atmosphere, for in 

 dry weather they shrivel up and become obscure, while in moist 

 weather they swell out remarkably, and assume colours generally 

 of a vivid hue. They either sprout from under the bark of trees, 

 or find a station fit for their development on rotten wood. 



1. T. mesenterica, saffron-yellow, raised, much plaited, large 

 WITH. iv. 86. Eng. Bot. t. 709. HOOK. Scot. ii. 32. GREV. Fl. 

 Edin. 426. 



Hob. On dead branches of whin, broom, and hawthorn, in 

 spring. 



Springs from under the bark, and is readily distinguished by 

 its fine colour and furbelowed surface. 



