286 OUTLIXES OF BRITISH FUNCJOLOGV. 



On stalks of grass. Not uncommon. Fothcringay, Decnc, 

 etc., Northamptonshire. 



3. P. qiiisquiliaris, Fr. ; incrassated above, somewhat com- 

 pressed, dirty-^vhite, soft when growing, attenuated at the 

 base, substipitate. — Sow. t. 334'. /. 1. 



On fern-stems. Common. Often attached to a Sclerotium. 



4. P. puberxila, Berk. ; obovate, ventricose, white ; stem 

 short, distinct, pelhicid, tomentose. — Soiu. t. 334. /. 2. P. 

 ovata, Fr. 



On dead Pteris aquilina. Rare. King's ClifiFc. The stem 

 in this is composed of fibres ; therefore I fear that Fries's 

 character will hardly stand. 



5. P. pusilla, Fr.; small, smooth, even, linear, white; stem 

 not distinct at the base. — Pers. Couiin. t. 3. /. 6. 



On Equisetum. Weymouth. 



Order 6. TREMELLIXI. 



Whole plant gelatinous, with the exception occasionally of 

 the nucleus. Sporophores large, simple or divided. Spicules 

 elongated into thVeads. 



45. TREMELLA, Fr. 



Gelatinous, tremulous, imraarginate. Hymeuium not pa- 

 pillate, surrounding the whole of the Fungus. 



1. T. flmbriata, P.; cffispitose, erect, corrugated, olive- 

 black; lobes flaccid, incised, undulato-fimbriate. — Bull. t. 272. 



On dead branches. Very rare. Sowerby's herbarium. 



2. T. frondosa, Fr. ; csespitose, very large, even, pallid, pli- 

 cate at the base ; lobes waved and sinuated. — Bull. t. 499 T. 



