70 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



DITIOLA. Pries. 



Stroma firm, more or less stem-like ; hymenium discoid, 

 gelatinous ; basidia furcate ; spores at first continuous, then 

 1-septate. 



Bitiola, Fries, Syst. Myc. ii. p. 170. 



Ditiola radicata. Pries. 



Stroma rooting, exposed portion tMck, firm, simple or 

 branched, white, villous, expanded at the apex and ter- 

 minated by the plane or slightly depressed, golden-yellow 

 hymenium ; spores elliptic-oblong, mostly curved, uni-septate, 

 8-12 X 4-5 IX.. 



Bitiola radicata. Pries, Syst. Myc. ii. p. 170 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 353, fig. 101. 



On wood, amongst pine leaves, &c. Stem -^—f in. high, 

 hymenium 2-5 lines across. 



APYEENIUM. Pries. 



Subgelatinous, subglobose, hollow; hymenium covering 

 the whole of the outer surface ; spores continuous. 



Apyrenium, Pries, Summ. Veg. Scand., p. 470 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 352. 



Distinguished amongst the Tremellineae by being inflated 

 and constantly hollow. A spurious genus, the forms being 

 the conidial stage of species of Hypocrea. 



Apyrenium lignatile. Pries. 



Sessile, rounded and variously deformed, smooth, internally 

 and externally pallid or yellowish, collapsing when dry and 

 becoming rugulose ; spores rounded. 



Apyrenium lignatile. Pries, Hym. Eur., p. 700 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 352, fig. 100. 



On pine wood, decaying fungi, (fee, in damp places. 

 About the size of a pea, sometimes with a reddish tinge. 



The conidial stage of Hypocrea rufa. 



Apyrenium armeniacum. B. & Br. 

 Subgelatinous, lobed, peach colour; spores obovate, 13 x 



8 /A. 



