122 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Tremella mycetophila Parasitic Tremella 



Cap 1-10 cm. wick, yellowish tu whitish, mure or less plate-like, with circular 

 folds, jellv-fleshv. somewhat powdered ; spores clear, globose. 2-3fi. 



Parasitic on the caps and stems of mushrooms. Coll v b i a d r y o p h i 1 a and 

 M a r a s m i u s o r e a d e s ; edible. 



DAritYOMYC'ES 



Cap globoid to convex. some\A-hat folded or smooth. I'ellv-like. small. On wood. 

 The name means tear fungus. 



FlCURi: 87. (k'EPIMA SlWrHUL.VTA 



Dacryomyces stillatus Orange Tear 



C a p 2-9 mm. wide, vellow or orange, jelly-like, globoid or con\'ex. more or 

 less folded; spores clear, more or less curved, with cross walls. 18-30 X S-12fi. 

 The name means drop-like. 



Common on decaying wood, clustered or in groups ; too small to be of ^■alue. 



(jrEi'ixi.v 



Cap more or less spatula-like and stalked, cartilaginous rather tlian jelly- 

 like, shrinking little on drying. Named for the botanist Guepin. 



Guepinia spathulata Coral Spatula 



Cap 1-3 cm. tall, pale yellow, yellow or orange, spatula-shaped, lobed or 

 branched, and somewhat ridged above, with a narrow stem-like base, cartilaginous 

 or horn\'. The name refers to the furm. 



