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12. Tremella reticulata (Berk) Farlow, notes on Fungi, 
Bhodora, ’08, p. 10. 
Tremella fuciformis Berk. (Outl.) Berkeley’s description is 
too brief to be of value. Atkinson has described and figured 
what be identifies as Tr. fuciformis Berk, as follows: “This is 
a very beautiful white tremella growing in woods on leaf mold 
close to the ground. It forms a large white tubercular mass 
resting on the ground, from the upper surface of which numer¬ 
ous stout, short, white processes arise which branch a few times 
in a dichotomous manner.” 
This description agrees very well with what is perhaps the 
commonest form of our specimens. Our forms are, however, 
quite variable as to size, degree of branching and character of 
the tips. They may be thrown roughly into the following 
groups: 
Form a. fig. 17. This is the typical and most abundant form 
and it agrees well with the description given by Atkinson. The 
masses are 10-15 cm. in diameter and nearly or quite as high. 
The flesh is very soft, and the parts are more or less hollow. 
The basidia are like those of the genus, globose, sunk in the sub¬ 
stance of the plant, and terminate with four long slender sterig- 
mata which rise to the surface and bear the spores. The spores 
are nearly ovoid, but inequilateral and somewhat reniform, con¬ 
tinuous 7-9 by 5-6 /a. 
Atkinson says the fungus is not very common, but I have 
found this form rather common about Madison and Blue 
Mounds. 
Form b. Figs. 19-20-21 show what seem to me to be more 
complex forms, but still having the essential characteristics of 
the type. 
These specimens were found in the same localities as form a. 
It is to be noted that these forms branch repeatedly and that the 
branches or nearly all of them seem to end in very short fimbri¬ 
ate tips. They do not show any of the yellowish or brownish 
color sometimes found in mature specimens of form a. All the 
specimens are of a rich creamy whiteness. These forms seem 
