Gilbert—Tremellce of Wisconsin. IJL'57 
a ring of a rich yellow color around the base of the fungus when 
dry. The fungus changes only slightly in color while drying, 
becoming slightly brownish. When dry the fungus becomes 
very irregular, sometimes prostrate and sometimes remaining 
erect. Spores golden orange 16-22 by 5-8/*. Found in various 
localities in the state on decaying logs of larch. 
Calocera. Fries. 
Gelatinous-cartilaginous, horny when dry, vertical, sub-cylin¬ 
drical, simple or branched, viscid, without a distinct stem. 
Hymenium covering every part of the carpophore, basidia 
terete, apex furcate or bilobed, each lobe bearing a single one- 
spored sterigma. Spores oblong, curved, septate., on germina¬ 
tion and producing heads of ellipsoid sporidiola. 
20. Calocera cornea Batsch. Fig. 32. 
Clavaria cornea Batsch (Elenchus Cont. I tig. 161.) 
Clavaria aculeiformis Bull. (Champ, t. 463.) 
Tufted, rooted, clubs smooth, viscid, subulate, simple or 
slightly branched, orange or paler yellow at times, several con¬ 
nate at base; spores cylindrical-oblong 7-8 by 5/*. Carpophore 
1-2 cm., one specimen 3-4 cm. high. On stumps and trunks 
of oak. 
21. Calocera cornea var. ? Fig. 33-34. 
Color same as calocera cornea except that it is a lighter yel¬ 
low; carpophore much shorter and thicker. Grows in closely 
compacted tufts and the tips are seldom branched. Rare speci¬ 
mens on oak. Blair and Madison, Wis. 
