TREMELLINACEiE 
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GYROCEPHALUS 
(Gr. guroSj round ; kephale , the head—from the globular shape) 
G. rufus ( mfus , red). Sph. erect, 3 in. high, somewhat 
spoon-shaped or variously contorted and irregular, between 
horny and gelatinous in consistency, orange or dull scarlet. 
On the ground and on rotten trunks in pine woods. Rare. 
TREMELLODON 
(Gr. odous , a tooth, and from its resembling Tremella in 
substance) 
T. gelatinosum (gelatina, jelly—from the gelatinous sub¬ 
stance), “Jelly Hedgehog.” Plate XXVI. 1. 
Sph. 1-3 in., tremelloid, more or less fan-shaped, thick, with 
a lateral stem-like base, bluish-grey, sprinkled with minute 
white granules. H. watery-grey, covered with stout, acute, 
gelatinous spines. Gregarious or solitary, sometimes tufted, 
forming a contorted mass 6 in. diam. or more. Said to be 
rare, but is not infrequent in shady pine woods on the 
Neocomian sands in the South of England. 
DACRYOMYCES 
(Gr. dakru, a tear; muhes , a fungus—from the tear-like 
habit) 
D. deliquescens ( deliquesce , to dissolve—from its appear¬ 
ance). Forms minute, gelatinous, wavy, roundish masses on 
pine wood, throughout the year, but most abundantly in win. 
Frequently appearing as long yellow lines out of cracks in 
the wood. “ It often resembles very much a caespitose, waved 
yellow Peziza, growing in clusters, sometimes an inch or 
more in length ” (Cooke). 
