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HYMENOMYCETES 
DACRYOPSIS 
(From its relation to Dacvyomyces ) 
D. nuda ( nudus , naked—from the absence of a veil). Forms 
a reddish-orange hemispherical head (J- in. diam.), surmount¬ 
ing a stout yellowish-white, minutely tomentose stem. Gre¬ 
garious on fir-stumps, etc., in aut. 
GUEPINIA 
(After Jean Pierre Guepin) 
G. peziza (shaped like a Peziza). 
Forms a minute yellow or orange irregular cup, not 
exceeding § in. diam., obliquely attached by a slender stem 
(^ in. long) to dead wood in aut. 
FEMSJONIA 
(From Femsjo, the name of a place) 
F. luteo-alba ( luteus , yellow ; albus , white—from the yellow 
disc and white exterior). 
Sph. shaped like a Peziza at first, about f in. diam.; plane 
at maturity, the disc bright yellow, with a narrow whitish 
margin, under surface whitish. Rooting, bursting through 
the bark of fallen birch and oak branches in aut. Un¬ 
common. 
DITIOLA 
(Gr. dittos , double; ioulos, down—from the down-like veil) 
D. ulicis (the gorse, Ulex euro pans —its habitat). 
Sph. globose, then flattened and wrinkled, lemon-yellow, 
J in. high. Common in win. on dead gorse stems. 
