. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. 309 ORDER VI— TREMELLINEI. Whole fungus homogeneous, gelatinous, shrivelling when dry, reviving when moistened, pervaded internally with branched filaments, terminating towards the surface all round in sporo- phores; spores somewhat reniform. The structure of the Tremellini is admirably illustrated by Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1853. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 689. Genus LVII.—Tremella {tremo, to tremble). Dill.—Fr. Syst. Myc. 2. p. 210. Tremella. Distended with jelly when moist, tremulous, immarginate, not papil- late, sporophores globose, becoming

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. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. 309 ORDER VI— TREMELLINEI. Whole fungus homogeneous, gelatinous, shrivelling when dry, reviving when moistened, pervaded internally with branched filaments, terminating towards the surface all round in sporo- phores; spores somewhat reniform. The structure of the Tremellini is admirably illustrated by Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1853. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 689. Genus LVII.—Tremella {tremo, to tremble). Dill.—Fr. Syst. Myc. 2. p. 210. Tremella. Distended with jelly when moist, tremulous, immarginate, not papil- late, sporophores globose, becoming quadripartite, and sending out from each division an elongated free spi- cule, which terminates in a simple spore. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 689. I. Mesenteriformes (jaeo-eVrepov, the me- sentery). Gelatinous inclining to cartilag- inous, foliaceous, naked. II. Cerebrin^e (cerebrum, the brain). Firm then pulpy, somewhat pruinose with the spores. III. Crustacea {crusta, a crust). Dif- fused, becoming plane. IV. Tuberculiformes (tuberczdum, a little tuber). Small, somewhat erumpent.. XCVI. Tremella mescnterica. Natural size. I.—Mesenteriformes. Gelatinous, inclining to cartilaginous, &c. 1. T. fimhriata Pers.—Olivaceous inclining to black, casspitose, clusters 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) high and even broader, erect, corru- gated] lobes flaccid, incised at the margin, undulato-fimbriate. When soaked with water it has a dark tawny tinge.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Stevenson, John, 1836-1903. Edinburgh : Blackwood