. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes ; a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of botany, British museum. Diam. 5 in. Varying pale brownish,pale yellowish, or sulphur- or ochre-white. 1744. H. argutum Fr. (from the acute spines; argutus, acute) a b effused in scattered patches, tomentoso-interwoven, spongy, adnate, white. Sp. acute, awl-shaped, unequal, slightly serrate,colour as Sub. Wood and bark, alder, willow. Sept. Diam. 2\ in. The hymenium has afinely mossy appearance from the unequal, divergent spines. Becomingcolour of coffee with milk
. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes ; a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of botany, British museum. Diam. 5 in. Varying pale brownish,pale yellowish, or sulphur- or ochre-white. 1744. H. argutum Fr. (from the acute spines; argutus, acute) a b effused in scattered patches, tomentoso-interwoven, spongy, adnate, white. Sp. acute, awl-shaped, unequal, slightly serrate,colour as Sub. Wood and bark, alder, willow. Sept. Diam. 2\ in. The hymenium has afinely mossy appearance from the unequal, divergent spines. Becomingcolour of coffee with milk when dry. 1745. H. stipatum Fr. (from the crowded spines; stipatus, crowded) a widely effused, flocculoso-farinaceous, forming an adnate crust, white to brown-white or light yellowish. Sp. at first granulose then forming obtuse teeth, colour as Sub. Rotten wood. Dec-Jan. Diam. 3J in. Has the appearance of a resupinatePolyporus. LXXI. TREMELLODON Fr. (From its resemblance to a Tremella; Gr. odous, a tooth.) Gelatinous, pileate, hymenium inferior, covered with acute awl-shaped spines. Basidia ovate, somewhat obliquely 2-4 divided. Fig. 86.— Tremellodon gelatinosum Fr. A, section, one-half natural size, b, basidia, sterigmata and spores. X 500. almost to the base, sometimes undivided for twice the length ofthe spore, sterigmata 1-5 lengths of spore. (Fig. 86.) Tremellodon HYDNACE/E 335 Mr. Fred. Currey {Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. v. p. 181, 1861) wasthe first to call attention to the cloven basidia in this species, andto point out the resemblance in the fruit to some of the George Massee {British Fungus Flora, vol. 1. p. 65) has placedTremellodon at the end of the Tremellinacece, but the nature of thebasidium and sterigmata is an insufficient reason for the removal,and if adopted many other removals would have to be made. 1746. T. gelatinosum Fr. (from the gelatinous substance) a b translucent, fan-shaped, fleshy, dimidiate, substipi
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