. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. FEMSJONIA. GENUS LIX.—Hirneola (htrnea, a jug). Fr. Fung. Nat. p. 24. Himeoia. Gelatinous inclining to cartilaginous, soft when moist, and tremulous but not distended with jelly ; excipulum (cavity) cup - shaped, when dry coriaceo-horny, reviving when moistened, but scarce- ly swelling. The hard skin which forms the hymenium superior, dis- coid, of a different colour from the excipulum, and when soaked for a considerable time admitting of being separated from it entire. Sporophores not involved in jelly ; spores oblong, c
. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. FEMSJONIA. GENUS LIX.—Hirneola (htrnea, a jug). Fr. Fung. Nat. p. 24. Himeoia. Gelatinous inclining to cartilaginous, soft when moist, and tremulous but not distended with jelly ; excipulum (cavity) cup - shaped, when dry coriaceo-horny, reviving when moistened, but scarce- ly swelling. The hard skin which forms the hymenium superior, dis- coid, of a different colour from the excipulum, and when soaked for a considerable time admitting of being separated from it entire. Sporophores not involved in jelly ; spores oblong, curved. A remarkable genus, clearly dis- tinct alike from Auricularia and Exidia. Fr. Hym Eur. p. 695. J r ?-> XCVIII. Hirneola auricula-Judo:. One-third natural size. 1. H. auricula-Judse Berk.—Thin, concave, flexuous, at length black, "uenoso-plicate without and within, tomentose and olive-cinereous beneath. On elder and elm. Frequent. March-Aug. Plant cent. (1-3 in.) broad. Upper substance corrugated, the plaits branching from the middle part where they are strongest and somewhat con- voluted, so as to give an idea of a human ear. When the plant grows on a perpendicular stump or tree it turns upwards. Eng. Bot. Name—Jew's-ear. Berk. Out. p. 289. t. 7. C. Hbk. n. 1032. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 978. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 695. Hussey i. /. 53.—Bolt. t. 107. Mich. Gen. t. 66. f. i. B. more even. Berk. Out. t. 7. C. reddish-fuscous. Bull. t. 427. / 2. Eng. Bot. t. GENUS LX.—Femsjonia (from Femsjo). Veg. Scand. p. 341. Fr. Summ. Femsjonia. Cup-shaped, distended with firm jelly, different on the two sides, disc thick, heterogeneous, even and not glandular. Sporo- phores immersed, globose, the oblong spores curved. Growing on wood, erumpent) brightly coloured. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 695. No British Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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