. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. 316 TREMELLINEI. GENUS LXI.—Naematelia (, a word coined by Fries from vaiw, and applied to the gelatinous substance which sur- rounds the nucleus ; eiAe'w, to roll or wrap round). Fr. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 227. Solid, convex, immarginate, nucleus fleshy firm, entirely en- veloped with a thick gelatinous stra- turn, which is internally fibroso- floccose, and everywhere covered with sporophores. Growing on 'wood, rather firm, not shrivelling when dry. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. 1. N. encephala Fr.—Pallid-flesh- colour, 8-12 m
. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. 316 TREMELLINEI. GENUS LXI.—Naematelia (, a word coined by Fries from vaiw, and applied to the gelatinous substance which sur- rounds the nucleus ; eiAe'w, to roll or wrap round). Fr. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 227. Solid, convex, immarginate, nucleus fleshy firm, entirely en- veloped with a thick gelatinous stra- turn, which is internally fibroso- floccose, and everywhere covered with sporophores. Growing on 'wood, rather firm, not shrivelling when dry. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. 1. N. encephala Fr.—Pallid-flesh- colour, 8-12 mm. (4-6 lin.) broad and thick, somewhat sessile, pulvinate, plicato-rugose. Solitary or clustered. Nucleus large, hard, white. On pine branches, chiefly Scotch fir. Frequent. XCIX. N&matelia encephala. Natural size. Looks like the brain of some animal. Name—kv, within; Ke^a\^. head. From its brain-like appearance. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 227. Berk. Out. p. 290. C. Hbk. n. 1033. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 979.— Willd. Bot. Mag. i. t. 14. 2. N. nucleata Fr.—Whitish then light yellow-fuscous, 2-8 mm. (1-4 lin.) broad, sessile, becoming plane, somewhat gyrose. On rotten wood. Rare. Sometimes confounded with Tremclla albida from which it differs in the presence of a small white nucleus. Name—nucleus, a kernel. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. Syst. Myc. ii. p. 228. Berk. Out. p. 290. C. Hbk. n. 1034. 3. N. virescens Corda.—Greenish, sessile, somewhat orbicular, depressed, gyroso-tubercular. On branches of Ulex, &c. Common. Name—vireo, to be green. Corda Ic. iii. f. 90. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 696. Berk. Out. p. 290. C. Hbk. n. 1035. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 980.—Fl. Dan. I. 1857-/ 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 Stevenson, John, d. 1893. Edinb
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