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Small orange Hacrymyces.
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GENERIC CHARACTER.
“ Receptaculum carnoso-gelathmsum, homogeneum, undique fructficans, glabrum,
demum subdeliquescens. Papilloe nullæ. Contextus jloccosus, Jloccis assur-
gentibus quibus sporidia inierspersa.— Forma rotundata vel discÿbrmis, vix
marginata, subsesssilis, superficie varia.”—F r ie s .
Receptacle carnoso-gelatinous, homogeneous, fructifying in every p art, glabrous,
at length deliquescing. Papillae none. Substance filamentous,
the filaments somewhat erect, with sporidia interspersed.—Form roundish
or disciform, scarcely marginated, subsessile, the surface varying.
SPECIFIC character.
D acrymyces s tilla tu s ; gregarius, parvus, rotundatus, convexus, loevis, luteo-
aurantiacus.
D. gregarious, small, rounded, convex, smooth, yellowish-orange.
D a c r ym y c e s stilla tu s, Nees ab Esenb. Syst. p. 89. t. 7. f. 90.—Fries, Syst.
V. 2. p . 230.
T h e m e l l a de liq u e sc en s. Bull. Champ, p . 219. t. 455. f. S.— Rebent. Fl. Neomarch.
p , 284.—D e Cand. Fl. Franç. 2. p. QY— Ejusd. Syn. p. IQ.— With.
Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 93— Relh. Fl. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 509 Purt. Midi.
Fl. V. 3. p. 177.
T b em e l l a ab ie tin a, Pers. Obs. Mycol. 1 . p . 78 Syn. Fung. p . 627.— Mycol.
Europ. 1 . p. 104— Alb. et Schwein. p . 304.—Schum. Soelland. p . 440.—
Schwein. Syn. Fung. Carol. No. I I 49.
T h e m e l l a ia c rym a lis, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 628.— Mycol Europ. 1 . p. 104__
Alb. et Schwein. 1. c. p. 304— Schwdn. 1. c. No. 1150.
T hemella miliaris, Schrank, F l Bav. p. 563.
H as. On dead wood, posts, rails, &c. very frequent. The whole year, b u t
chiefly in th e spring.
Plants gregarious, distinct, or somewhat confluent from juxtaposition, sessile
or nearly so, one-tenth to one-sixth o f an inch in breadth, roundish,
globose or depressed, smooth, even, ra th e r firm when young, b u t becoming
exceedingly soft, and in age almost melting away, yielding to the
slightest touch. Colour fine yellow or orange. Substance similar throughout,
composed of a mass o f suberect filaments, which are branched and
articulated. Spondia dispersed everywhere among the filaments.
YOL. I I I .