TREMELLA moriformis.
Mulberry Tremella.
CRYPTOGAMIA Algce.
Gen. Char. Fructification scarcely perceptible, in a
membranous jelly-like substance.
Spec. Char. Sessile, clustered, twisted, black, opaque;
internally fleshy, deep purple.
F o u n d by Mr. C. E. Sowerby, on pales and rails between
Hoodly gate and Meastham, Surry, early in June last. We
can discover no synonym for this plant, and therefore venture
to publish it as new.
It grows sessile, on exposed wrought wood, in roundish
or oblong, tumid, sinuous masses, of various sizes, not unlike
mulberries in appearance, except being coal-black. Internally
however they are of a rich deep purple hue. The substance
is fleshy, attached by strong central roots. When dried between
paper, a violet stain is communicated to whatever the
plant touches.
