PISTILLARIA. 



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GENUS LV. Pistillaria (pistillum, a pestle. From the form). Pistillaria. 



Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 496. 



Very small, with a turgid club, which is either sessile, or. 

 attenuated into a short continuous stem, hardened when dry 

 Substance somewhat cellular. Spo- 

 rophores simple or forked. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 686. 



1. P. micans Fr. Glistening-rose- 

 colour, scarcely exceeding 2 mm. (i 

 lin.) high, obovate, obtuse ; stem 

 short, attenuated, and, as well as the 

 oval spores, white. 



Smooth, but somewhat pruinose. 



On dead thistles. Rare. 



Spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 9-10x5-6 mk. K. 

 Name mico, to glisten. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 686. Berk. Out. p. 285. C. Hbk. n. 

 1007. Hoffm. Germ. t. 7. f. 2. Ehrenb. 

 Ber. t. 3. f. 2. 



XCV. Pistillaria priberula. 



Natural size. Section four times 



natural size. 



2. P. culmigena Fr. Hyaline-pellucid, ovato-clavate, obtuse ; 

 stem distinct, very short. 



Small, soft when fresh, hardened when dry, sclerotioid. 



On stalks of grass. Frequent. Jan. 



Name culmus, a haulm ; gigno, to bear. Growing on stalks. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 687. Montagn. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1836, t. 12. / 2. Berk. Out. p. 285. 

 C. Hbk. n. 1008. 



3. P. quisquiliaris Fr. Whitish, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) long, 

 thickened upwards, somewhat compressed, soft when fresh, rigid 

 when dry, attenuated at the base, smooth, somewhat stipitate. 



Gregarious, here and there flattened and bifid. 



On fern stems. Common. Sept.-Oct. 



Often attached to a Sclerotium. M.J.B. Spores sausage-shaped, 15 mk. Q. 

 Name quisquiliee, sweepings, rubbish. Among refuse of fern. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 687. Berk. Out. p. 286. C. Hbk. n. 1009. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 959. 

 Sow. t. 334.7. i. 



4. P. furcata Smith. Clubs white or yellowish, 3 cent. (i% 

 in.) high, waxy then tough, compressed, broad at the apex, 

 attenuated downwards, generally furcate and casspitose. 



