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. {C ~^\ 



Eur. p. 686. 



1. P. micans Fr. — Glistening-rose- 

 colour, scarcely exceeding 2 mm. (1 

 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, 9-10 x 5-6 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. Ehretib. 

 Ber. t. 3./. 2. 



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XCV. Pistillaria puberida. 



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. Montagu. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1836, /. 12. f. 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 — quisquilice, 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./. 1. 



4. P. furcata Smith. — Clubs white or yellowish, 3 cent. {\% 

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

 attenuated downwards, generally furcate and csespitose. 



