308 CLAVARIEI. 



Pistiiiaria. In greenhouses. 



Name— -furca, a fork. Forked. Worth. Smith in C. Hbk. n. 1012. 



5. P. puberula Berk. — White, scarcely 2 mm. (1 lin.) high, 

 obovate, ventricose; stem short, distinct, attenuated upwards, 

 pellucid, Jibro7cs, tomentose. 



On dead Pteris aquilina. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — pubes, first downy hair on the chin. From the tomentose stem. 

 Berk. Out. p. 286. Eng. Fl. v. p. 181. C. Hbk. ?i. 1010. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 960. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 688. — Sow. t. 334. f. 2. 



6. P. pusilla Fr. — White, very small, 2 mm. (1 lin.) long, 

 smooth, even, linear; stem not distinct. 



On Equisetum. Weymouth. 



Slightly thickened upwards, nodding when dry. M.J.B. Name — pusio, 

 a small boy. Very small. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 688. Syst. Myc. i. p. 498. 

 Berk. Out. p. 286. Eng. Fl. v. p. 182. C. Hbk. n. 1011. 



Microcera. Genus LVI. — Microcera (fiiKpfc, small; Kepas, a horn). 



Desm. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1848, p. 350. 



" External veil persistent, membranaceous-floccose, breaking 

 above into many lacinias. Receptacle fleshy, club-shaped, formed 

 of simple spore-bearing fibres. Spores fusiform, arcuate." Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 689. 



No British species. 



