442 CLAVARIACEjE Typhula 



1992. T. flliformis Fr. (from the thread-like stem ; fihtm, a thread, 



forma, form) a b e. 



CI. elongate, thickened, smooth, whitish. St. often branched, 



decumbent, date-brown. 



Dead leaves, holly, Comptonia asplenifolia, matting ; \ rare. Nov. 2§ in. 

 Sometimes springing from a very small sclerotium. Must not be con- 

 founded with 1973 or 1986. 



1992a. T. tenuis Fr. (from its attenuation ; tenuis, thin) a. 



CI. simple, glabrous, hair-like, thickening upwards, brown-black. 



Gregarious. On rotting wood in cellar. \ to \ in. " It resembles a little 

 black hair thickening upwards," Sowerby. 



1993. T. gracilis Berk. & Desm. (from the slender habit ; gracilis, 



slender) a b. Pallid. 



CI. simple or forked, acute, pubescent. St. short, distinct, 



smooth or as club. 



Putrid leaves ; uncommon. Dec. T 3 g in. Has the appearance of Isaria 

 puberula, but bears bisporous basidia. 



1994. T. pusilla Schrcet. (from its very small size ; pusillus, very 



small) a. White. 



CI. linear, usually drooping. St. linear. 



Horse-tail, plane, willow, wych-elm, alder. \ in. Leaves often covered with 

 minute sclerotia, from which the Typhula sometimes springs. 



1995. T. translueens B. & Br. (from its translucent substance) a. 



Pellucid white. 



CI. irregular, somewhat obovate. St. short, thickened upwards. 



Terrestrial. Oct. "Not a fungus," Massee, Brit. Fung. Fl. vol. i. p. 91. 

 " Resembling somewhat a prematurely dried Myxogast, but a true Basidio- 

 mycete," B. & Br. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvii. p. 138. 



XCVI. PISTILLARIA Fr. 

 (From the form, like a pestle, pistilhun.) 



Small, club-shaped or attenuate downwards into a short continuous 

 stem, rarely forked, cartilaginous and rigid when dry, sometimes 

 springing from a sclerotium. (Fig. in.) Species 1996 — 2000 



1996. P. tenuipes Mass. (from the thin stem ; tenuis, thin, pes, a 



foot) a. 



CI. inflated, obovate, wrinkled, pallid clay-colour or ochre. 



St. slender, nexuous, somewhat distinct from the club, ivory. 



Bare heathy ground, charcoal heaps. Nov.-Jan. I in. Clavaria tenuipes 

 B. & Br. 



1997. P. mieans Fr. (from its glistening surface ; mico, to glisten) a be. 

 CI. inflated, obovate, obtuse, smooth or slightly pruinose, 



glistening rose-colour, rarely purplish. St. short, attenuate, 

 white. 

 Dead stems and leaves, thistles, nettles, spurge, Artemisia ; rare. July. £ in. 



