STILBUM. 445 



Stilbum vaporarium. B. & Br. 



Stems clustered, fasciculate, more or less connected at tlie 

 base, grey ; heads flesh-coloured ; conidia elliptic-oblong, 

 7-8 X 3 fi. 



Stilbum vaporarium, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 493 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 2968. 



On wood. 



Distinguished from >S^. fasciculatum more especially by the 

 lar2;er size of the conidia. 



Stilbum fasciculatum. B. & Br. 



Stems flabellato-fasciculate, joined at the base, grey ; 

 heads flesh-colour ; conidia elliptical, 5 X 2 fi. 



Stilbum fasciculatum, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 492 ; 

 Sacc, Sylh, iv. n. 2699. 



On fallen wood. 



According to Cooke the present species is the conidial 

 condition of Sjjliaerostilhe gracilipes. 



Stilbum fimetarium. B. & Br. 



Slenrler, clear-red, head at first subconic then becoming 

 flattened and angular; conidia ellipsoid, 6-7 /x long. 



Stilbum fimetarium, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 494 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 2710. 



Small ; on the dung of various animals. 



Stilbum. aurantiacum. Bab. 



Subfasciculate, orange ; stem smooth, darker at the base ; 

 head subclavate ; conidia oblong, obtuse, subtruncate, 12- 

 14 fx long. 



Stilbum aurantiacum, Babington, Linn. Soc. Trans., 1839 ; 

 Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 2714. 



On dead elm branches. 



Stilbum. turbinatum. Tode. 



Head variable, globose, oval, or obpiriform, whitish or 

 golden ; stem yellow, base greenish, pellucid ; conidia 

 globose. 



Stilbum turbinatum, Tode, Meckl., p. 12, t. 2, f. 20 ; Sacc, 

 Syll., iv. n. 2718. 



Stilbum citrinum, Per.^., Syn., p. 681. 



On rotten beech trunks. 



