396 

 Gen. 86. 



MTXOGASTEES. 



STEMONZTIS, Gled. 



P 



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Peridium very delicate, simple, 

 evanescent. Capillitium reticulate, 

 springing from the dark penetrating 

 stem. — Berk. Outl.p. 308. Eng. Fl. 

 v.^.317. (Fig. 1^2.) 



1155. Steznonitis fusca. Roth. 



" Brown Stemonitis." 



Fasciculate, lijpottiallus persis- 

 tent, peridia very fugacious, cylin- 

 drical, as well as the capillitium; 

 spores black-brown. — Fr. S.M. iii. 

 p.lhl. Eng.Fl.Y. p.2>n . Nees.f. 

 118. Grev.t.llO. 31icli.t.d-i, f.l. 

 Ehr. S.B. f. 5. Jacq. Misc. ii. t. 15. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 659,/. 1, t. 2016, /. 2. 

 Bisch^f. 3661. Kl. exs. ii. no. 457. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 1449. Trichia nuda. 

 Sow. t. 60. Bolt. t. 93, f.l. 



On rotten wood. Common. 

 [United States.] 



(Fig, 132.) 



Fig. 132. 



1156. 



Stemonitis ferruginea. EJirh. " Rusty Stemonitis." 



Fasciculate, hypothallus persistent, peridia fugacious, cylin- 

 drical as well as the capillitium ; spores reddish, then ferrugi- 

 nous.— Fr. ,5.3/. iii. ^. 158. Bull, t 4.77, f.l. Ehr. S.B. f. 6 A.B. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 2016. f.l. Bisch. f.370i. Paz/./. 580. Fckl. exs. no. 

 1448. 



On old stumps. [United States.] 



Similar to the foregoing, but the spores are much smaller, and of a dif- 

 ferent colour. 



