MTXOGASTEES. 397 



1157. Stexnonitis typhoides. B.C. "Club-mace 



Stemonitis." 



Gregarious, hypothallus evanescent, peridia fugacious, capil- 

 litium and spores brownish. — Fr. S.M. iii. p. 158. Mich. t. 94, 

 /.2. Fl. Dan. t. 216. Schcef.t. 297. Batsch. t. 30, f. 17 G. Built. 

 477,/. 2. Ehr.S.B.f.7. Ann.N.H. no. 113. Kl. exs. no. 923. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 1450. 



On rotten wood. [Low & !Mid. Carolina.] 



1158. Stexnonitis ovata. P. " Ovate Stemonitis." 



Scattered, peridium very fugacious, ovate, steel-blue, capilli- 

 tium purplish, spores brown ; stem semi-penetrating. — Fr. S.M. 

 iii. ^j. 160. Kl. exs.no.ll2>2. Eng. Fl. v. ^;. 317. FcJd. exs.no. 

 1446. Trichia alba. Sou:, t. 259. 



On rotten wood. [United States.] 



1159. Stemonitis obtusata. Fr. " Obtuse Stemonitis." 



Scattered, peridium globose, fugacious, blackish ; capillitium 

 black-brown, stem slightly penetrating. — Fr. S.M. iii. p. 160. 

 Eng. Fl. Y.p. 317. Fl. Dan. t. 2091,/. 2. 



On wood. Apethorpe, Norths. [United States] 



At first wliite, then mddy brown. 



1160. Stemonitis pulchella. Bah. ''Beautiful 



Stemonitis." 



Yery minute, hypothallus brownish ; peridia scattered, evan- 

 escent ; stem rather short, incrassated below, not reaching the 

 apex ; capillitium purplish, ovate-oblong, scarcely ventricose ; 

 spores purplish brown. — Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 217, t. 12,/ 11. 

 Bah. Abst. Linn. Trans. 1839. 



On Pteris aquilina. Sept. Leicestershire. 



Extremely minate, not 1 line high, scattered, with a transparent horn- 

 brown hypothallus J peridium extremely evanescent; stem vanishing a little 

 below the apex, giving off filaments on every side ; the free part rather 

 short, smooth, dark, slightly incrassated below, capillitium ovato-oblong, 

 purplish- brown ; spores purple-brown. — M. J. B. 



1161. Stemonitis physarioides. A. <b S. "Coppery 



Stemonitis."' 



Peridium globose, obtuse, persistent, silvery, at length torn, 

 capillitium sub-compact black-brown, stem long, semi-penetrat- 



