STILBACEI. 



555 



About ^ line Mgh, stem rather more than half the whole height, head 

 somewhat granulated, compact, and not the least pulverulent when dry, 

 dissolvT.ng in water, and giving out a multitude of minute, subcylindric 

 spores, which are spread over the depressed black apex of the stem. — En a. 

 Fl. 



1662. Stilbum pellucidum. Schrad. " Pellucid Stilbum." 



Head subrotund, whitish ; stem equal, rigid, hyaline. — Fr. 

 S.M. 'ill p.^0^. Eng.Fl.Y.p.SSO. Fckl. exs, no. 17 6. 

 On wood and decayed fungi. 



1663. Stilbuxa tuzbinat-um. Tode. " Top-shaped Stilbum." 



Head globose or turbinate, pellucid, yellowish, as well as the sub- 

 equal stem. — Fr. S.M. iii.p. 304. Fng. FL Y.p. 330. Tode. t. 2, 

 /. 2. Pers.Ic.Pict.t.22,f.l. Bisch.f. 3811. Bahh. F.E.no. 61. 



On soft decayed wood. []\Iid. Carolina.] 



Head inversely pear-shape'3, white; spores globose. Stem attenuated 

 upwards, pale yellow, at length verdigris-green at the base, probably from 

 the presence of some minute Algse. — -£'/c^- Fl. 



1664. Stilbum vulgare. Tode. " Common Stilbum." 



Gregarious, whitish, head globose ; stem subequal, rather thick. 

 —Fr. S.2I. iii.^. 305. Fng. FL y.p. 330. Tode. t. 2,/ 16. Sturm. 

 t. 58. KL exs.no. 1752. SchnzL 1. 12, f. 44,45. Corda. i. /. 272. 



On decaying wood, &c. [Mid. Carohna.] 



" Head roundish, nearly white, semi-fluid, at length firmer and yellowish; 

 stem rather thick, cylindrical;" always minute, but variable, the head at 

 length pruinose from the globose white spores. (Fij. 226.) 



Gen. 192. 



Fig. 227. 



ATRACTZUM. Fr. 



Stem fiiTn ; head subglobose ; spores 

 fusiform, elongated. — Berk. OutLp. 340. 



(Fig. 227.) 



1665. Atractium flammeum. B. dc I^ai'. 



" Flame-red Atractium." 



Shortly sub-cylindrical, flame-red, white 

 below, pruinose ; spores curved, fusiform, 

 hyaline, with six or more septa, on long 

 sporophores. — Ann. N.H. no. 7d7. TuL 

 Carp, iii.p. 104, f. xiii./, 12. 



On the bark of willows. [S. Carolina.] 



Scarcely ^ line Mgh, head convex ; spores '003 in. long. The habit is just 

 that of Stilbum auraiitiacum. According to Tulasne this is the conidiophorous 

 state oi Sjjhoerostilhe jlainmea. {Fig, 227.) 



