554 STILBACEI. 



On dung. King's Cliffe. 



Scattered' Stem equal or attenuated upwards, at first blunt, witLout any 

 bead, and clothed with patent subfasciculate, or suberoct down, with a few 

 spreading flocci at the base, at length the apex swells, at first downy all 

 over, but soon smooth, a little rugged, firm ; spores elliptic. — Eng.FU 



X657. Stilbum rigidum. P. « Eigid Stilbum." 



Head subrotnnd, hyaline, then milk-Avhite or cinereous ; stem 

 iilifomi, verv long, black. — TJ&t. Ann. \\. t. 2, f. 2. Sturm, t. 59, 

 BerJc. Mag. Zool. ^- Bot. no. 32. Fr. S.M, iii. p. 302. Fckl, exs. no, 

 111. 



On decayed wood. pVIid. Carolina.] 



1658. Stilbum piliforme. P. « Hair-like Stilbum." 



Head globose, hyaline; stems fasciculate, snbnl ate, rigid, black. 

 —Fr. S3I. iii.p. 303. Nees.f. 88. Berk. Mag. Zool. ^ Bot. no. 

 33. Corda. Anl. t. B.f. 20, no, 4-6. Berh, exs. no. 50. 



On decayed wood. [Mid. Carolina.} 



1659. Stilbum bicolor. P. " Two-coloured Stilbum." 



Head subrotund, whitish ; stem subulate, pallid, olive-brown 

 below.— i^r. S.M. \i\.p. 303. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 330. Fl. Dan. t. 2280, 

 /.I. 



On trunks of trees. Appin. 



1660. Stilbum anomalum. BerTi, " Anomalons Stilbum." 



Head subglobose, yellow ; stem black, yellow above, generally 

 smooth, sometimes slightly floccose at the base; spores sul>- 

 fusiform. — Berk. Mag. Zool. ^ Bot. no. 34, t. 3,/. 9. 



On dead twigs. King's Cliffe. 



About half aline high; stem black, yellow above, generally smooth, but 

 sometimes furnished with a few short flocci towards the base ; head sub- 

 globose, yellow, when placed in water falling away into subfusiform spores, 

 which rest upon a flat disc-like expansion of the upper part of the stem. Con- 

 sistence not at all gelatinous. Eesembling S. xanthocerpTwImn, except in th.e 

 form of the spores. — M.J.B. 



1661. Stilbum nigrum. Berl. " Black Stilbum ." 



Stem short, dirty white, head ovate or subglobose, granulated ; 

 spores subcylindric. — Eng.Fl.Y.p. 330. 



On dead Eriophorum, 



