Stilbum.] FUNGI. G29 



p. 94. f. 7. — Clavaria farinosa, Dicks. 2. p. 25. Witli. v. 4. p. 

 338. Sotu. t. 308. Purt. v. 2 c^- 3. n. 1061. 



On dead pupae, spider's nests, &c. Not common. — Plant 1 — 2 inches 

 high, in form resembling a Clavaria, but evidently of a mucedinous 

 nature. Isaria microscopica. Grey., which is very common on Tridiice, 

 appears, as Fries remarks, to be an imperfectly developed Stilhuhi io- 

 mentosum ; at any rate being entirely destitute of flocci and sporidia, it 

 can have no place in the present genus. 



107. Antiiina. Fr. Anthina. 



Stroma vertical, elongated, dilated upwards, contiguous with 

 tlie at length rigid, somewhat attenuated stem, floccose, covered 

 on all sides with sporidiferous flocci^ free only at their apices. 

 Sporidia latent. — Name, a\Ooc, lAJiower, 



1. A. fdmmca, Fr. (fame-colottred Anthina); attenuated 

 downwards smooth briglit red-saftron, dilated above plumose 

 yellow. Fr. Si/st. ISJijc. r. 3. p. 283. — Ceratonana dilatatum, 



Fvth, Cat. Bot. 2. t. 3. / 1 Anthina miniata, Grev. in Loud. 



Ilort. Brit. p. 462. — Clavaria miniata, Purt. v. 3. p. 2G7. t. 18, 



On dead sticks buried amongst rnoss. Oversley wood. Puriun. — 

 In an early part of the present volume, I have expressed an opinion 

 that Purto'n's plant is not referrible to the genus Anthina ; this I am 

 now inclined to retract on more mature consideration, though the sub- 

 ject is not altogether free from difficulties, especially as regards the 

 copious discharge of powder from its surface. If, however, it is to be 

 regarded as belonging to the present genus, I see no character by which 

 it can be separated from yl.yZ«w7«ea, varying, as that species confessedly 

 does, in form. 



108. Ceratium. a, S)- S. Ceratium. 



Stroma somewhat horn-shaped, of a mucilaginous consistence, 

 sprinkled ^^■\ih /locci, which collapse into minute granules (co;/2- 

 dia) and free sporidia. — Name, xssac, a horn. 



1. C. hf/d/toides, A. & S. (Jtydnoid Ceratium) ; aggregate, 

 clavuhe subdiscrete resembling prickles at length chalic-white. 

 Alb. Sf Schw. Consp. t. 2. /. 7. Grec Fi Ed. ji. 436. Sect. 

 Crypt. Fl. t. 168. Fr. Si/st. 3L/c. v. 3. p. 294 — luticvlaria 

 Injdnoides, With. v. 4. p. 854. Purt. v. 2 ^V 3. n. 1080 — Cla- 

 Lctria hyssoides, Sotv. ! t. 335. 



On rotten wood. Not uncommon.— Easily known when perfect, 

 but sometimes in its collapsed state difficult to be recognised. 



TuiBK 2. MucORiNl. Sporidia very ytmiute, gcjieratcd within 

 the tube of the /lord, at ienr/th collated within or upon the swollm 

 apices ofthejilumeids or their bra/irhes, sometimes involved inj. lly, 

 more freepantly coiUaincd in an inflated persistent vesicle. 



109. Stildim. Tode. Stilbum. 

 S/oridia collected into a s(did liead, involved in jelly. Flocci 

 forming a tolid stem. — Name, oti'/.oc;, shinii y. 



