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689. Stilbum Spraguei. 5. ^ C— Minutnmfasciculatum deorsiim 

 tomentosnm, album e mycelio latei-itio oriundum ; capitulo lateritio. 



On decayed cabbage stalks. New England, Sprague. No. 5356. 



Forming little fasciculate groups, springing from a brick-red 

 mycelium ; minnte, white and tomentose below ; head subglobose, 

 brick-red. Sometimes the mycelium runs up the receptacle. This 

 may possibly be a state of some Sphcerostilbe, under which S. late- 

 ritium and its allies will be recorded. 



* Stilbum toxnentosum. ScUrad. — On Arcyria cinerea. Santee 

 Eiver. No. 1567. 



590. Stilbum caxcinopthalmum. B. Sf C. — Minutum, stipite 

 caudido ; capitulo globoso aurantiaco ; sporis minutissimis oblongis. 



On dead stem of Pastinaca. Car. Inf. No. 2670. 

 Minute ; stem short, white ; head globose, pale orange, resem- 

 bling a crab's eye ; spores minute, oblong, subelliptic. 



* Stilbum fimetarium. ^.— On dung. Car. Inf. No. 2572. 



591. Stilbum annulatum. B. <£•. C. — Sparsum ; stipite brevi 

 rufo ; capitulo basi annulato concolore. 



On decayed cabbage stalks. Car. Inf. No. 6045. 

 Scattered, minute ; stem short, rufous ; head at first white, then 

 rufous, with a pallid ring at the base. 



592. Stilbum lichenoideum. B. cj- C.— Stipite brevissimo crassi- 

 usculo albo tonientoso ; capitulo maximo lichenoideo subcarneo. 



On dead wood oi Juniperus Virginiana. Pennsylvania, Michener. 

 No. 4054. 



Stem very short, cylindrical, rather stout, white, tomentose ; 

 head large, looking like the apothecium of a lichen, flesh-coloured. 



593. Stilbum velleireum. B. 4" C- Stipite cylindrico albo, basi 

 villoso ; capitulo concolore globoso e floccis furcatis verticillatisque 

 tomentoso ; sporis minutis globosis. 



On the under side of decaying wood. Pennsylvania, Michener, 

 No. 4059. 



Scattered, white ; stem cylindrical, densely villous at the base ; 

 head globose, consisting of forked verticillately branched flocci, 

 which slightly project. Spores globose, very minute, -000125 in. 

 diameter. 



594. Stilbum aleuxiatum. B. <i; C— Stipitibus e basi communi 

 oriundis pruinosis ; capitulis aurantiacis ; sporis minutis oblongis. 



On decayed wood of Acer negnndo. Texas, Wright. No. 3782. 



Stems of various length, cylindrical or irregular flexuous, spring- 

 ing from a common base, pruinose ; head small, pale orange ; spores 

 oblong, '00014 long. 



* Stilbum vulgare. Tode.—On dead wood. Maine, Sprague. 

 No. 5360. 



* Stilbum zigidum. P.— On dead twigs of Gary a. Car. Inf. 

 No. 37G1. 



