390 -CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Trichia. (1) With a Stem. 
. Oss. Capsule globular, oblong turban-shapedj.or nearly cy~ 
lindrical, transparent, in colour and tenacity like cream, Opake 
when older, columnar, filled with woolly fibres, its coat com- 
of 2 fibrous texture, at first compact, opening gradually, 
and then resembling a lock of wool, the seeds escaping through 
every part of the surface. ‘This includes also the Sphzrocarpus 
of M. Bulliard, which seems to differ only in consistence, 
3 = (1) With a Stem. 2 
nuda,  Tarc. Rusty brown: stem hair-like; capsule egg-shap- 
ed, changing to cylindrical, perforated by the stem, 
Bull. 477. 1-Mich. 94. 1. 2—Clathroidastum—-Gled. 4-Ste. 
mionitis. fr Qe 5 6. 8-Balt, 93, 1—Batsch 176-Fi, dan. 
WMG Seber Wy rs Ges wars ws avs | 
Stem black, shining, extending through the capsule up to its 
_ top. Capsule white, °s -shaped ; rusty brown with age, and 
nearly cy linc ical, the fibres of the coat opening so.as to suffer 
the seeds to escape between them. It varies in a longer or a 
shorter stem. The whole plant is from 3.to 5 lines highs 
ULL, 
Clathrus nudus. Luxx. On rotten wood, particularly in 
hollow stumps ; _ May—Oct, 
> Var. 2. Stem broadest at the base. Capsule always cylin. 
drical. : 
ee Bull. 477.2, 
Rusty brown. Capsule perforated by the stem. Butizarp. 
_ Onthe stump of a fir, and on a decayed leaf of fir, in Coomb 
Grove near Bath. Mr. StackHouse. 
denuda'ta, Tric. Stem very short: Capsule long egg-shaped, not 
perforated by the stem :. cupped at the base. 
Bull. 502, 1-Mich. 94, 1, Clathroides~Bolt, 93. 2-Facqe 
mist.i. 6—Batsch 177-Scheff. 297—Hall, enum. 1. 6, at 
p21, dist. 48.6, at p. 116. (Not Scheff. 297.) 
Srem brown, very slender, about 1-20th of aninch high. _ 
~ Woolly top 3-16ths of an inch high; colour of red brick, 
ciaipae of woolly fibres, set with small knobs, throwing out 
dust when touched. Dust the colour of vermillion ; when very 
highly magnified mppeating composed of egg-shaped substances. 
stem supports the woolly substance, which resembles a roll 
of carded wool, but does not extend through it. Wholly red, 
except the apex, which is brownish. Gass at first globular, 
oblong when older. Jacquin. Stem hardly a line in length, 
not continued through the capsule. Capsule scarlet or tawny 
red, egg-shaped when young, nearly cylindrical when old, 1ts 
