722 TYPHULA. PISTILLARIA 



brown, filiform, somewhat branched, decumbent, smooth.. Spores white, 

 "about 5-4 /A" Massee. Amongst dead leaves. Nov. Rare. 



2460. T. gracillima White ex B. & Br. Gracillima, very slender. 

 R. -5-2 cm. high, white, club elongate ; stem very slender, curved, 



smooth. Various herbaceous plants. 



2461. T. gracilis Berk. & Desm. B. & Br. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 no. 84, t. 8, fig. 1. Gracilis, slender. 



R. 2-3 mm. high, club pallid, simple, or forked, acute, rough with 

 spores and little prominent bristles; stem short, distinct, smooth, 

 or strigose with " hyaline, flexuose hairs, 100-200 x 1-3 /z. Spores 

 white, oblong, 7-9 x 3-5-4 /A; basidia 21-28 x 6/x, with 2-sterigmata. 

 Hyphae 3-9/t in diam." Bourd. & Galz. Rotten leaves. Dec. Un- 

 common. 



2462. T. tenuis (Sow.) Fr. Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 386, fig. 5, as Clavaria 

 tennis. Tenuis, thin. 



R. 4-6 mm. }ngh, fuscous black, club thickened, smooth; stem fili- 

 form. Rotten wood in cellar. Rare. 



2463. T. translucens B. & Br. (Not a fungus sec. Massee.) 



Translucens, transparent. 



R. white, minute, pellucid, club irregular, somewhat obovate ; stem 

 short, thickened upwards. On the ground. Oct. Rare. 

 T pusilla Schroet. = Pistillaria pusilla (Pers.) Fr. 



Pistillaria Fr. 



(Pistillum, a pestle.) 



Receptacle fleshy, or waxy, erect, simple, very rarely forked, club- 

 shaped, with a short, thick, glabrous, or villose stem, rarely springing 

 from a sclerotium. Hymenium smooth, confined to the clavate por- 

 tion of the receptacle. Spores white, oblong, elliptical, subcylindrical, 

 pruniform oblong, oblong elliptical, or sausage-shaped, smooth; 

 basidia clavate, with 1-2-4-sterigmata. Cystidia none, or incon- 

 spicuous. Growing on dead herbaceous stems, and leaves. 



*Rosy. 



2464. P. micans (Pers.) Fr. Boud. Icon. t. 177. Micans, sparkling. 

 R. -5-1 mm. high, club glistening rose colour, obovate, or oblong, 



obtuse, pruinose; stem white, or concolorous, cylindrical. Flesh con- 

 colorous, soft. Spores white, elliptical, or oblong elliptical, 8-12 x 

 6-7 \L ; basidia 35-40 x 7-8 fi, with 2-4-sterigmata. Dead herbaceous 

 stems, and leaves, especially thistles. July Feb. Not uncommon. 



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