PISTILLARIA 723 



**Tawny. 



2465. P. fulgida Fr. Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 391, as Clavaria minuta. 



Fulgida, shining. 



R. 1-3 mm. high, club tawny, or tawny orange, cylindrical, or lanceo- 

 late, subacute, flexuose, smooth; stem whitish, or yellow, equal, or 

 constricted at the apex. Spores white, "oblong or subcylindrical, 

 obliquely attenuated at the base, 8-10 x 4-5-5^; basidia 18-25 x 

 7-9 jj,, with 2-4-sterigmata" Bourd. & Galz. Stems of Dipsacuspilosus, 

 and Helianthus tuberosus. Sept. Rare. 



***White, or yellowish. 



2466. P. culmigena Mont. & Fr. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1836), t. 12, fig. 2. 



Culmus, stalk; gena, borne. 



R. 1-5-3 mm. high, hyaline pellucid, club ovate, obtuse, compressed; 

 stem distinct, very short. Flesh white, soft, then cartilaginous. Spores 

 white, "elliptical cylindrical, 6-7 /n" Quel. Dead grass stems. Oct. 

 Jan. Not uncommon. 



2467. P. quisquiliaris Fr. Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 334, fig. 1, as Clavaria 

 obtusa. Quisquiliaris, pertaining to refuse. 



R. 3-8 mm. high, whitish,, club-shaped, oval, rarely bifid, more or 

 less compressed, attenuated downwards, smooth, sometimes springing 

 from a minute sclerotium. Flesh white, soft, then rigid. Spores white, 

 sausage-shaped, or oblong, and depressed on one side, 12-15 x 5-6/n, 

 contents granular. Dead fern stems, especially bracken. April Dec. 

 Common, (v.v.) 



2468. P. ovata (Pers.) Fr. Ovata, ovate. 

 R. 4-6 mm. high, white, club ovate, or obovate, subglobose, pyri- 



form, or turbinate, hollow, attenuated downwards into a smooth, 

 diaphanous stem. Spores white, "pruniform oblong, 12/4 " Quel. 

 Dead elm, and bramble leaves. Rare. 



2469. P. furcata W. G. Sm. ex Cke. Furcata, forked. 

 R. 2-5-3 cm. high, white, or yellowish, compressed, broad at the 



apex, attenuated downwards, generally furcate. Flesh waxy, then 

 tough. Caespitose. In greenhouses. 



2470. P. uncialis (Grev.) Cost. & Dufour. (= Clavaria uncialis Grev. ; 

 Ceratella uncialis (Grev.) Quel.) Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 98, as 

 Clavaria uncialis. Uncialis, a twelfth part. 



R. 1-2-5 cm., white, becoming yellowish with age, cylindrical, gradually 

 attenuated downwards, obtuse, smooth, naked, flexuose, stuffed. 



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