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Typhula translucens. B. & Br. 



Typhula translucent, B., and Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 1589; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung., p. 306. 



An examination of the type specimen shows that this is 

 not a fungus. 



PISTILLAEIA. Fr. (figs. 6, 7, and 9, p. 74.) 



Small ; club-shaped, either sessile or attenuated downwards 

 as a continuous stem-like base which is not distinctly defined, 

 becoming cartilaginous when dry. 



Pistillaria, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 686 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 342 ; 

 Stev., B. Fung. ii. p. 307. 



Closely related to Clavaria, if indeed distinct as a genus ; 

 known by the smaller size of the species, and more especially 

 by becoming cartilaginous and rigid when dry. 



Pistillaria tenuipes. Mass. (figs. 6, 7, p. 74.) 

 Pale drab ; apex inflated, obtuse, wrinkled, stem slender, 

 flexuous, somewhat distinct from the hymenophore; spores 

 colourless, subglobose, 6 x 4-5 /*. 



Clavaria tenuipes, B. and Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 369, t. 9, 

 f. 2 ; Berk., Outl. 282 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 983. 



On bare heathy ground. Solitary or gregarious, -1 in. 

 high, head up to in. across, more or less distinct from the 

 stem ; in this character the present species agrees with the 

 genus Pistillaria, as also in being cartilaginous when dry. 



Pistillaria micans. Fr. 



Eosy, shining, club-shaped, obtuse, stem short, whitish ; 

 spores white, elliptical, 8-10 X 4-6 /i. 



Pistillaria micans, Berk., Outl. 285 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 1007 ; 

 Stev., B. Fung. ii. p. 307. 



On dead thistles, &c. Scattered or gregarious, about a line 

 high, distinguished by the rose-coloured, pruinose heads. 



Pistillaria culmigena. Fr. 



Whitish, hyaline, ovate, obtuse ; stem distinct, very short ; 

 spores colourless, elliptical, 4 x 2-2 5 /n. 



Pistillaria culmigena, Berk., Outl. 285; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 1008 ; Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 307. 



