92 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On grass stems. Scattered, very minute, not exceeding 

 two lines in height, often smaller. Cartilaginous when dry. 



Pistillaria quisquilaris. Fr. (fig. 9, p. 74.) 



Whitish, club-shaped, often more or less compressed, and 

 sometimes forked, soft, becoming rigid when dry, stem thin, 

 springing from a minute sclerotium ; spores cylindric-oblong, 

 curved, 13-15 X 6-7 /A. 



Pistillaria quisquilaris, Berk., Outl. 286 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 1009, f. 93 ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. p. 307. 



Clavaria obtusa, Sow., Fung., t. 334, f. 1. 



On dead fern stems, leaves, &c. Gregarious, reaching 

 \ in. high, resembling Clavaria uncialis, but at once dis- 

 tinguished by the large sausage-shaped or allantoid spores. 



Pistillaria furcata. Smith. 



Clubs white or yellowish, waxy, then tough, compressed, 

 broad at the apex, attenuated downwards, generally furcate 

 and caespitose. 



Pistillaria furcata, Cke., Hdbk., n. 1012; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung, ii., p. 307. 



In greenhouses. Caespitose, 1-1 in. high. 



Pistillaria puberula. Berk. 



White, minute, obovate, stem distinct, thin, equal or 

 attenuated upwards, pellucid, tomentose ; spores colourless, 

 elliptical, 5 x 3 /u.. 



Pistillaria puberula, Berk., Outl., p. 286; Cke., Hdbk. 1010 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 308, fig. xcv. 



On dead bracken. Scattered, about 1 line high, distin- 

 guished from P. quisquilaris by its smaller size, tomentose 

 stem, and different spores. 



