STILBUM. 445 



Stilbum vaporarium. B. & Br. 



Stems clustered, fasciculate, more or less connected at the 

 base, grey ; heads flesh-coloured ; conidia elliptic-oblong, 

 7-8 x 3 p. 



Stilbum vaporarium, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 493 ; 

 Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 2968. 



On wood. 



Distinguished from S. fasciculatum more especially by the 

 larger size of the conidia. 



Stilbum fasciculatum. B. & Br. 



Stems flabellato-fasciculate, joined at the base, grey ; 

 heads flesh-colour ; conidia elliptical, 5 X 2 /A. 



Stilbum fasciculatum, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 492 ; 

 Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 2699. 



On fallen -wood. 



According to Cooke the present species is the conidial 

 condition of SpJiaerostilbe gracilipes. 



Stilbum fimetarium. B. & Br. 



Slender, clear-red, head at first subconic then becoming 

 flattened and angular ; conidia ellipsoid, 6-7 //, long. 



Stilbum fimetarium, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 494; 

 Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 2710. 



Small ; on the dung of various animals. 



Stilbum aurantiacum. Bab. 



Subfasciculate, orange ; stem smooth, darker at the base ; 

 head subclavate ; conidia oblong, obtuse, subtruncate, 12- 

 14 p. long. 



Stilbum aurantiacum, Babington, Linn. Soc. Trans., 1839; 

 Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 2714. 



On dead elm branches. 



Stilbum turbinatum. Tode. 



Head variable, globose, oval, or obpiriform, whitish or 

 golden ; stem yellow, base greenish, pellucid ; conidia 

 globose. 



Stilbum turbinatum, Tode, Meckl., p. 12, t. 2, f. 20 ; Sacc., 

 Syll., iv. n. 2718. 



" Stilbum citrinum, Per?., Syn., p. 681. 

 On rotten beech trunks. 



