442 CLAVARIACE^E Typhula 



1992. T. flliformis Fr. (from the thread-like stem ; filnm, a thread, 



forma, form) a b c. 



Cl. elongate, thickened, smooth, whitish. St. often branched, 

 decumbent, date-brown. 



Dead leaves, holly, Comptonia asplenifolia, matting ;\ rare. Nov. 2 in. 

 Sometimes springing from a very small sclerotium. Must not be con- 

 founded with 1973 or 1986. 



1992a. T. tenuis Fr. (from its attenuation; temds, thin);#. 



Cl. simple, glabrous, hair-like, thickening upwards, brown-black. 

 Gregarious. On rotting wood in cellar. | to % in. " It resembles a little 

 black hair thickening upwards," Sowerby. 



1993. T. graeilis Berk. & Desm. (from the slender habit; gracilis, 



slender) a b. Pallid. 

 CL simple or forked, acute, pubescent. St. short, distinct, 



smooth or as club. 

 Putrid leaves ; uncommon. Dec. ^ in. Has the appearance of Isaria 



pnbcrula, but bears bisporous basidia. 



1994. T. pusilla Schroet. (from its very small size; pusillus, very 



small) a. White. 



Cl. linear, usually drooping. St. linear. 



Horse-tail, plane, willow, wych-elm, alder. \ in. Leaves often covered with 

 minute sclerotia, from which the TypJmla sometimes springs. 



1995. T. translueens B. & Br. (from its translucent substance) a. 



Pellucid white. 



Cl. irregular, somewhat obovate. St. short, thickened upwards. 



Terrestrial. Oct. "Not a fungus," Massee, Brit. Fung. Fl. vol. i. p. 91. 

 " Resembling somewhat a prematurely dried Myxogast, but a true Basidio- 

 mycete," B. & Br. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xvii. p. 138. 



XCVI. PISTILLARIA Fr. 



(From the form, like a pestle, pistillum.) 



Small, club-shaped or attenuate downwards into a short continuous 

 stem, rarely forked, cartilaginous and rigid when dry, sometimes 

 springing from a sclerotium. (Fig. in.) Species 1996 2000 



1996. P. tenuipes Mass, (from the thin stem ; tennis, thin, pes, a 



foot) a. 

 Cl. inflated, obovate, wrinkled, pallid clay-colour or ochre. 



St. slender, flexuous, somewhat distinct from the club, ivory. 

 Bare heathy ground, charcoal heaps. Nov.-Jan. I in. Clavaria tenuipes 



B. & Br. 



1997. P. mieans Fr. (from its glistening surface ; mico, to glisten) a be. 

 Cl. inflated, obovate, obtuse, smooth or slightly pruinose, 



glistening rose-colour, rarely purplish. St. short, attenuate, 

 white. 

 Dead stems and leaves, thistles, nettles, spurge, A rtemisia ; rare. July. \ in. 



