Pl. cell. aph. 6. SARCOTHALAMES. 188. Xylar. 511 
Clavaria militaris, Lin. 8. P. 1652. j 
Spheria militaris, Persoon Syn. 1; Sowerby Fungi, 60. 
Among grass and mosses; autumn. 
Thallus 2 or 3 inches long, club rarely Z or 3-cut. 
2. Xylaria alutacea. Leathery xylaria. 
Thallus opake, ochraceous; club smooth; mouth not 
prominent. 
Spheria aluiacea, Persoon Syn, 2. 
Pine-woods; autumn. 
Club gradually thickening. 
8. Xylaria albicans. 5 Whitish xylaria. 
Thallus pale whitish; club and bottom of the stipes 
swollen, smooth. 
Spheria clavata, Sowerby Fungi, 159. 
Woods; autumn. 
Thallus hollow, Z inches high. 
28. cylindrica. Thallus nearly cylindrical. 
Clavaria cylindrica, Sowerby Fungi, 90. 
4. Xylaria agariciformis. Mushroomlike xylaria. 
‘Thallus. tuberous at bottom; stipes yellow; club ovate, 
dark chestnut, dotted. 
Spheria agariciformis, Bolton Fung. 130; Sowerby Fungi, 354. 
Spheria capitata, Persoon Syn. 3. 
In woods. 
Thallus 2-coated at bottom, inside black; stipes rather 
twisted. 
b. Growing upon dead insects. 
5. Xylaria entomorhixa. Insect-rooting xylaria. 
Stipes, long, very slender; club spherical, brown, gra- 
nulated. 
Sphzria entomorhiza, Dickson Crypt; 22; Persoon Syn. 4. 
On the dead larve of wasps. 
Stipes simple or branched, compressed, 2 inches long. 
6. Xylaria apum. Bee xylaria. 
Séipes shortish, thick, tuberous at bottom; club granu- 
lated, chocolate-brown. 
On the pupe of bees. 
Stipes an inch long; head a quarter as long, one or two 
from the same base. 
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