654 290. Merism. 11. HYMENOTHECEZ. Pi.cell. aph. 
2. Merisma foetidum. Stinking branch-ear. 
Thallus brown-purplish; branches palmate, close; tips 
whitish, shining. 
* Clavaria palmata, Scopoli Carn. 2, 485. 
Clavaria anthocephala, Sowerby Fungi, 156. 
Merisma feetiduin, Persoon Syn. 584, 
In fir plantations, on the ground. 
Odour very disagreeable. 
M. Cravaripem. Thallus fleshy, long, uniform, simple 
or branched; Aymentum smooth, expanded. 
XLIX. 291. CORYNOIDES. Corynoide. 
Thallus cartilaginous or gelatinous, compressed ; sporidia 
scattered over the whole surface of the thallus. 
1. Corynowdes cornea. Horny corynoide. 
Thallt_ gregarious, small, glutinous, yellowish; simple or 
branched, connate at bottom. 
Clavaria cornea, Sowerby Fungi, 40; Persoon Syn. 596. 
On trees after rain in autumn, and on timber. 
2. Corynoides fubarum. Bean corynoide. 
Thallus brownish olive, scaly, divided above; branches 
blunt or nicked; scales brown. 
Clavaria faba, Sowerby Fungi, 404. 
On bean-stalks; autumn. 
3. Corynoides farinosa. Metly corynoide. 
Thall: pale-yellow, mealy, scattered, branched ; branches 
short, scalloped; meal white. 
Clavaria farinosa, Dickson Crypt. 2,25; Sowerby Fungi, 308. 
On decayed pupz, at the bottom of walls or trees. 
4. Corynoides byssoides. ' Byssuslike corynoide. 
Thalli snow-white, in tufts, entangled, much and irre- 
gularly branched. 
Clavaria byssoides, Sowerby Fungi, 335. 
On the stumps of old trees. 
