po FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



several finely-pointed branchlets, greyish-wliite, becoming 

 pale amber; spores elliptical, 8-10 x 6-7 //,. 



Pterula suhulata, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 682 ; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung. ii. p. 303. . 



On wood. Forming dense tufts 1-2 in. bigb, consisting of 

 numerous crowded equal branches as thin as thread, becoming 

 rather horny when dry; the branches frequently become 

 connected by cross portions or anastomose irregularly. 



Pterula multifida. Fr. 



Usually fasciculate, several individuals forming a dense 

 tuft ; branches very numerous, thin, subequal, much divided, 

 tips pointed, springing from a slender, more or less elongated 

 stem-like base, rather tough, whitish, becoming pale amber 

 and cartilaginous when dry, spores elliptical, 10 X 6-7 ju.. 



Pterula multifida, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 682 ; Stev., B. Fung., 

 ii. p. 304. 



On dead leaves, branches, &c. Tufts 1-2 in. high, com- 

 posed of densely-crowded, ascending, much-divided branclies 

 as thin as a thread ; base sometimes thick, at others con- 

 sisting of several thin stems more or less confluent. 



TYPHULA. Pers. (fig. 6, p. 74.) 



Epiphytal. Club slender, cylindrical, rarely clavate ; stem 

 filiform, distinct from hymenium, often springing from a 

 sclerotium. 



Typhula, Pers., Syn., p. 38, emended by Fries, Epicr., p. 584. 



Separated from Clavaria and Pistillaria by having the 

 st6m distinct from the hymenium. Generally minute, slen- 

 der fungi in the typical species resembling the reed-mace, 

 Typha, in miniature ; hence the generic name. 



Typhula erythropus. Fr. (fig. 6, p. 74.) 

 Simple, J-| in. high, springing from a depressed, wrinkled 



blackish sclerotium ; stem ^ in. long or more, very slender, 



dark red; club 2-4 lines long, white, cylindrical, slender; 



spores 6-6 x 2-2 ■ 5 /i. 



Typhula erythropus. Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 495 ; Stev., 



Fung., p. 304. 



On dead herbaceous stems. The sclerotium is sometimes 



absent. Fertile portion not much if at all thicker than stem. 



