92' FUNGUS--FLOEA. 



On grass steins. S.eSttered, very minute, not exceeding 

 two lines in height, often smaller, ■ Cartilaginous when dry. 



Pistillaria quisquilaris^ Tr., (fig. 9, p. 74.) 

 Whitish, club-shaped, often more or less compressed, andi 

 sometimes forked, soft, becoming rigid when dry, stem thin, 

 springing from a minute sclerqtium. ; spores cylipdric-oblong, 

 curved, l3-15 X 6-7<)u,. ' ' 



Pistillaria quisquilaris, Berk., Outl. 286 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 1009, f. 93 ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. p. 307. 



. Clavaria obtusa, Sow., Fung., t. 334, f. 1. _ 



On dead fern stems, leaves, &c. Gregarious, reaching 

 -^ in. high, resembling Clcmaria uncialis, but at once dis- 

 tinguished by the large sausage-shaped or allantoid spores. 



Pistillaria furcata. Smith. 



Clubs white or yellowish, waxy, then tough, compressed,' 

 broad at the apex, attenuated downwards, generally furcate 

 and, caespitose. ' 



Pistillaria furcata, Cke., Hdbk., n. 1012 ; ' Stev., Brit. 

 Fung, ii., p. 807. ' 



In greenhouses, Caespitose, 1-1 :|- in, high. 



Pistillaria puberula. Berk. 



• "Wlhite,' minute, oTsovate, stem distinct, thin,' equal or 

 attenuated upwards, pellucid, tomentose ; Sjiofes colourless; 

 elliptical, 6 X''3 ju,. ' '• ' ' 



Pistillaria'p^berula, Berk;,«Outl., p. 286; Cke., Hdbk. 1010 j 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 308, fig. xcv. 



On. dead,,, bracken. Scattered, about 1 line high, distin- 

 guished ftom P. quisquilaris by its smaller size, tomentosei 

 stem,, and different spores. 



