Pl. cell. aph. G. SAIICOTII ALAMEiE. 138. Xylan .511 
Clavaria militaris, Lin. S. P. 1652. 
Sphaeria militaris, Persoon Syn. 1 ; Sowerby Fungi, 60. 
Among grass and mosses ; autumn. 
Thallus 2 or 3 inches long, club rarely 2 or.3-cut. 
2. Xylaria alutacea. Leathery xylaria . 
Thallus opake, ochraceous; club smooth; mouth not 
prominent. 
Sphaeria alutacea, Persoon Syn. 2. 
Pine-woods ; autumn. 
Club gradually thickening. 
3. Xylaria albicans . Whitish xylaria . 
Thallus pale whitish ; club and bottom of the stipes 
swollen, smooth. 
Sphaeria clavata, Sowerby Fungi, 159. 
Woods; autumn. 
Thallus hollow, 2 inches high. 
? (3. cylindrical Thallus nearly cylindrical. 
Clavaria cylindrica, Sowerby Fungi , 90. 
4. Xylaria agariciformis . Mushroomlike xylaria . 
Thallus tuberous at bottom; stipes yellow; club ovate, 
dark chestnut, dotted. 
Sphaeria agariciformis, Bolton Fung . 130 j Sowerby Fungi , 354. 
Sphaeria capitata, Persoon Syn. 3. 
In woods. 
Thallus 2-coated at bottom, inside black ; stipes rather 
twisted. 
b. Growing upon dead insects . 
5. Xylaria entomorhiza. Insect-rooting xylaria . 
Stipes long, very slender; club spherical, brown, gra- 
nulated. 
Sphaeria entomorhiza, Dickson Crypt. 22 ; Persoon Syn. 4. 
On the dead larvae of wasps. 
Stipes simple or branched, compressed, 2 inches long. 
6. Xylaria apum. Bee xylaria . 
Stipes shortish, thick, tuberous at bottom ; club granu- 
lated, chocolate-brown. 
On the pupae of bees. 
Stipes an inch long ; head a quarter as long, one or two 
from the same base. 
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