PI. cell. aph. 9. GASTEROMYCE7E. 222. Stemon. 579 
b. Embolus. Flocci in a long mass. 
3. Stemonitis fasciculata. Bundled thread-mould. 
Sporangia clustered, on a shining base, dark-brown, long, 
tip drooping ; pedicells passing through the flocci, exserted 
at the top. 
Stemonitis fusca, Roth Cat . Bot. 1, 222. 
Trichia axifera, Bulliarcl Champ. 118. 
Stemonitis typhina, Gmelin Syst. Nat. 2, 1461. 
Trichia mida, Sowerby Fungi , 50. 
Clathrus nudus, Lin. Syst. Veg. 1017. 
Embolus lacteus, Hoffm. Crypt. 2, 8, when young. 
On trunks of trees ; autumn. 
4. Stemonitis typhina. Bull-rush thread-mould . 
Sporangia scattered, cylindrical, blunt, slightly bent. 
Trichia typhoides, Bulliard Champ. 113. 
Embolus pertusus, Batsch Fung. 1,263. 
Stemonitis typhina, Persoon Syn. 187. 
On trunks of trees ; autumn. 
Sporangia smaller than S. fasciculata ; peridium does not 
vanish entirely, some pieces remaining; base none. 
G. CrateuidetE. Sporangium regularly formed, pedi- 
celled, operculated ; peridium single, membranaceous ; 
flocci 0, or enclosed, free ; sporidia intermixed with the flocci. 
XXII. 223. CRATERIUM. Trentepohl. Pitcher-mould . 
Sporangium pitcher or cupshape, operculated, pedicelled ; 
peridium membranaceous ; operculum flattish ; flocci free, 
coming out with the sporidia. 
1. Crater, leucocephalum. White-headed pitcher-mould. 
Sporangium funnelshape, reddish-brown ; operculum pale ; 
flocci white; sporidia globular, white. 
Arcyria leucocephala, Hoffm. Germ. 2, 6. 
Stemonitis leucocephala, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2, 1467. 
Trichia cinerea, Roth Cat. Bot. 1,237. 
On mosses. 
2. Craterium vulgare. Common pitcher-mould. 
Sporangium bellshape, greyish-brown ; mouth expanded ; 
pedicell dark-yellow ; sporidia brown. 
Craterium pedunculatum, Roth Cat. Bot. 1,224. 
Craterium vulgare, Sowerby Fungi , 239, lowest figure. 
Trichia minuta, Relhan FI. Cant. 
Trichia capsulifer, Be Candolle Syn. FI. Gall. 35. 
On rotten wood and mosses. 
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