654? 290.Merism. 11 . HYMENQTHECEiE. Vl.cell.aph . 
2. Merisma fcetidum. Stinking branch-ear. 
Thallus brown-purplish ; branches palmate, close ; tips 
whitish, shining. 
Clavaria palmata, ScopoJi Cam. 2, 485. 
Clavaria anthocephala, Sowerby Fungi , 156. 
Merisma foetidum, Persoon Syn. 584. 
In hr plantations, on the ground. 
Odoiw very disagreeable. 
M. Clavaride^. Thallus fleshy, long, uniform, simple 
or branched; hymenium smooth, expanded. 
XLIX. 291. CORYNOIDES. Corynoide . 
Thallus cartilaginous or gelatinous, compressed ; sporidia 
scattered over the whole surface of the thallus. 
1. Corynoides cornea . Horny corynoide. 
Thalli 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 fab arum. Bean corynoide. 
Thallus brownish olive, scaly, divided above; branches 
blunt or nicked ; scales brown. 
Clavaria fabas, Sowerby Fungi , 404. 
On bean-stalks ; autumn. 
3. Corynoides farinosa. Mealy corynoide. 
Thalli pale-yellow, mealy, scattered, branched ; branches 
short, scalloped ; meal white. 
Clavaria farinosa, Dickson Crypt. 2, 25 ; Sowerby Fungi , 308. 
On decayed pupae, 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. 
