CLAVARIACE.E 85 
condition known under the name of C. tuberosa ), usually 
scattered. On decaying birch twigs in late aut. Rare. 
C. juncea {juncea , a rush). Plate XXVII. 5. 
Very slender, not exceeding two lines in thickness, hollow, 
sometimes hair-like, and must then be carefully distinguished 
from Typhula. Pale dingy yellow, then reddish. Gregarious 
on decaying leaves and twigs in woods in aut. Uncommon. 
PTERULA 
(Gr. ptevon , a wing—from a fancied resemblance to a little 
wing) 
P. subulata ( subula , an awl—from the awl-shaped branches). 
Plate XXVII. 4. 
Forms densely crowded, sparingly divided, greyish or 
yellowish smooth branches (2 in. high), of thread-like thin¬ 
ness. The branchlets are much divided at the apex. In 
aut. and win. on branches, leaves, fern-stems, etc. 
TYPHULA 
(From the fancied resemblance of some species to the Typha 
or Reed Mace) 
T. erythropns (Gr. eruthros , red ; pons, a foot). Plate 
XXVII. 3. 
The club is white, stem dark red or blackish. Slender, 
not exceeding 1 in. in height. Common in aut. on dead 
leaves, sticks, and herbaceous stems. Often springing from 
a wrinkled black sclerotium. 
PISTILLARIA 
( Pistillum , a pestle—from the form) 
P. tenuipes ( tenuis , thin ; pes, a foot). Plate XXVII. 2. 
Pale drab, about 1 in. high, and up to \ in. diam. in the 
head. Solitary or gregarious on bare heathy soil and 
charcoal heaps in Oct. and Nov 
