CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Smaseia 
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(Long-stemmed Sphairia. E.) On the dead larvae of insects in woods 
near Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire. Autumn. 
Sph. glau'ca. Head egg-shaped, blue grey to sea green; stem short, 
slender. 
Bull. 470. 2 — Bolt. 120. 2. 
In the specimens and drawing I received from Mr. Knapp, the stems are 
rather more distinct than they are represented in Mr. Bolton’s figures. 
When young white, when old black within, the seeds dispersed amongst 
fibres, which properly refers it to the Trichia, though the fibres are less 
numerous, and do not so completely fill the capsules as in that genus. 
(Glaucous Sphceria. E.) Lich. cceruleo-nigricans . Relh. 847. Sphcero-* 
carpus capsulifcr. Bulliard. On Braham Moor, near Leeds. On a dead 
leaf. Mr. Knapp. Nov.—Dec. 
(Sph. digitata. Substance between coriaceous and corky, black, gene¬ 
rally simple, gregarious, rounded, swelling upwards, and there 
studded with numerous spherules. 
Sowerby 69 — FI. Dan. 900 — Hojfm. Crypt. 1. 4.2 — Bull. 220 — Bolt. 129. A.— 
Schaejf. 328 — Mich. 54. ord. 2. 4 — Weig. Obs. 3. 6. 
White within, one to two inches high, a quarter to three quarters of an inch 
diameter, white at the top when young. In removing this fungus and 
the following from the genus Clavaria to that of Sphceria, we adopt the 
early suggestion of Mr. Woodward, sanctioned by recent authorities. 
Fingered Spi-i/eria. Clavaria digitata. Linn. Huds. Lightf. Sowerby. 
Bull. With, to Ed. 7. Cl. hypoxylon. Schseff. Sphceria digitata. Relh. 
Bolt. Pers. Purt. S. polymorpha. Pers. Hook. On decayed wood. 
Aug.—Nov. E.) 
(Var. 2. cupressiformis. 
Generally simple, or only once divided. Stem about half an inch high, 
supporting a head about the same length, which is always conical, resem¬ 
bling a cypress tree in miniature: Mr. Woodward ; who considered this 
to be a distinct species. 
Mich. 55. 2— Bolt. 129. g. 
Cypress Sphceria. Clavaria cupressiformis. With, to Ed. 7. Bolt. Pers. 
Sphceria digitata. var. Purt. E.) 
(Sph. hypox'ylon. Of a corky substance, black, gregarious, com¬ 
pressed, branched, hairy at the base, white and pulverulent at 
the extremity. 
Sowerby 55 — Bolt. 129. b. c. i. e.f. — Bull. 180 — Weig. Obs. t. 3 . f. 5 — Mich. 
55. ord. 1. 1 — Wale. n. 7 — Pet. Gaz. 67. 12 — Batsch 160. 
From one to three inches high, and a quarter to half an inch across; very 
woolly when young ; flesh white, fibrous, rather woody. Seeds in cells 
on the surface below the white part. 
Flat-horned Sphceria. Clavaria Hypoxylon. Linn. Huds. Lightf. With, 
to Ed. 7. Sowerby. Cl. hirta. Batsch. Sphceria Hypoxylon. Relh. Pers. 
Hook. Purt. On decayed wood, foot of paling, &c. very plentiful during 
all seasons, except summer. E.) 
(Var. 2. subcorticalis. 
Flat, thin, inosculating, but little hairy. 
