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SPHAERIA. 
the stem. This volva is surrouded by 
another, wliich is dry, husky, and of a 
brownish green. @ The stem while young 
is solid and smooth, when old becomes 
fistular, furrowed and a little wined: 
in both States et is soft, pliable and ea- 
sily splits in yellow shining filaments. —- 
It turris black and rots in decay.” 
4. sphaeria entomorhiza: capi- 
tulo subrotundo fusco, stipite longo te¬ 
nuissimo. 
Sphaeria entomorhiza , stipitata, ca¬ 
pitulo subrotundo fusco Dicks. Pl. crypt. 
brit. Fasc. I. p. 22. t. 5. f. 5. 
Hab. in Analia in lamis insectorum 
emortuis. 
Stipe s simplex vel duplex, subcom- 
pressus, biuncialis. Capitulum sphaeri¬ 
cum superficie granulata. Dicks. 
5. SPHAERIA OPHIOGLOSSOIDES : da- 
vula incrassata subturgida nigrescente, 
Stipite basi intusque flauo. Comm. p. 12. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. Linn. 2. p. 1474* Ehrh, 
pl. crypt. exsicc. Dec. 16. nr. 160. 
Clauaria radicosa. Bull. champ. p. 195« 
t. 440. f. 2. 
Prov. autumno praesertim in eri ce¬ 
tis, aut in pinetis. 
Clauula 
