On dung. King’s Cliffe.
Scattered- Stem equal or d™ ñ,^witli a few
head, and clothed with P’’'*®“* ¿pex swells, at first downy all
s a r - i t S i . d s . t t o
1657 Stilbum xigidum. P. “ Rigid Stilhum.”
H0,a .u to o ta d , h ,.n n e . a » » / - ’ [ ,% ” ' “ ' S m S
, J On decayed wood.* [LMid. Carolina.].
, 6 5 8 . S U H m a p U l f c m . - P . ■ H .M t o S lill.n .."
1 6 5 9 S t ilb um b ic o lo r . P “ Two-ooloured Stilbum.”
f . l.O
n trunks of trees. Appin.
1 6 6 0 . S t ilb um a u om a lum . Berk. •< Anomalous Stilbum.”
Head subglobose, yellow ; stem black, yellow above, generally
fusiform.—Ber¿. Mag. Zool. ^ Bot. no. 34, t. 3 ,/. 9.
On dead twigs. King’s Cliffe.
A.ontbaRaHnebigJi,.tem^^^^^^^^
S S c r i o r a f a l g l w k Resembling S. xantkocepUtuzn, except m tbe
form of tbe spores.—Af-J-B-
1 6 6 1 . Stilbum uigrum. Berk. “ Black Stilbum.”
Stem short,dirtywHte,beadovateor subglobose,granulated:
' spores subcylindric. E n g .F I.y .p .
On dead Eriophorum.
About J line high, stem rather more than half the whole height, head
somewhat granulated, compact, and not the least pulverulent when dry,
dissolving in water, and giving out a multitude of minute, subcylindric
spores, which are spread over the depressed black apex of the stem.—Eng.
PI.
1 6 6 2 . S tilb um p e llu c id um . Sohrad. “ Pellucid Stilbum.”
Head snbrotund, wMtisb; stem equal, rigid, hyaline.—Fr.
5.JZ. iii. p. 304. Eng. F I .y .p. 330. FcU. exs.no.116.
On wood and decayed fungi.
1 6 6 3 . S tilb um tu rb in a tum . Tode. “ Top-shaped Stilbum.”
Head globose or turbinate, pellucid, yellowish, as well as tbe subequal
stem.—Fr. S.M. iii.p. 304. Eng. FI. Y.p . 330. Tode. t. 2,
/ . 2. Pers. Ic. Piet. t. 22, f 1. Bisch .f 3811. Babh. F .E . no. 61.
On soft decayed wood. [Mid. Carolina.]
Head inversely pear-shaped, white; spores globose. Stem attenuated
upwards, pale yellow, at length verdigris-green at the base, probably from
the presence of some minute AlgEe.—AJwy. FI.
1 6 6 4 . S tilb um v u lg a r e . Tode. “ Common Stilbum.”
Gregarious, whitish, bead globose; stem subeqnal, rather thick.
—Fr. S.M. iii.p. 305. Eng. EL Y.p . 330. Tode. t. 2 , f 16. Sturm,
t. 58. Kl. exs.no. 1752. Schnzl. 1.12, f 44,45. Corda. i ./ . 272.
On decaying wood, &c. [Mid. Carolina.]
“ Head roundish, nearly white, semi-fluid, a t length firmer and yellowish;
stem rather thick, c y lin d ric a la lw a y s minute, but variable, the head at
length pruinose from the globose white spores. {Big. 226.)
Gen. 1 9 2 . A T R A C T IUM , Fr.
Stem firm; head subglobose; spores
fusiform, elongated.—Berh. Outl.p. 340.
{Fig. 227.)
1 6 6 5 . A tr a c tium flammeum. B.&Bar.
“ Flame-red Atraotium.”
Shortly sub-cylindrical, flame-red, white
below, pruinose ; spores curved, fusiform,
hyaline, with six or more septa, on long
spoi’ophores.—Ann. N.H. no. 757. Tul.
Carp, iii.p. 104,i. xiii./. 12.
Fig. 227. On the bark of willows. [S. Carolina.]
Scarcely i line high, head convex ; spores '003 in. long. The habit is just
th at of Stilbum, aurantiacwm. According to Tulasne this is the conidiophorous
state of Sphcerostilhe jiammea, { ^ ‘^9' 22/►)