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CLAV A R IA TRicHOPus.
Hairy-stemmed Clavaria.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn N a t . O r d . FU N G I, Juss. & c .
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Plantæ carnosoe, plus minusve cylindraceoe, simplices vel ramosæ. Hymenium
læve, omnem fe r e superfciem occupans, cum stipite confluens. Sporuloe albidæ
vel ochraceoe.
Carnose plants, more or less cylmdrical, simple or branched. Hymenium
smooth, occupying almost the whole surface, and confluent with the
stem. Sporules white or ochraceous.
S P E C IF IC c h a r a c t e r .
C l a v a r i a trichopus ; minuta, alba; hymenium breve, clavatum, stipite elongato
filiformi hirsuto.
Cl. minute, white ; hymenium short, clavate ; stem elongated, filiform, hairy.
C l a v a r i a trichopus, Grev. Fl. Fdin ined.
H a b . On sticks, straws, dead leaves, &c. in damp woods. Balmuto.
Whole plant scarcely a quarter of an inch high, very delicate, white. Hymenium
about one-third of the length of the entire plant, ovate, oblong
or cuneiform, smooth. Stipes very slender, equal, hairy.
This minute addition to au extensive genus, is fortunately
well marked by its hairy stipes ; and there are, besides, very
few to which it approaches in other characters, especially in
the short, obtuse, and incrassated hymenium.
It was with no small pleasure that I accidentally perceived
thi-s little novelty, growing intermixed with two other by no
means common plants, Phacorhiza Jilformis and Ph. erythropu
s {Clavarioe Phacorhiza and erythropus of authors). Many
interesting plants have been discovered in a similar manner ;
aud it is a proof that much is to be done in our moist woods,
which, I am convinced, are full of mycological treasures, and
would yield a rich harvest to tlie cryptoganiist.
Fig. 1. Plants, nal. size. Fig. 2. The same magnified.
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