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S T EM O N IT IS FASCICÜLATA.
H a rk linear Stemonites.
C l a s s a n d O r d e b CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, L in n— N A i . O r d . GASTROMYCI,
Link, Grev.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Sporangium cylindricum aut subghbomm, stipite mirante. Peridium simplex
membranaceum fu g a x . Flocci capillitium reticulatum formantes, stipiti in-
hoerens. Sporidia inspersa.
Sporangium cylindrical or subglobose, penetrated b y the stipes. Peridium
simple, membranaceous, fugacious. Filaments forming a reticulated
mass, adhering to the stipes. Sporidia scattered among th e filaments.
S P E C IF IC CHARAC TER .
St emonites fasciculata ; cæspitosa, confería, ekmgata, linearis, subattenuata,
purpureofusca, peridio omnino evanescenti.
St . tufted, crowded, elongated, linear, subattenuated, purplish-brown, the
peridium wholly vanishing.
S tem o n i t e s fasciculata, Pers. Obs. Mycol. 1. p. 56.—Syn. Fung. p. 187.—
Alb. et Schmein. p. 102.— B e Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 256.— Fjusd.
Syn. p. 53.—Moug. et Nestl. St. Exsicc. No. 400.—Schmein. Fung. Carol.
No. 403.—Hook. Fl. Scot. pt. 2. p. 13.—Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 455.—Nees,
Syst. t. 10. f. 118.
S t em o n i t e s fusca, Trentep, in Rothii C a t B o t p. 222.—Roth. Fl. Germ. 1 .
p. 448.
S t e m o n i t e s typhina, Rehl. Fl. Cantab, p. 575.— Gmel. S y s t Veg. p. 1017.
fide Persoon ( mm aliorum auctorumf
S t em o n i t e s , sp. 1. Gled. Meth. Fung. p. 141. t. 4.
T r i c h i a axifera. Bull. Champ, p. 118. t. 477. f. IT
r i c h i a n u d a , With. B o t Arr. ed. 6. p. 472 Sow. Fung. t. 50.—Sibth. Fl.
Oxm. No. 1146.—P u r t Midi. Fl. v. 2. p. 717.
C l a t h r u s nudus, Linn. Sp. PI. 1649— Bolt. Fung. t. QS. {. l .— Fl. Han.
t. 216.—Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 630.—Batsch, Eknch. Fung. 1. p. 143.
E m b o lu s lacteus, Hoffm. Veg. Crypt 2. p. 8. t. 2.— Jacq. Misc. 1 . p. 137.
t.6 .
Clathroidastrum obscurum majus, Mich. Gen. PI. t. 94. f. 1.
H ab. On rotten wood, dead leaves, mosses, &c. frequent in autumn.
Plant fasciculated, or densely crowded, in an early state o f a whitish colour,
soft consistence, and oblong form. When mature the sporangia are very