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SPATHÜLARIA f l a v id a .
Yellow Spathularia.
J Os
C l a s s a n d Ohdiîii CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £inK._NAi. Oed. FVNGJ, Link,
Grev.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
P iku s compressus, distinctus, latere utrinque in stipitem decurrens, superne f r w -
tificatione tectus.
Pileus compressed, distinct, d ecurrent on each side, covered above with
th e fructification.
S P E C IF IC CHA R A C T ER .
Spathularia flavida.
S p a t h u l a r i a flavida, Pers. Comment, p . 34 Disp. Meth. Fung. p. S6__
Syn. Fung. p. 610.—Mycol. Europ. 1. p. I 97.—Alb. et Schmein. p. 295__
De Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3«,v. 2. p. 95.—Ejusd. Syn. p. I 9.—Link, in Berl.
Mag. V. 3. p. 40— Schmidt et Kunze, Deutschl. Schwaem. No. 194.—F rk s,
Syst. Mycol. v. 1 . p. 49I.—Hook. Fl. Scot. pt. 2. p. 30.—Nees, Syst. t. 17.
f. 156.
Spathularia rufa, Nees, Syst. t. 17. f. 156. B.
H e lv e lla spathulata, Fl. Dan. t. 658.—Sow. Fung. t. 36.—Purt. Middl. Fl.
V. 3. p . 452.
H e lv e lla feritoria. Bolt. Fung. t. 96.
Clavaria Spathula, Fl. Dan. t. 658.—Dicks. Fasc. 1. p. 21.— With. Bot. Arr.
ed. 6. V. 4. p. 431.—Belli. Fl. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 562.
C l a v a r i a sp a th u la ta , Schmied. Icon. t. 50. f. 1 .
E l v e l l a c lavata, Schæff. Fung. t. 149.
Hab. Woods in th e autumn, growing among mosses and dead leaves: most
frequent in Fir-woods. Dougalston wood, Hopkirk. Flisk wood.
Rev. D r Fleming and Mr Neill. Near Ja rdine Hall, Sir William
Jardine, Bart, and D r Greville. Woods in the Highlands. F ir-
woods near Arlary, Kinross-shire.—I t has been frequently found in
England b y Mr Brown, D r Woodward, D r Withering, Mr Purton,
and others.
Flants m o s tly greg a rio u s , a b o u t 3 -5 in ch e s h ig h , o f a fleshy b rittle su b stance.
Stipes 2 -4 inches long, y e llow ish -w h ite , s lig h tly ru g o se , u su a lly
w ith a fine cavity, a tte n u a te d a t th e base, m o re or less u n d u la tin g , vary
in g in th ick n e ss from less th a n f th s to f th s o f an inch. Pileus an
in c h lo n g or more, a n d o ften n e a rly a n in c h in b re a d th , yeUow, ra re -
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