. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. PISTILLARIA. 3°7 Genus LV.—Pistillaria (pistillum, a pestle. From the form). Pistillaria. Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 496. Very small, with a turgid club, which is either sessile, or. attenuated into a short continuous stem, hardened when dry Substance somewhat cellular. Spo- rophores simple or forked. {C ~^\ Eur. p. 686. 1. P. micans Fr.— Glistening-rose- colour, scarcely exceeding 2 mm. (1 lin.) high, obovate, obtuse ; stem short, attenuated, and, as well as the oval spores, white. Smooth, but somewhat pruinose. On dead thistles. Rare
. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. PISTILLARIA. 3°7 Genus LV.—Pistillaria (pistillum, a pestle. From the form). Pistillaria. Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 496. Very small, with a turgid club, which is either sessile, or. attenuated into a short continuous stem, hardened when dry Substance somewhat cellular. Spo- rophores simple or forked. {C ~^\ Eur. p. 686. 1. P. micans Fr.— Glistening-rose- colour, scarcely exceeding 2 mm. (1 lin.) high, obovate, obtuse ; stem short, attenuated, and, as well as the oval spores, white. Smooth, but somewhat pruinose. On dead thistles. Rare. Spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 9-10 x 5-6 mk. K. Name—mico, to glisten. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 686. Berk. Out. p. 285. C. Hbk. n. 1007.—Hoffm. Germ. t. 7. f. 2. Ehretib. Ber. t. 2. 1 •x-^-. XCV. Pistillaria puberida. Natural size. Section four times natural size. 2. P. culmigena Fr.—Hyaline-pellucid, ovato-clavate, obtuse; stem distinct, very short. Small, soft when fresh, hardened when dry, sclerotioid. On stalks of grass. Frequent. Jan. Name—culmus, a haulm ; gigno, to bear. Growing on stalks. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 687. Montagu. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1836, /. 12. f. 2. Berk. Out. p. 285. C. Hbk. n. 1008. 3. P. quisquiliaris Fr.— Whitish, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) long, thickened upwards, somewhat compressed, soft when fresh, rigid when dry, attenuated at the base, smooth, somewhat stipitate. Gregarious, here and there flattened and bifid. On fern stems. Common. Often attached to a Sclerotium. Spores sausage-shaped, 15 mk. Q. Name—quisquilice, sweepings, rubbish. Among refuse of fern. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 687. Berk. Out. p. 286. C. Hbk. n. 1009. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 959. —Sow. t. 1. 4. P. furcata Smith.—Clubs white or yellowish, 3 cent. {\% in.) high, waxy then tough, compressed, broad at the apex, attenuated downwards, generally furcate and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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