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Pl.ceU.aph. e.SARCOTHALAME^. 138.Xylar. 511
Clavaria inilifaris, Lin. S. P. 1652,
Sphaeria militaris, Persoon Syn. 1 ; Soieerby Fungi, 60.
Among grass and mosses ; autumn.
Thallus 2 or 3 inches long, club rarely 2 or 3-cut.
2. Xylaria alutacea. Leathery xylaria.
Thallus opake, ochraceous; duh smooth; mouth not
prominent.
Sphasria alutacea, Persoon Syn, 2.
Pine-woods; autumn.
Club gradually thickening.
3. Xylaria albicans. _ Whitish xylaria.
Thallus pale whitish; club and bottom of the stipes
swollen, smooth.
Sphaeria clavata, Soiserby Fungi, 159.
Woods; autumn.
Thallus hollow, 2 inches high.
? ^. cylindrica. Thallus nearly cylindrical.
Clavaria cylindrica, Sowerby Fungi, 90.
4. Xylaria agariciformis. Mushroomlike xylaria.
Thallus tuberous at bottom ; stipes yellow ; club ovate,
dark chestnut, dotted.
Sphaeria agariciformis, Bolton Fung, ISOj Sowerby Fungi,3B4.
Sphaeria capitata, Persoon Syn. 3.
In woods.
Thallus 2-coated at bottom, inside black; stipes rather
twisted.
b. Growing upon dead insects.
5. Xylaria entomorhiza. Insect~rooti?ig xylaria.
Stipes long, very slender; club spherical, brown, granulated.
Sphaeria entomorhiza, Dickson Crypt, 22 ; Persoon Syn, 4.
On the dead larvse of wasps.
Stipes simple or branched, compressed, 2 inches long.
6. Xylaria apum. Bee xylaria.
Stipes shortish, thick, tuberous at bottom ; club granulated,
chocolate-brown.
On the pupae of bees.
Stipes an inch long ; head a quarter as long, one or two
from the same base.
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