2Q2 CLAVARIEI. 



Clavarin. Spores white. Fr. Name curtus, curt, short. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. 



Monogr. \\. p. 281. B. & Br. n. 1448. 



** Colour white or grey. 



6. C. coralloides Linn. White, somewhat fragile, hollow 

 within, trunk rather thick, repeatedly and irregularly much 

 brajiched. Branches unequal, dilated upwards, branchlets 

 crowded, acute. 



Commonly caespitose, growing into each other, unequally fastigiate. It 

 varies with the branchlets not developed, obtuse. 



In shady woods. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



Name KopaAAiov, coral ; etSo?, appearance. Coral-like. Linn. Suec. n. 

 1268. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. Sv. dtl. Sv, t. 92. / 4, 5. Berk. Out. p. 279. 

 C. Hbk. n. 963. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 922. Holmsk. i. p. 113 with fig. Sow. 

 t. 278. Krombh. t. 53.7. 4. 



7. C. cinerea Bull. Cinereous, fragile, stuffed, trunk some- 

 what thick, short, very much branched. Branches and branch- 

 lets thickened, irregularly shaped, somewhat wrinkled, rather 

 obtuse. 



The trunk varies thicker and thinner. It differs from C. grisea in the spores. 

 In mixed woods. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores irregular, ellipsoid-sphaeroid, 8-10x6 mk. K. Name cinis, ashes. 

 Ash-coloured. Bull. t. 354. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. Berk. Out. p. 279. 

 C. Hbk. n. 965. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 923. Grev. t. 64, 321. Letell. t. 708. 

 /. i. Krombh. t. 53. /, 9, 10. 



8. C. umbrina Berk. Pale umber, slightly branched. Branches 

 and branchlets cylindrical, obtuse, forked. 



The habit is that of C. fastigiata. It has not, however, the slightest tinge 

 of yellow. 



On lawns. Coed Coch. Blair Athole. Aug.-Oct. 



Name from the umber colour. Berk. Out. p. 279. t. i8./. 4. C. Hbk. n. 

 964. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 924. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. 



9. C. cristata Pers. White, very variable in stature, 2.5-5 

 cent. (1-2 in.) high, tough, even, stuffed. Branches dilated 

 above, acutely incised, crested. 



Somewhat caespitose. 



In mixed woods. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores angulato- or ellipsoid-sphaeroid, hyaline, 8 mk. K. Na.mecrista, 

 a crest. Crested. Pers. Syn. p. 591. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. Syst. Myc. 

 i. p. 473. Sv. dtl. Sv. t. 92. / 1-3. Berk. Out. p. 280. C. Hbk. n. 966. 5. 



