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CLAVARIEI. 



XCIII. Calocera viscosa. One- 

 half natural size. 



Calocera. * Branched. 



1. C. viscosa Fr. Golden-egg-yellow, 2.5 cent, (i in.) and more 



high, branched, tough, rooted, even, 

 linear. Branches round or com- 

 pressed, tense and straight, repeatedly 

 dichotomous. 



The long root paler. 



On stumps, chiefly pine. Very 

 common. July-Dec. 



Spores white. Fr. ; hyaline, ellipsoid ob- 

 long, mostly slightly curved, 8-10x4 mk. 

 K. Name viscus, bird-lime. Viscous. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 680. Syst. Myc. i. /. 

 486. Berk. Out. p. 284. C. Hbk. n. 993. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 950. Bonord. f. 257. 

 Pers. Comm. t. i. f. 5. Schceff. t. 174. 

 Quel. t. 21. f. 5. 



2. C. palmata Fr. Orange-yellow, 

 branched, tremelloso - tough, com- 

 pressed, dilated upwards, divided. 

 Branchlets somewhat round, divaricate, obtuse. 



Nearest to C. cornea. 

 On wood. Twycross. 



Name //#z<2, the palm. From the branchlets resembling a palmate leaf. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 680. Grevillea, vol. v. /. n. 



** Ccfspitose. 



3. C. cornea Fr. Yellow-orange, 4-10 mm. (2-5 lin.) and more 

 high, casspitose, rooted, even, viscous. Clubs small, curt, awl- 

 shaped, connate at the base. 



On dead wood, oak and beech. Frequent. 



Name cornu, a horn. Horny. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 680. Syst. Myc. i. p. 

 486. Berk. Out. p. 284. C. Hbk. n. 995. S. Mycol. Scot. n. <)$L.Batschf. 

 161. Fl. Dan. t. 1305. f. 2. Sow. t. 40. Bull. t. 463. f. 4. 



4. C. corticalis Fr. Pallid-flesh-colour > caespitose, erumpent, 

 soft, pellucid. Clubs small, awl-shaped, somewhat distinct. 



Elegant, delicate, smaller than the rest, scarcely 2 mm. (i lin.) long. 



On dead bark. Penzance. 



Name cortex, bark. Growing on bark. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 680. Elench. 

 p. 233. B. &" Br. n. lyj-j.Batschf. 162? 



