CLAVARIA. 297 



Elegant. No distinct stem, but the club is narrowed at the base. Clavaria. 



In pastures and among moss. Rare. 



Name from the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 674. Syst. Myc. i. p. 482. 

 Berk. Out. p. 281. C. Hbk. n. 978. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 936. Sv. Bot. t. 558. 

 B. attenuata Fr. Obs. 2. t. $./. 2. Krombh. t. 53. /. 21. 



** Yellowish or white. 



27. C. fusiformis Sow. Yellow, caespitoso-connate, slightly 

 firm, soon hollow. Clubs somewhat fusiform, simple and toothed, 

 even, attenuated to the base which is of the same colour. 



Taller than C. incequalis, more connate, at length becoming fuscous at the 

 apex. Both vary unequal, not very different. 



In woods, pastures, c. Common. 



Namefusus, a spindle ; forma, form. Spindle-shaped. Sow. t. 234. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 674. Berk. Out. p. 281. C. Hbk. n. 979. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 937. Bolt. t. no. Var. with the irregularly shaped clubs toothed : Sow. t. 

 235- 



28. C. ceranoides Pers. Height 7.5 cent. (3 in.) Yellow, fas- 

 ciculate, unequal, slightly divided above, apex brown. 



Very caespitose. Clubs attenuated downwards, curved, somewhat ventricose. 



In woods. Rare. Nov. 



Name <ojp6s, wax ; etSos, appearance. Waxy-like. Pers. Syn. p. 594. Berk. 

 Out. p. 282. C. Hbk. n. 980. Fr. Syst. Myc. \. p. 481. Hym. Eur. p. 674 

 under C. fusiformis. 



29. C. inaequalis Fl. Dan. Yellow, gregarious, somewhat fas- 

 ciculate, fragile, stuffed. Clubs variable, simple or forked, con- 

 tinuous downwards, of the same colour. 



Very changeable in form, clavate and cylindrical. Distinguished from C. 

 fusiformis chiefly by its irregularity. Tufts less dense. 



In woods and pastures. Very common. Aug.-Oct. 



2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) high. Compressed, angular or channelled, often bifid 

 and variously cut and jagged at the apex, more or less ventricose in the centre. 

 Grev. Spores white, 11x5 mk. W.G.S. Na.meintz</ual/s, unequal. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 873. f. i. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 674. Syst. Myc. i. p. 481. Berk. Out. 

 p. 282. C. Hbk. n. 981. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 938. Fl. Bat. t. 814. /. i. 

 Hussey i. /. 18. Bull. t. 264. Sow. t. 253 partly. Pers. Comm. t. i. f. 3. 

 Grev. t. 37. Fl. Dan. t. 1783. /'. 2. Sv. Bot. t. 504. f. 4. 



Var. aurantiaca Pers. Somewhat wrinkled and compressed. Krombh. t. 

 53. /. 19, 20. Vaill. t. 7.7. 5. 



30. C. argillacea Fr. Height 1-2.5 cent - (/4-i in.) Pallid- 

 clay-colour, fasciculate, fragile. Clubs simple, variable. Stem 

 yellow-sh ining. 



