CLAVARIA. 299 



Name /;wJ, smoke. Smoke-coloured. Pers. Comm. p. 76. Fr. Hym. Clavaria. 

 F.ur. p. 676. B. & Br, n. 1303. C. Hbk. n. 986. . Mycol. Scot. n. 942. 

 Krombh. t, 53. f. 18. 



III. HOLOCORYNE. Somewhat simple, separate at the base. 

 * Colour changeable, becoming dark. 



34. C. pistillaris Linn. Light yellow then rufescent, simple, 

 large, fleshy, stuffed, obovato-clavate, obtuse. 



In woods among fern. Uncommon. Sept. 



15-30 cent. (6-12 in.) long. Dingy brown in decay. M.J.B. Spores 



white, 10x5 mk. W.G.S.; ellipsoid, hyaline, 10-11x5-6 mk. K. Name 



pistillum, a pestle. Pestle-shaped. Linn. Suec. n. 1246. Fr. Hym. Eur. 



p. 676. Berk. Out. p. 283. C. Hbk. n. 987. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 943. Bull. 



t. 244. Sow. t. 277. Hussey i. t. 62. Fl. Dan. t. 1255. Holmsk. p. 12 with 



fig. Sv. Bot. t. 504. f. i. Krombh. t. 54. f. I-IT. Ventur. t. 41. f. 1-2. 



Corda Sturm, ii. /. 58 and Icon. v. f. 76. Quel. t. 21. f. 2. Forms departing 



from the type : Sch&ff. t. 290. Kl. Bor. t. 395, slender, attenuated upwards. 



Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 15. f. i veined at the apex; perhaps distinct. Chev. 



Par. t. 8.f. 2. Var. alba Batt. t. 3. A. 



35. C. ligula Fr. Yellowish when young, pallid-rufescent when 

 full grown, simple, gregarious, spongy-fleshy^ elongato-clavate, 

 obtuse, 'uillous at the base. 



Smaller and softer than C. pistillaris. 



In woods. Strachan, Kincardineshire. 



Name ligula, a small tongue, strap. From its shape. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 676. B. & Br. n. 1820. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 944. A. young, Schmied. Ic. t. 

 5 upper fig. Fl. Dan. t. 837. Wulf. in Jacqu. Misc. ii. t. 2.f. 2. Sv. Bot. 

 t. 504. / 3. B. old, Schceff. t. 171. Krombh. t. 54. /. 12. 



36. C. contorta Holmsk. Watery yellowish, 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 long, about 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) thick, simple, erumpent, stuffed, 

 spongy-fleshy, soft to the touch, somewhat twisted, wrinkled 

 obtuse, pniinose. 



Among the most distinguished, growing in winter. Almost spongy after 

 rain. Sometimes spathulate, compressed, sometimes swollen and somewhat 

 twisted. More or less irregularly curved. Solitary or caespitose. 



On fallen branches. Rare. Sept. 



Easily known by its erumpent habit. Name contorqueo, to twist. Twisted. 

 Holmsk. Ot. i. /. 29 with fi^. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 677. Syst. Myc. \. p. 478. 

 Berk. Out. p. 283. C. Hbk. n. 988. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 945. Fl. Dan. t. 

 1852. 



37. C. fistulosa Fr. Light yellowish then rufescent, simple, 

 slender, very long, tense and straight, fistulose, rather obtuse ; 

 root short, mllous. 



