Clavariaceae 



Clavaria. Woods and pastures. August to October. 



Distinguished from C. fusiformis by the tips not being sharp-pointed 

 and colored. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz; New Jersey, Sterling. 



This Clavaria is quite common in New Jersey. Its clusters are clear 

 bright yellow and conspicuously pretty. The clubs are translucent and 

 smooth. Excepting in color it resembles C. aurantio-cinnabarino. In 

 the many specimens seen there was nothing to suggest the propriety of 

 the name, excepting height of clubs. 



A dish of it is a delicacy. 



C. vermicula'ris Scop. vermis, a worm. Height 1-2 K in., white, 

 tufted. Clubs simple, quill-shaped, stuffed, awl-shaped, brittle, pointed. 



Spores white, elliptical, 4x3^1 Massee. 



New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Thin grassy woods 

 and among grass. July to October. 



Edible. Cordier. 



Common in southern New Jersey, and in warm soils from June to 

 frost. When growing among grass it is not conspicuous and is often 

 missed unless specially sought for. Its purity, its choice of refreshing 

 abode, its excellent qualities, make it select among Clavaria. 



HOLOCO'RYNE. Gr. entire; Gr. a club. 

 Clubs almost simple, distinct at the base. 



C. pistillar'is 'L.pistillum, a pestle. (Plate CXXXVIII, figs. 2, 

 3, p. 522.) Height 2-12 in., up to i in. and more thick, color light 

 yellow, ochraceous, brownish, chocolate. Clubs Indian-club shape, 

 ovate-rounded, puckered at top, simple, fleshy, white within, spongy, 

 exterior smooth or more or less wrinkled, usually with smooth base. 



Spores white, loxs/u. W. G. S. ; 9-11x5-6^ Massee. 



Mixed woods, moss and grassy places. August until November. 



North Carolina, Pennsylvania, California, Alabama. 



Eaten in Poland, Russia and Germany. 



The writer first found this truly club-like species in West Virginia in 

 1882, and ate it. But few specimens were found, and those of a dark 

 chocolate color. At Mount Gretna in 1897 an d 1898 the yellow va- 



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