Clavariacese 



"It produces nausea, vertigo and violent diarrhea." Leuba. ciavaria. 



I have not seen the plant. 



SYNCO'RYNE. Gr. together, a club. 

 Clubs almost simple, tufted at the base. 



C. fusifor'mis Sow. fusus, a spindle. (Plate CXXXVIII, fig. I, 

 p. 522.) Yellow, cespitoso-connate, slightly firm, soon hollow. Clubs 

 somewhat fusiform, simple and toothed, even, attenuated to the base 

 which is of the same color. Stevenson. 



Spores pale yellow, globose, 4-5^ Massee. 



Closely resembles C. inaequalis Fl. Dan. 



Woods and pastures. August to November. 



Received from E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J., August, 1897. 



The clubs are -jig- in. through, 4 in. high, light clear yellow, trans- 



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lucent, clustered in groups of four or five united at the base. 

 Tender, well flavored, cooks easily. 



C. auran'tio-cinnabari'no Schw. aurantius, orange; cinnabaris, 

 vermilion. Orange-red; base white with a sub-hairy powder; clubs 

 simple, flexuous, fleshy, somewhat tenacious, fasciculate, thickened in 

 the middle and attenuated toward either end, at first cylindrical then 

 compressed, 67 mm. thick, 24 in. high. 



Pennsylvania. On the ground among rhododendrons. 



Received from E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J. 



The plant when fresh is a beautiful rose color, inclining to orange at 

 the tips. It reminds one of the peach-blow vase color in some of its 

 shades. The single clubs, growing in cluster, to the height of four 

 inches, graceful in outline, exquisitely shaded, are a sight one lingers 

 over. While they invite the mycophagist to eat them, his voracity is 

 checked by their beauty. They are tender and delicious. It is regret- 

 table that thus far it has not been reported in quantity. 



C. insequal'is Fl. Dan. unequal. Height 2-3 in. club-shaped, 

 yellow, gregarious, single or in loose tufts, fragile, stuffed. Clubs club- 

 shaped or almost equal, simple, sometimes forked or variously cut at 

 tip, one color. 



Spores colorless, elliptical, 9-iox5/u. Massee. 



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