Sparassis 



CLAVARIACE/E 



429 



recurved, intricate at apex, the whole forming a large sponge- 

 like mass ; stemless or with a short stout stem. 



Edible. Odour very sweet of anise. Beside fir-trees and stumps, on dead 

 fir-leaves, terrestrial on heaths. Aug. -Nov. i ft. I in. x i ft. I in. 

 Sometimes attaining a diameter of 18 in. and a weight of 2 or 3 Ibs. 



1926a. S. laminosa Fr. (from the leaf-like plates or layers of the 



entire plant ; lamina, a thin leaf) a. 



Very much branched, branches laminar, spreading, yellowish 

 straw-colour. 



Woods. Sept. icj X yi in. Stronger smelling and softer than 1926, 

 never fimbriate at edges, laminre large, loose. 



XCII. CLAVARIA L. 

 (From the club-like shape of some typical species clava, a club.) 



Fleshy, erect, branched or simple, branches somewhat round, 

 with or without a distinct stem. Hytnenium continuous, dry, even, 

 homogeneous. Basidia tetrasporous. 

 Spores coloured or uncoloured. 

 For the most part terrestrial. (Fig. 

 107.) Species 19271975 



RAMARI^E. Branched, branches at- 

 tenuate upwards. 



a. Leucosporce. Spores white or 



nearly white. 

 Red, yellow or violet. 



19271933 

 White or grey. 19341942 



b. OchrosporcE. Spores pale 



yellow, ochreous or cinna- 

 mon. 



Yellow, pinkish-yellow or dull 

 ochreous. 1943 1949 



Whitish, grey or violet. 



1950, 1951 

 Growing on wood. 



1952, 1953 



SYNCORYN/E. Clubs almost simple, 

 tufted at the base. 



Reddish. 1954 - 1956 



........ . . 



Yellowish Or White. 



1Q57 _ 1963 



Smoky or blackish. 1964 



HOLOCORYN^E. Clubs entire or simple or nearly so, distinct at the 



base. 



Whitish. 1965 1967 



Yellow or pallid, becoming darker. 1968 1973 



Brownish or flesh-colour. 1974, 1975 



F 'S- 107. A, Clavaria. coralloidcs L. ; 

 B, C. vermicularis Fr. ; c, C. fistulosa. 

 Holmsk., one-third natural size. D, C. 

 . , basidium and spores, X 330. 



