438 CLAVARIACE/E Calocera 



amphigenous. Basidia furcate or bilobed, each lobe bearing a single 

 one-spored sterigma. Spores oblong, curved, septate on germination, 

 producing heads of ellipsoid sporidiola as in the Tremellinacecs. 

 (Fig. 108.) 

 Growing on wood. Species 1976 1982 



Branched. 1976, 1977 



Caespitose. 1978, 1979 



Simple, solitary. 1980 1982 



1976. C. viseosa Fr. (from its viscidity) a b c. 



Branches more or less vertical, repeatedly dichotomous, orange, 

 the rooting base paler. 



Rotten wood, stumps, chiefly pine ; very common. July-Dec, aj in. 

 Base 2j in. 



1977. C. palmata Fr. (from the palmate branching) a c. 

 Tremelloso-tough, compressed, dilated upwards and more or less 



horizontally palmato-divided, orange-yellow or orange. 

 Wood. J in. 



1978. C. cornea Weinm. (from the horn-like shape ; conm, a horn) 



a b c. 



Simple, awl-shaped, sometimes bifid rarely trifid, connate at base, 

 rooted, even, orange. 



Dead wood, pine, oak, beech, willow, birch, old deal boards ; frequent. 

 June-Feb. f in. 



1979. C. eortiealis Fr. (from the habit, piercing through bark, 



cortex) a c. 



Awl-shaped. Cl. somewhat distinct, soft, pellucid, pallid flesh- 

 colour. 



Dead bark. Dec. -Jan. \ in. 



1980. C. strieta Fr. (from the habit, tense and straight, strictus) a b c. 

 Linear, sometimes slightly spathulate, yellow, sometimes brownish 



below. 



Ash, naked wood. Oct. i in. 



1981. C. striata Fr. (from the strise on the clubs) a b. 

 Lanceolato-clavate, tough, acute, striate when dry, yellow. 

 Wood, prostrate trunks. March. in. 



1982. C. glossoides Fr. (from the tongue-like shape ; Gr. glossa, the 



tongue, eidos, appearance) a b c. 



Clavate, subtremellose, obtuse, compressed, stem round, light 

 yellow. 



Oak. Dec. in. 



