156 CLAVARiA. 



but that is described as * pallide rufescens,' pale reddish, zonate and 

 scarcely branched, ' vix ramosa ' characters not applicable to your plant. 

 I propose with your permission to name it Sparassis Herbstii, Pk." 



Found it in an open oak woods under an oak tree near Cedar Fountain 

 Creek. 



Genus LXVIII. CI/AVARIA. 



Fleshy, branched, or simple, without any stem of a distinct 

 substance. Hymenium dry. — Berkeley Outlhies. 



The Clavarei of the Lehigh Valley are quite common in a 

 number of localities. 



They are divided first into two sections : branched and the 

 simple. The branched species are again divided into the 

 white-spored species and ochraceous species. 



C. amethystina. Bull. Blue Clavaria. 



Fragile, much branched, violet blue, branches round, even, 

 obtuse. Spores white. — Cook' s British Fungi. 

 Common in Minesite woods. 



C. cristata. 



Branches white, dilated above in laciniate apices. Spores 

 white. 

 Common on ground in woods. 



C. pyxidata. Pers. The Cup Clavaria. 

 Fragile, waxy, much branched, with a thin main stem, 

 white, branches ending in a cup, spores white. 

 Common on damp, rotten logs in the jungle. 



C. abietina. Pers. Firwood Clavaria. 

 Very much branched, ochraceous, trunk somewhat thick- 

 ened, clothed with white down, branches straight, crowded, 

 longitudinally wrinkled when dry. Spores ochraceous. 



