292 CLAVARIEI. 



Clavaria. Spores white. Fr. Name — curtus, curt, short. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. 



Monogr. ii. p. 281. B. b= Br. n. 1448. 



** Colour white or grey. 



6. 0. coralloides Linn. — White, somewhat fragile, hollow 

 within, triuik rather thick, repeatedly and irregularly much 

 branched. Branches unequal, dilated upwards, branchlets 

 crowded, acute. 



Commonly crespitose, growing into each other, unequally fastigiate. It 

 varies with the branchlets not developed, obtuse. 



In shady woods. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



Name — KopdWiov, coral ; e75o?, appearance. Coral-like. Linn. Suec. n. 

 1268. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. Sv. at I. Sv. t. 92. f. 4, 5. Berk. Out. p. 279. 

 C. Hbk. n. 963. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 922. Holmsk. i. p. 113 "with fig. Sow. 

 t. 278. Krombh. t. 53./. 4. 



7. C. cinerea Bull. — Cinereous, fragile, stuffed, trttnk some- 

 what thick, short, very much branched. Branches and branch- 

 lets thickened, irregularly shaped, somewhat wrinkled, rather 

 obtuse. 



The trunk varies thicker and thinner. It differs from C. grisea in the spores. 



In mixed woods. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores irregular, ellipsoid-sphaeroid, 8-10 x 6 mk. K. Name — cinis, ashes. 

 Ash-coloured. Bull. t. 354. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. Berk. Out. p. 279. 

 C. Hbk. 71. 965. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 923. Grev. t. 64, 321. Letell. t. 708. 

 f. 1. — Krombh. t. 53./, 9, 10. 



8. C. umbrina Berk. — Pale umber, slightly branched. Branches 

 and branchlets cylindrical, obtuse, forked. 



The habit is that of C.fastigiata. It has not, however, the slightest tinge 

 of yellow. 



On lawns. Coed Coch. Blair Athole. Aug.-Oct. 



Name — from the umber colour. Berk. Out. p. 279. t. 18. /. 4. C. Hbk. n. 

 964. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 924. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. 



9. C. cristata Pers. — White, very variable in stature, 2.5-5 

 cent. (1-2 in.) high, tough, even, stuffed. Branches dilated 

 above, acutely incised, crested. 



Somewhat caespitose. 



In mixed woods. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores angulato- or ellipsoid-sphaeroid, hyaline, 8 mk. K. Name — crista, 

 a crest. Crested. Pers. Syn. p. 591. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 668. Syst. Myc. 

 i- P' 473- Su Ml. Sv. t. 92. /. 1-3. Berk. Out. p. 280. C. Hbk. n. 966. 5. 



