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CLAVARIEI. 



Clavaria. Constantly thickened upwards. 



In woods and moss. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



There is a variety with a white stem. The plant, moreover, is either dilated 

 or cylindrical. The stem in this species is more distinct from the pileus than 

 is consistent with the generic character. M.J.B. Name — aigilla, clay. Clay- 

 coloured. A. clavata, clubs somewhat compressed. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 675. 

 Syst. Myc. i. p. 482. Berk. Out. p. 282. C. Hbk. n. 982. 5. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 939. Fr. Obs. t. 5./. 3. Schniied. Ic. t. 15. Ft. Dan. t. 1852. f. 2. Fl. Bat. 

 t. 814. f. 2. Harz. t. 7. /. 1-7. B. Clubs cylindrical, attenuated. Pers. 

 Comm. t. 1. f. 4. Fl. Dan. t. 1966. f. 2. 



31. C. vermicularis Scop. — Shining white, caespitose, fragile. 



Clubs stuffed, simple, cylindrical, awl- 

 shaped. 



Often flexuous or incurved. Of the thick- 

 ness of a pigeon's quill. 



On lawns. Very common. Sept. 



Looks like a little bundle of candles. 

 M.J.B. Name— vermis, a worm. Flexu- 

 ous. Scop. — Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 675. Syst. 

 Myc. i. p. 484. Berk. Out. p. 282. C. Hbk. 

 n. 984. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 940. Swartz in 

 Vet. Ak. Handl. 181 1. /. 6. f. 2. Fl. Dan. 

 t. 1966./. 1, 775. f. 2. Mich. t. 87./. 2. 



32. C. fragilis Holmsk. — Com- 

 monly white, sometimes yellowish, 

 fasciculate, very fragile, attenuated 

 and white downwards. Clubs hol- 

 low, rather obtuse, variable. 



Distinguished by its white base, &c, from the three preceding species. 2.5- 

 7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) long, occasionally forked, when young stuffed, round, tense 

 and straight, then hollow, compressed, twisted, often wrinkled. 



In pastures, &c. Common. Aug.-Oct. 



Name—; fragilis, fragile. Holmsk. \. p. 7 with fig. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 675. 

 Syst. Myc. i. p. 484. Berk. Out. p. 283. C. Hbk. n. 985. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 941. A. club swollen, thickened. Bull. t. 463./. 1. Sow. t. 90. Mich. t. 

 87.fi 10. Vail I. t. 7.fi. 5. B. more slender, cylindrical, somewhat attenu- 

 ated. Sow. t. 232. Fl. Dan. t. 775.fi. 2. Barla t. 41.fi. 14-16. Mich. t. 

 87.fi 13. C. CI. gracilis Pers. thin, gregarious, acute. Bolt. t. 111.fi. 1. 

 Mich. t. 87. /. 6, perhaps a distinct species. 



*** Fuliginous or blackish. 



33. C. fumosa Pers. — Fuliginous^ fasciculate, fistulose, fragile. 

 Clubs even, tense and straight, somewhat compressed. 



It differs from C. fragilis only in the colour. 



In pastures, &c, uncommon. Aug.-Sept. 



XCII. Clavaria vermicularis. 

 One-half natural size. 



