CLAVARIA. 299 



Name— -futnus, smoke. Smoke-coloured. Pers. Comm. p. 76. Fr. Hym. Clavaria. 

 Eur. p. 676. B. & Br. n. 1303. C. Hbk. n. 986. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 942. 

 Kroinbh. t. 53./". 18. 



III. — Holocoryne. Somewhat simple, separate at the base. 

 * Colour changeable, becoming dark. 



34. C. pistillaris Linn. — Light yellow then rufescent, simple, 

 large, fleshy, stuffed, obovato-clavate, obtuse. 



In woods among fern. Uncommon. Sept. 



15-30 cent. (6-12 in.) long. Dingy brown in decay. M.J.B. Spores 

 white, 10x5 mk. W.G.S.; ellipsoid, hyaline, 10-11x5-6 mk. K. Name — 

 pistillum, a pestle. Pestle-shaped. Linn. Siiec. n. 1246. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 676. Berk. Out. p. 283. C. Hbk. n. 987. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 943. Bull, 

 t. 244. Sow. t. 277. Hussey i. t. 62. Fl. Dan. t. 1255. Holmsk. p. 12 with 

 Jig. Sv. Bot. t. 504. /. 1. K?-ombh. t. 54. f. 1-11. Ventur. t. 41. /. 1-2. 

 Corda Sturm, ii. /. 58 and Icon. v./. 76. Quel. t. 21.fi. 2. Forms departing 

 from the type : Schceff. t. 290. Kl. Bor. t. 395, slender, attenuated upwards. 

 —Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 15. f. 1 veined at the apex; perhaps distinct. — Chev. 

 Par. t. 8./. 2. Var. alba Batt. t. 3. A. 



35. C. ligula Fr. — Yellowish when young, pallid-rufescent when 

 full grown, simple, gregarious, spongy-fleshy, elongato-clavate, 

 obtuse, villous at the base. 



Smaller and softer than C. pistillaris. 



In woods. Strachan, Kincardineshire. 



Name— ligula, a small tongue, strap. From its shape. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 

 676. B. df Br. n. 1820. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 944. A. young, Schmied. Ic. t. 

 5 upper fig. Fl. Dan. t. 837. — Wulf. in Jacqu. Misc. ii. /. 2./. 2. Sv. Bot. 

 t. 504./ 3. B. old, — Sch&ff. t. 171. Krombh. t. 54./. 12. 



36. C. contorta Holmsk. — Watery yellowish, 2.5 cent. (1 in.) 

 long, about 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) thick, simple, emmpent, stuffed, 

 spongy-fleshy, soft to the touch, somewhat twisted, wri?ikled 

 obtuse, pruinose. 



Among the most distinguished, growing in winter. Almost spongy after 

 rain. Sometimes spathulate, compressed, sometimes swollen and somewhat 

 twisted. More or less irregularly curved. Solitary or coespitose. 



On fallen branches. Rare. Sept. 



Easily known by its erumpent habit. Name — contorqueo, to twist. Twisted. 

 Holmsk. Ot. i. p. 29 with fig. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 677. Syst. Myc. i. /. 478. 

 Berk. Out. p. 283. C. Hbk. n. 988. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 945. — Fl. Dan. t. 

 1852. 



37. C. fistulosa Fr. — Light yellowish then rufescent, simple, 

 slender, very long, tense and straight, fistulose, rather obtuse ; 

 root short, villous. 



