428 CLAVARIACE^: Sparassis 



Fam. V. CLAVARIACEiE 



Hymenium not distinct from the hymenophore. Amphigenous 

 somewhat fleshy fungi, vertical, branched or simple, never coriaceous 

 or incrusting. The branched species of Clavaria must not be 

 confounded with certain coriaceous species of Thelephora. 



Species 1926—2000 



Key to the Genera. 



Branched, sponge-like. Branches compressed, flat or leaf-like 91 Sparassis. 

 Branched to simple. 

 Terete. 



Stem not distinct from club 92 Clavaria. 



Stem distinct from club, not usually springing from a 



sclerotium 96 Pistillaria. 



Usually springing from a sclerotium 95 Typhula. 



Gelatinoso-cartilaginous, viscid 93 Calocera. 



Hair-like 94 Pterula. 



XCI. SPARASSIS Fr. 



(From its appearance, as if torn to pieces ; Gr. sparasso, 



to tear to pieces.) 



Fleshy, with flat leaf-like branches, composed of two plates, 

 fertile on both sides. Basidia tetrasporous. Spores continuous, 

 hyaline. (Fig. 106.) Species 1926, 1926a 



Fig. 106. — A, B, Sparassis crista Fr., entire and in section. 

 One-half natural size. 



1926. S. crispa Fr. (from its crisped or curled appearance) a b c. 

 Whitish to pale yellowish. Very much branched, branches 



