Sparassis 



CLAVARIACE^E 



429 



recurved, intricate at apex, the whole forming a large sponge- 

 like mass ; stemless or with a short stout stem. 



Edible. Odour very sweet of anise. Beside fir-trees and stumps, on dead 

 fir-leaves, terrestrial on heaths. Aug. -Nov. 1 ft. 1 in. x I ft. 1 in. 

 Sometimes attaining a diameter of 18 in. and a weight of 2 or 3 lbs. 



1926a. S. laminosa Fr. (from the leaf-like plates or layers of the 



entire plant ; lamina, a thin leaf) a. 



Very much branched, branches laminar, spreading, yellowish 



straw-colour. 



Woods. Sept. 10J x 7J in. Stronger smelling and softer than 1926, 

 never fimbriate at edges, lamince large, loose. 



XCII. CLAVARIA L. 

 (From the club-like shape of some typical species j c/ava, a club.) 



Fleshy, erect, branched or simple, branches somewhat round, 

 with or without a distinct stem. Hymeiiium continuous, dry, even, 

 homogeneous. Basidia tetrasporous. 

 Spores coloured or uncoloured. 

 For the most part terrestrial. (Fig. 

 107.) Species 1927—1975 



Ramari^e. Branched, branches at- 

 tenuate upwards. 



a. Leucosporce. Spores white or 



nearly white. 

 Red, yellow or violet. 



1927—1933 

 White or grey. 1934—1942 



b. Ochrosporce. Spores pale 



yellow, ochreous or cinna- 

 mon. 

 Yellow, pinkish-yellow or dull 

 ochreous. 1943—1949 



Whitish, grey or violet. 



1950, 1951 

 Growing on wood. 



1952, 1953 

 Syncoryn^e. Clubs almost simple, 

 tufted at the base. 

 Reddish. 1954—1956 



Yellowish or white. 



1957—1963 

 Smoky or blackish. 1964 



Holocoryn^e. Clubs entire or simple or nearly so, distinct at the 



base. 



Whitish. 1965—1967 



Yellow or pallid, becoming darker. 1968 — 1973 



Brownish or flesh-colour. 1974, 1975 



Fig. 107. — a, Clavaria coralloidcs L. ; 

 b, C. vermicularis Fr. ; c, C. Jistirfosa 

 Holmsk., one-third natural size. D, C. 

 pistillaris L., basidium and spores, X 330. 



