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CLAVARIACE/E Clavaria 



There are analogous species in both sections of Ramarice. which 

 resemble each other in form and colour, but the Leucosporce, are 

 somewhat brittle-soft and several of the species are considered 

 edible, whilst the Ochrosporce are spongy-tough and mostly bitter 

 and unfit for food. The spore-colour, the taste and the substance, 

 whether soft or tough, are salient characters. 



Ramarice. 

 a. Leucosporce. 



1927. C. flava SchaefT. (from the frequent light yellow colour ; 

 flavus, light yellow) a c. 



Very much branched : branches cylindrical, vertical, even, 



obtuse, yellow. Trunk thick, fleshy, white. 



Edible. Woods, pine. 6^ x 5§ in. Fragile. Must not be confounded 

 with 1943. 



1928. C. botrytis Pers. (from the deep vinous purple colour of the 



ultimate branchlets ; Gr. bofrus, a cluster of grapes) a b c. 



Wholly white, buff, salmon, yellow, brownish, etc., sometimes 

 more or less claret-colour. Much branched ; branches swollen, 

 unequal, somewhat wrinkled, rose or brown-crimson at the 

 apices. Trunk thick, unequal. 



Odour very pleasant. Woods, mixed, pine, beech ; uncommon. Aug. -Nov. 



1929. C. amethystina Pers. (from the amethyst colour) a c. 



Very much branched ; branches round, even, obtuse, equal, 



purple, bright purple with a bluish shade or purple-lavender. 



Said to produce violent colic. 



Grassy woods and pastures; uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 2 x 2§ in. Myc. 

 lavender- whitish or pale cobalt. 



1930. C. fastigiata L. (from the parallel clustered and erect 



branches ; in some cases the branches decrease in height 



outwardly, giving a sloping, obconic or gable-shape to the 



plant ; fastigium, a slope, a gable) a b c. 



Very much branched ; branches short, divaricate, slightly tough, 



brittle towards base, egg-yellow, apices light yellow to fuscous. 



Usually caespitose. Slightly fragrant. Pastures ; very common. Aug.- 

 Mar. i£ X 2§ in. 



1931. C. museoides L. (from a fancied resemblance to a tuft of moss ; 



muscus, moss ; Gr. eidos, appearance) a b c. 

 Twice or thrice forked, becoming slender, branchlets crescent- 

 shaped, acute, slightly tough, base tomentose, yellow. 

 Solitary. Pastures; frequent. Aug.-Oct. 3 x 3J in. 



1932. C. kewensis Mass. (from its first observed place of growth, 



Royal Gardens, Kew) a. 



Branches numerous, repeatedly and dichotomously divided, axils 



rounded, trunk very short, dull ochreous. 



Odour strong, spicy, resembling 168 or 1437. Rotten stumps, under holly. 

 April, if x 2§ in. 



