432 CLAVARIACE^E Clavaria 



1940. C. erassa Britz. (from the thickness of the clubs; crassus, 



thick) a. 



Much branched ; branches obtuse, club-shaped, compressed. 



Base attenuate downwards, violet. 



Solitary. Not unlike 1938 and 1939 in habit, but differing in colour and in 

 the attenuate base. 3 in. 



1941. C. Kunzei Fr. (after Karl Sebastian Heinrich Kunze) a b c. 

 Very much branched from the thin casspitose base ; branches 



elongate, crowded, repeatedly forked, fastigiate, even, equal, 

 axils compressed, somewhat fragile, white. 

 Woods ; rare. Aug. -Sept. 2\ in. 



1941a. C. subtilis Pers. (from its small and slender habit; subtilis, 

 fine, slender) a. 

 Tough, thin, glabrous at base, of equal thickness throughout; 

 branches few, dichotomously forked and somewhat fastigiate, 

 white becoming yellowish. 

 Amongst grass. Sept. ij in. 



1942. C. pyxidata Pers. (from the shape of the palmate ends of the 



branchlets in typical examples, like a small box, pyxis) a c. 



Trunk thin, smooth, branched in an umbellate manner in 



typical examples, pallid to tan, somewhat rufescent, varying 



ivory and sulphur-white ; branchlets taking a cup-like shape at 



the cuspo-radiate apices. 



On the ground, on sticks, pine. 2§ in. This has a tendency to form 

 primary and secondary umbels, the latter with from 5 to 9 rays ; when 

 the branchlets are short the apices have a fancied resemblance to little boxes. 



b. Ochrosporce. 



1943. C. aurea Schseff. (from the golden colour ; aurum, gold) a b c. 

 Trunk thick, elastic, soft, divided into stout tense straight 



very dichotomous round obtuse somewhat toothed branches, 



buff, pale yellow, pale reddish, or pale salmon. Fleshy stem 



sometimes absent. 



Woods, mixed, fir, beech. Aug.-Oct. 5x5! in. Must not be confounded 

 with 1927. 



1944. C. rufeseens Schaeff. (from the red apices of the branchlets ; 



rufesco, to become red) a b c. 



Trunk thick, elastic, tan or pale salmon, much branched ; 

 branches multifid, crowded, somewhat fastigiate, even, tan, 

 pale salmon or pale vermilion, with red, crimson or vermilion 

 apices. 



On wood. Sept. 4^ x 4 in. 



1945. C. formosa Pers. (from its beauty ; formosus, beautiful) a b c. 

 Trunk thick, elastic, ivory, pale buff or pale olive-brown, darker 



below, much elongato-branched ; branchlets obtuse, luminous 



