436 CLAVARIACE^E Clavaria 



1965a. C. tenerima Mass. & Crossl. (from its tender substance ; 



tener, tender). 



CI. cylindrical, flexuous, somewhat attenuate above, base not 



narrowed, hyaline white. 



Gregarious but distinct at base. Amongst short grass. \\ in. Resembles 

 1962 in habit. 



1966. C. acuta Sow. (from the sharp pointed clubs ; acutus, sharp) 



a b c. 



Tense, straight with a translucent stem distinct from the opaque 



club, white. 



Solitary. Sides of damp ditches, in garden pots; rare. Sept. -Nov. I in. 

 Hardly a Clavaria. Sowerby's original drawing has the appearance of a 

 Torrubia growing on a dead chrysalis, perhaps a Pistilla?'ia. 



1967. C. uneialis Grev. (from its usual length, about one inch, wicia) 



a b c. 

 CI. stuffed, tough, tense and straight, obtuse, smooth, white, 



sometimes shaded faintest rose, becoming pale amber. 

 Dead stems of herbaceous plants, umbellifers ; uncommon. May— Nov. I in. 



1968. C. pistillaris L. (from the pestle shape ; pistillum, a pestle) a b c. 

 Fleshy, stuffed, ovato-clavate, obtuse, light yellow to brownish- 

 tan or rufescent. 



Solitary. Taste bitter ; odour not unpleasant. Woods, amongst ferns and 

 leaves, roadsides under hedges ; uncommon. Sept. -Nov. nfin. 



1969. C. ligula SchaerT. (from the shape, like a small tongue or strap, 



liguld) a c. 

 Spongy-fleshy, elongato-clavate, obtuse, rarely slightly forked, 



villous at base, yellowish to pallid rufescent, rarely pale red. 

 Gregarious. Woods, fallen twigs and branches, amongst fir-leaves, moss. 



4i in- 



1970. C. eontorta Holmsk. (from the usually twisted shape ; con- 



tortus, twisted) a b c. 



Contorted, wrinkled, obtuse, sometimes attenuate upwards or 

 broadly spathulate, rarely bifid, spongy-fleshy, stuffed, watery- 

 yellowish to somewhat pale olive-yellow. 



Solitary or casspitose. Wood, twigs, alder ; rare. Sept. -Nov. § in. 



1971. C. fistulosa Holmsk. (from the hollow clubs ; fistula, a pipe) a c. 

 Slender, tense, straight, hollow, light yellowish, yellow, ivory-buff 



or buff to orange and rufescent, rooting and villous below. 

 Twigs, branches, etc. 9f in. 



1972. C. tuberosa Sow. (from the tuberous base) a b. 



Tough, even, aculeate, hollow, tuberous and solid below, held to 



the matrix by flocci, ochre to somewhat pale salmon-umber. 

 Caespitose. Sticks, birch, bursting through the bark. Nov. 3 in. 



1973. C. juneea Fr. (from the rush-like shape ; j uncus, a rush) a b c. 

 Filiform, flaccid, hollow, acute, pallid to rufescent or yellow, 



pale ochre or pale orange, base creeping, fibrillose. 



Gregarious. Woods, amongst leaves, twigs and moss, fir, poplar, beech, 

 oak. Sept. -Nov. 5 in. Sometimes hair-like in thinness, the base 



