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GUIDE TO THE MODELS OF FUNGI. 



144. Clavaria coralloides L. — White, caespitose, somewhat 

 fragile, hollow within ; trunk rather thick, repeatedly and irregularly 



Fig. 54.— Clavaria cinerea Bull. 

 (One-third natural size.) 



;5. — Clava; 

 (One-half natural size.) 



Fig. 55.— Clavaria vermicularis 



branched ; branches unequal, dilated upwards ; branchlets crowded, 

 acute. 



Rare in shady woods. Edible. Sold in the markets of Italy. 



145. Clavaria stricta Pers. — Yellowish-pallid, fuscous when 

 bruised ; trunk thick, much branched ; branches and branchlets 

 stiff, straight, even, adpressed, crowded, acute. 



C. stricta grows in woods on and about stumps ; uncommon. 



146. Clavaria fusiformis Sow. — Known from all other British 

 species of Clavaria by the toothed or pointed fuscous apex of each 

 generally simple, yellow club ; trunks connate, slightly firm, even, 

 soon hollow, and attenuated at the base. 



A common plant in woods and pastures. 



147. Clavaria insequalis O. F. Mull. — Yellow, gregarious, some- 

 what fasciculate, compressed or channelled; trunks variable, simple 

 or forked, sometimes jagged at the apex and ventricose in centre ; 

 tufts much less dense than in C. fiisi/unnis. 



Common in woods and pastures. 



148. Clavaria fragilis Ilolmsk. — Trunks club-shaped, white or 

 yellowish, fasciculate, very fragile, attenuated downwards, hollow, 

 somewhat obtuse, simple, rarely forked, often compressed, twisted, 

 and wrinkled ; base white. 



Common in pastures, by grassy roadsides, etc. 



149. Clavaria pistillaris L. — Light yellow or buff, then brownish, 

 fleshy, stuffed, obovato-clavatc, obtuse. 



The stoutest of the British species, resembling an obese club; 

 not uncommon in woods, grassy lanes, etc. 



