116 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



(138.) CLAVARIA FASTIGIATA ; The Yellow-twig. 



Habitat. Among moss and grass in pastures, woods, heaths, etc. 

 Scattered. 



Season. August to November. Common. 



Hahit. About one inch high, yellow. Trunk short, small. 

 Branches numerous, short, divaricate, fasciculate, smooth, toughish. 

 Branchlets tapered, pointed, equal, straight, vertical. Odour 

 sweet. Taste good. Spores yellowish. 



Ohs. Very plentiful and pleasant-flavoured. C. umbrina resembles it, and is 

 probably equally good. — iV. D. II. 



(139.) CLAVARIA FORMOSA ; The Elegante. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods, heaths, pastures, and com- 

 mons. Singly. 



Season. August to November. Rare. 



Habit. One to four inches high. Trunk white, thick, fleshy, 

 spreading. Branches orange, thick, elongate, rounded, serrate. 

 Branchlets yellow, numerous, rounded, fasciculate, dentate, blunt. 

 Flesh white. Odourless. Taste good. Spores buff. 



Ohs. It bears the reputation of being peculiarly well flavoured, but it is 

 scarce. — W. D. H. 



(140.) CLAVARIA FUSIFORMIS ; The Golden Spindlespike. 

 (PI. XI. fig. 3.) 



Habitat. Among grass and fern. In bundled tufts. 



Season. August to November. Common. 



Habit. One to five inches high, egg-yolk yellow. Spikes 

 densely fasciculate, firm, simple, smooth, fusiform, attenuate above 

 and below, tough, elastic, fibrous, slender, elongate, upright, twisted. 

 Odour slight. Taste slightly styptic. Spores yellow. 



Obs. In chapter vii. I relish its flavour much, and find it light and easy of 

 digestion, though tough if not properly sweated with butter. It is often found 

 in large bundles. I have gathered one such in Richmond Park weighing over 

 three pounds. — W. D. U. 



(141.) CLAVARIA GRISEA ; The Grey-twig. 

 Habitat. In woods and on moors. Scattered. 

 Season. September to November. -Uncommon. 

 Habit. One to three inches high, dingy grey. Trunk thick, 

 attenuate below, spreading. Branches not numerous, rugulose, 



