114 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BEITISH FUNGI. 



Pileus. Internal. About three inclies across at mouth of funnel, 

 brown-black, shaggy or squamulose, continuous downward within 

 funnel. Margin flanged out, sinuate, lobulate, irregular. 



Hymenium. External. Pale grey brown, wrinkled, veined, 

 decurrent. 



Section. Flesh thin, membranaceous, tough, elastic. Odourless. 

 Taste insipid. 



Ohs. It is a wholesome edible, but of inferior quality. Other members of 

 the genus are eaten abroad, but are not found here. The remaining British 

 species have not been tested. — W. D. H, 



OBDEB GLAVABIEI. 



Genus CLAVARIA. 



Ohs. There is no evidence of any Clavaria being actually noxious, though 

 some may be inedible by reason of toughness or bad flavour. I have been in the 

 habit of eating them without much discrimination, and find them very tasty, so 

 have placed them in chapter vii. The species now to be named are most suit- 

 able for use. I think them quite worth the trouble there is in picking and 

 cleaning them. — W. D. H. 



(132.) CLAVARIA AMETHYSTINA ; The Amethystine. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. In tufts. 



Season. August to November. Uncommon. 



Habit. A bunch of branches rising from a common trunk, about 

 three inches high, violet. Branchlets numerous, large, fragile, 

 smooth, rounded, even, simple, not undulate. Flesh soft. Odour 

 faint. Taste good. Spores white. 



Obs. Excellent. Has a nice flavour peculiar to the species. — W. D. H. 



(133.) CLAVARIA AUREA ; The Burning Bush. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. In tufts. 



Season. October and November. Uncommon. 



Habit. Two to four inches high, golden yellow. Trunk pallid, 

 thick, elastic, often elongate, perhaps obsolete. Branches numerous, 

 stout, straight, unequal, rounded. Bi-anchlets dichotomous, toothed. 

 Scent and flavour good. Spores yellow. 



Ohs. Of capital quality. Possibly identical with the exotic C. flava. — 

 W. D. H. 



