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(134.) CLAVARIA BOTRYTIS ; The Goat's-beard. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. Singly. 



Season. July to October. Uncommon. 



Habit. Two to three inches high, pale white. Trunk thick, 

 fleshy, unequal. Branches thick, swollen, short, numerous, unequal, 

 rugulose. Branchlets short, compressed, red-tipped, denticulate. 

 Odourless. Taste good. Spores white. 



Obs, Of more substance than sundry of the others, and of excellent flavour. 

 —W. D. H. 



(135.) CLAVARIA CINEREA ; The Rat's-paw. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. In tufts. 



Season. August to IS^ovember. Common. 



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

 short, spreading. Branches numerous, fragile, irregular, unequal, 

 swollen, rounded, rugose, deformed. Branchlets of like character. 

 Odourless. Taste mild. Spores pallid. 



Ohs. Quite good, but a little inferior in quality. — W. D. H, 



(136.) CLAVARIA CORALLOIDES ; The White Coral-tuft. 



Habitat. In damp woods, under firs and hollies. In tufts. 



Season. September to November. Common. 



Habit. One to two iaches high, snow-white. Trunk short, thick, 

 hollow. Branches irregular, numerous, short, fragile, dilating. 

 Branchlets bundled, unequal, crowded, serrate, pointed. Odour 

 feeble. Taste good. Spores white. 



Obs. A good species, though small, and difficult to pick clean. — W. D. H. 



(137.) CLAVARIA CRISTATA; The Feather-tuft. 



Habitat. In shady woods. In scattered tufts. 



Season. September to November. Common. 



Habit. One or two inches high, pallid, white, or dingy. Trunk 

 short, small, even, stuffed. Branches numerous, short, tough. 

 Branchlets crowded, serrate, dilate, fimbriate. Odour feeble 

 Taste bland. Spores dingy. 



Obs. Very small, but often abundant. It is very nice. — W. D. H. 



