76 . FUNGUS-FLORA. 



red ; branches and flesh white. Looks like the heart of a 

 cauliflower. 



Clavaria amethystina. Bull. 



Violet, fragile, very much branched, branches round, 

 smooth, even, obtuse ; spores elliptical, pale ochraceous, 

 10-12 X 6-7 IX. 



Clavaria amethystina. Berk., Outl. 279, t. 18, f. 2 (small, 

 subsimple form, not bv any means typical) ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 960 ; Stev., Brit. F., p. 291. 



Amongst grass in woods and pastures. From 1-3 in. high, 

 very much branched or almost simple. Known by the violet 

 colour. 



Clavaria fastigiata. Linn. 



Tufted, very much branched, branchlets fastigiate at the 

 tips, rather tough, egg-yellow; spores white, irregularly 

 globose, 4-6 //.. 



Clavaria fastigiata. Berk., Outl. 279 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 961 ; 

 Stev., B. Fung.'ii. 291. 



Clavaria pratensis, Berk., Eng. Fl. v. 5, p. 174. 



Amongst grass in pastures. About 1 in. high, distinguished 

 by clear egg-yellow colour. 



Clavaria muscoides. Linn. 



Clear yellow, slightly tufted, stems slender, toraentose at 

 the base, once or twice branched above, axils rounded ; spores 

 white, subglobose, 5-6 yu,. 



Clavaria muscoides. Berk., Outl. 279 ; Cke., Ildbk. n. 962 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. 291. 



In pastures. "From 1-Uin. high, somewhat resembling 

 G. fastigiata, but the stems" are more slender, tomento.se at 

 the base, and are not branched so near to the base nor so 

 repeatedly ; branchlets thin, tapering, axils rounded. 



Clavaria curta. Fries. 



Greenish yellow, much branched, branches short, closely 

 crowded, tii)s blunt, stem not distinct; spores colourless, 

 subglobose, 5-6 /u,. 



Clavaria curta, Fr., Ilym. Eur., p. 668 ; Stev., Brit. Fung, 

 ii. 291. 



In grassy places. A small species not 1 in. high. 



