CLAVAEIA. 79 



Clavaria pyxidata. Pers. 



Tufted, pale, becoming rufescent, trunk variable in length, 

 breaking up into numerous suberect, forked brancbes, all 

 the tips hollowed out in a cup-like manner and usually with 

 slender branchlets springing from the margin of the cup : 

 spores white, svibglobose, 4 x 3 yu.. 



Clavaria pyxidata, Pers., Comm., t. 1, f. 1 ; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung. ii. 293. 



On rotten wood, rarely on the ground, and then probably 

 springing from buried branches, &c. Tufted, 1-2 in. high, 

 known by the hollowed-out tips of the branches. 



** Ochrosporae, Spores ocJiraceoiis or cinnamon. 

 f Colour yellow, pinJcish-yelloic, or dingy ochraceous. 



Clavaria aurea. Schoeif. 



Trunk thick, elastic, pallid, flesh white, dividing into 

 numerous thick branches that become repeated I3' divided in 

 a dichotomous manner upwards, and terminate in slender, 

 erect, round, yellow branchlets; spores pale ochraceous, 

 elliptical, 10-11 x 5-6 /x. 



Clavaria aurea, Berk., Outl., p. 280 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 909 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. 294. 



In woods. Forming large tufts 2-3 in. high, colourless 

 or almost so below, tips yellow. 



Clavaria formosa. Pers. 



Base thick, elastic, dividing into numerous, crowded, erect 

 branches that become thinner upwards and divided at the 

 apex into several thin, straight, simple or toothed, yellow 

 branchlets, base and main branches pale dirty ochraceous 

 with a red tinge, flesh same colour inside ; spores ochraceous, 

 9x3-4 //. 



Clavaria formosa, Cke., Hdbk. n. 970 ; Stev., Brit. F. ii. 

 p. 294. 



On the ground in woods. Forming large tufts 3-4 in. 

 high, often crowded and extending for several feet. The 

 basal portion of the stem is sometimes whitish. 



Clavaria spinulosa. Pers. 

 Trunk stout, pallid ; branches numerous, elongated, erect. 



