82 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Clavaria crispula. Fr. 



Tau-colour, becoming ocliraceous, stem rather slender, with 

 downy rooting strands of mycelium ; branches numerous, 

 wavy, spreading, repeatedly dividing, terminal branchlets 

 acute, spreading ; spores pale yellow, elliptical, 5 X 3 /a. 



Clavaria crispula. Berk., Outl. 281 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 976 ; 

 Stev., B. Fung. ii. 290. 



At the base of trunks. Stem thin, branches numerous, 

 lax, rather wavy or flexuous, 2-3 in. high. 



II. SYNCOEYNE. Cluhs almost simple, tufted at the base. 



I Beddish. 



Clavaria purpurea. Fr. 



Purple, tufted, simple, acute, becoming hollow and com- 

 pressed ; spores colourless, elliptical, with a minute ajiiculus, 

 8 X 4-5 /x. 



Clavaria j^urpurea, Berk., Outl., p. 281 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 977; Stev., Fung. Brit. ii. p. 296. 



Amongst grass. Simple, caespitose, 3-5 in. high ; tip 

 tapering, acute, 3-4 lines thick in the centre, sometimes 

 tinged with brown or red. 



Clavaria rufa. Fl. Dan. 



Eeddish brown, gregarious, not tufted, simple or slightly 

 cleft at the obtuse aj)ex, straight or generally' flexuous or 

 variously deformed ; spores colourless, elliptical, 7 x 5 ya. 



Clavaria rupa, Fl. Dan., t. 775, f. 1 ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. 

 p. 296. 



On the ground. Scattered, simple or with 1-2 irregular 

 branchlets, tip blunt or acute, often cleft, 1-1?. in. high, 

 2-3 lines thick, very frequently curved or twisted and com- 

 pressed. 



Clavaria rosea. Fr. 



Eose-colour, deep or pale, in small tufts ; simple, fragile, 

 stuffed, often becoming yellowish at the apex ; spores colour- 

 less, globose, 3 /x. 



Clavaria rosea, Berk., Outl. 281 ; Cke., Ildbk., n. 978 ; Stev., 

 B. Fung. ii. p. 290. 



