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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Clavaria pyxidata Cuptip Clavaria 



Cap 3-12 cm. tall, pale tan, often tinged with red, stem thin, small, branches 

 erect, much-forked, the tips cup-like, with slender projections from the margin of 

 the cups ; spores globoid, 5 X 3/x. The name refers to the cup-like tips. 



On decaying w-ood or on roots in the ground, summer and autumn : said to be 



edible. 



Clavaria stricta 



Wood Clavaria 



C a p 5-10 cm. tall, 

 yellowish to dull yellow 

 or brownish, stem dis- 

 tinct, stout and short, 

 branches many, much- 

 forked, straight, crowd- 

 ed, tips acute ; spores 

 v'.^lliiwish. ovoid. 6- 

 8 X 3-5yu,. The name re- 

 fers to the erect straight 

 l)ranches. 



( )n decaying wood, 

 summer and autumn : 

 fair. 



Clavaria inaequalis 

 Yellow Tuft 



Figure 75. Clavaria ligula 



Cap 5-8 cm. tall, 



bright yellow, cylindric 



and tapering or mure or less club-shaped, simple or somewhat branched, more or less 



united at the base, fragile, stuiTed ; spores clear, ellipsoid or globoid. 10-1 2 X 5-S^i. 



Tlie name has no evident application. 



( )n the ground in woodland and grassland, late summer and autumn : excellent. •* 



Clavaria ligula Yellow Club 



Cap 2-8 cm. tall. 5-12 mm. wide, yellowish, tan or even somewhat brownish, 

 spongy-fleshy, dry, club-shaped, simple, more or less hairy at base ; s p o r e s clear, 

 ellipsoid, 10-12 X 3-5jU. The name refers to the shape of the cap. 



Common in troops on the ground, especially among needles of conifers; edible. 



Clavaria pistillaris Yellow Pestle 



Cap 8-30 cm. tall. 3-6 cm. wide, yellowish, tan. reddish or even dark brown, 

 spongy-fleshy, drv. club-shaped, more or less lobed or scalloped at the top ; spores 

 clear, ellipsoid, 10-14 X 5-8/a. The name refers to the form. 



On the ground in woods, late summer and autumn ; one of the best of the genus. 



