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CLAVARIEI. 



Gen. 44. 



SFARASSIS, Fr. S.M., p. 464. 







Fleshy, fronclose ; brandies 

 laciniate. — Fr. Epicr. p. 570. 



(Fig. 87.) 



Only one British species, which 

 is rare. 





Fig. 87. 

 958. Sparassis czispa. Fr. " Crisped Sparassis." 



Very much branched, fragile, whitish ; branches intricate ; 

 tips recurved, not zoned, serrate. — Fr. Ejn'cr. 2^- o70. Berh.In- 

 tell. Ohs. no. 25. 1. 1. Lenz.f. 56. Jacq. Misc. ii. 1. 14./. 1. Schceff. 

 L 163. Hogg. ^* Johnst. t. 24. Ann. N.H. 1866. 1139*. Bail. 

 t.27 Kl.exs.no. 617. 



Amongst heath. Sept. South-east Berkshire. Didlington, 



near Brandon. Esculent. [Up. Carolina.] 



Pale ruddy yellow, forming a rounded mass attaining a diameter of 18 in. 

 The laminae rounded and leaf- like, though curled and folded, and variously 

 lobed and laciniate, with a crest-like margin, and springing from a well- 

 marked, thick, rooting stem, the greater part of which is sunk in the soil. 

 Hymenium more or less uneven, and rather wrinkled or rough, with wart- 

 like elevations. In decay the margin becomes soft, acquiring first a yellow, then 

 a brownish tinge, and finally the whole forms a loathsome mass.— 3/. /. B. 



Gen. ^5. CLAVARZA, L. 



Mi 



Fleshy, branched, or 

 simple, without any stem 

 of a distinct substance. 

 Hymenium dry. — BerTc. 

 Outl. p. 278. (Fig.SS.) 



Tier. 88. 



