CLAVAEIEI. 331 



Sect 1. Bamaria — branched. 



A. LeucosporcB — white spored. 



959. Clavaria botrytis. P. " Eed-tipped Clavaria." 



Fragile, trunk thick, fleshy, unequal, very much branched ; 

 branches swollen, unequal, sub-rugose, tips red. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 571. FL Dan. 1. 1303. Kromhli. t. 53./. 1-3. Schaff. 1. 176. 

 Ann.N.H. no.721. Bisch. f.33d0. BadhA. t. 16./ 2. ii. t. 5./ 3. 

 Price, f. 76. Barla. t. 40./. 1-3. Harz. t. 67. Corda.Ic. y.f. 75. 



In woods. Rare. Inverarj. Bowood. [United States.] 



960. Clavaria amethystina. Bull. " Amethyst Clavaria." 



Fragile, very much branched, violet ; branches round, even, 

 obtuse. — Fr. Epicr. p. 571. Bidl. t. 496. / 2. Holm. i. p. 110. 

 Nees.f. 151. Schceff. 1. 172. Cooke, B. F. 1. 17. / 2. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 

 174. Vent. S.M.f. 113. 



In mossy places. Rare. Esculent. 



Yery variable in size. Sometimes 3 in. or more higli, and very much 

 branched, sometimes a few Hnes and nearly simple. — M.J.B. 



961. Clavaxia fastigiata. B.C. " Fastigiate Clavaria." 



Tough, cjespitose, yellow, slender-stemmed, very much 

 branched ; branches short, divaricate ; branchlets fastigiate. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 571. BulL t. 358./. D. F. Holms, i.p. 90. with fig. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 836,/ 2. Pers. Com. t. 4./ 5. VaiU. t. 8./ 4. Ray. 

 Syn. t. 24./ 5. Clav. pratensis, Eng. Fl. y.j). 174. 



In pastures. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Sometimes the apices are yellow and at others brown. Slightly fragrant. 

 Spores not truly white, pale buff, irregular ; diameter '00027 in. 



962. Clavaria muscoides. Z. •' Forked Yellow Clavaria." 



Rather tough, graceful, yellow, slender-stemmed, twice or 

 thrice forked ; branchlets lunate, acute. — Fr. Epicr. p. oil. Fl. 

 Dan. ^ 775./ 3. Holm. i.p. 87. with fig. Schceff. 1. 173. Kromhh. 

 f.53./.22,23. Kl.exs.no. 11-23. Bull.t.idQ.fi.O.Q. Clav. cor- 

 niculata, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 174. 



In pastures. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Taller than the last, solitary, less branched, dry, very smooth, except the 

 base, which is tomentose^ bright yellow, resembling somewhat the yolk of an 

 egg ; branchlets elongated^ attenuated, subcompressed, acute, or obtuse. — 

 i:nci. FL 



