CLAVAEIEI. 335 



slender, rillous, rooting ; branches flexuose, multifid ; branchlets 

 of the same colour, divaricating. — Fr. Epicr.p. 57G. Bull. t. 358. 

 /. 1. a, h. Ehr. Nat. Cur. x. 1 14. Ann. X. H. no. 12Z. Fl.Dan. 

 t.2212.f.l. Bisch.f.3i72. 



At the base of trees. Eare. "Woodnewton. 



Spores creamy -yellow, '00012 X '00021 in. 



Sect. 2. Syncoryne — simple, fasciculate at the base, c^espitose. 



977. Clavaria purpurea. Millh '• Purple Clavaria." 



C^espitose, purple; clubs elongated, hollow, then compressed, 

 simple, acute. — Fr. Epicr. p. 576. Fl. Dan. t. SoT.f. 2. Ann. 

 N. H.no. 3G8. Berk. Outl.p. 281. C. rufa^ Ann. N.H. no. 155. 



Am.ongst grass in pastures. 



Usually of a diBgy purple. 



978. Clavaria rosea. Fr. '•' Eosy C]avaria." 



Subfasciculate, fragile, roseate ; clubs stuffed; tips at length 

 yellowish, attenuated below, whitish. — Fr. Epicr. p. oil . Sv. 

 Bot.t.bbS. Fr.Obs.t.b. f.2. Krombh.t.b3.f. 21. Eng.Fl.Y. 

 p. 175. 



In pastures, and amongst moss. Eare. 



979. Clavaria fusiformis. Sore. " Spindle-shaped Clavaria." 



/ 



Caespitoso-connate, rather 

 firm, yellow, soon hollow ; 

 clubs somewhat fusiform, sim- 

 ple, and toothed, even ; base 

 attenuated, of the same colour. 

 — Fr. Epicr. p. oil. Son:, t. 

 224. Bolt. 1. 110. Eng.Fl.Y. 

 J), lib. (Fig. 89.) 



In woods. Common. 



[United States.] 



Yellow, smooth, about 3 in. high, 

 many individuals collected into a 

 fasciculatetuft, nearly erect, rather 

 brittle, attenuated at either end; 

 apex darker. — F)^. 



(Fig. 9.) 



