CLAVAEIEI. 



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Gen. 46. 



CALOCERA, Fr, 



Gelatinous ; sub-cartilaginous 

 when moist, horay when drj ; hy- 

 meuium viscid. {^^9' 91-) 



Fig. 91. 



* Branclied. 



993. 



Calocera viscosa. Fr, " Clammy Calocera." 



Branclied, tough, rooting, eyen, linear, egg-yellow, branches 

 straight, repeatedly dichotomous. — Fr.Epicr.j)- 581. Pers. Com. 

 t. l,f. 5. Schceff. t. 174. Eng. FL \.p. 177. Bail. t. 27. Kl. exs. 

 no. 1^1. Corda. Icon. Y.f. 74. 



On stumps in fir woods. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Generally csespitose, 1 in. or more high, root long, pale, branches round 

 or compressed, equal, but little divided, known by its beautiful srolden hue. 

 ^ Fries. Spores white. (Fig.'^l.) 



994. 



** C^sjjitose. 

 Calocera tuberosa. Fr. " Tuberous Calocera." 



Ctespitose, simple, tough, eyen, linear, yellowish; base tuberous 

 and rooting. — Fr. Epicr.p. 581. Sow.t. 199. Eng.Fl.x. p.lll . 



On stumps. 



Not found since the time of Sowerby. Eoot a thick, strigose, subglobose 

 tuber, giving out two or three simple linear subacute receptacles from the 

 same base. — M. J. B. 



995. Calocera cornea. Fr. " Horny Calocera." 



C^espitose, rooting, eyen, yiscid, orange-yellow ; clubs short, 

 subulate, connate at the base. — Fr. Epicr. p. 581. Desni.exs.no. 

 73. Batsch.f.161. Fl. Dan. 1. 1306./. 2. Sow.t.AO. Bull. t. 4.63. 

 /. 4. Eng. Fl.Y. p. 178. Bisch.f. 33Sb. 



On stumps, especially oak. Common. [United States.] 



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