268 FUNGI. 



weather during the week of our stay, especially as we had 

 rashly used up two fine days in examining the treasures 

 of the shore. So we were resolved to traverse the uplands, 

 and endure the wetting as best we might. But it was 

 heavy work ! Our dresses were soon wet to the knees, 

 and what a weight it was to carry. We toiled for hours, 

 and were feeling quite discouraged, when my eye caught 

 siofht of a cluster of violet branches amono; the sward at 

 my feet. Saturated as everything was with moisture, 

 the colour of the fungus was in its full perfection, and 

 lovelier shades of violet I never saw. A tawny 

 Geoglossum was growing hard by, but of that more anon. 

 The Candle Clavaria (C. vermiculata, Plate XVIII., Jig. 

 14) is formed of a simple club, white, and generally con- 

 gregated in clusters, which look like half a pound of minia- 

 ture dip candles. It grows in pastures pretty frequently. 

 I have oftener found it in Kent than elsewhere. Another 

 species somewhat resembling this, but bright yellow, is 

 also common in Kent (C. fragilis). There are many 

 members of this family exceedingly minute in size, as the 

 Pistil and Paish Clavarias (C. pistillata and juncea) which 

 grow parasitic on dead straws and twigs. 



The Calocera group resembles the last named ; but 

 the texture becomes horny when dry ; hence the name 

 Calocera. The orange species (C. cornea, Plate XV III. , 

 fuj. 1 5) is richly tinted. We have found it on stumps of 

 oak and elm at Hawkhurst. The Typhula group also 

 preserve the club shape ; they are very minute plants, 

 parasitic on dead leaves and stems. 



The Pistillariaa have the same character, but are 

 toucher in texture. 



