PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. 107 



This, and the foregoing, are said to be as good food as the 

 common mushroom. Crypt. Eng. ii. 157 ; Roques, Hist, des 

 Champ. 108. 



Hericium caput MedusoB, Pers., Comm. Clav. \ 



Ilydrium " " D. C. Fl. Fr. 281. t S. C. ! to Pa. 



Clava/ria " " Bull., t. 412. ) 



The taste of this is very agreeable, and it is much eaten in 



Italy, and to a certain extent, in Prance. Poques, Ilist. des 



Champ. lOr. 



Cla/varia cinerea, Bull. 



According to M. Pries, C. cinerea of Greville, though very 

 dissimilar in appearance, is a variety of the C. coralloides. 



It is much employed as an article of food in Normandy and 

 Pranche Comte. All the clavarias are eatable, except one or 

 two of a coriaceous nature, or which are too small to be cooked. 

 Boques, Champ. Comest. 83. 



m ' J.1 ^' -n 11 TVT r Amethyst Clavaria. 



(JlafoaTiaj amethystina. Bull. ; JN ees. \ . ^ . 



_ . f, ' _. , ' J Among leaves under 



Bamaria " Holmsk. j , ^j. , q , 



( trees ; Aug. to bept. 



Tlie plant is eatable, and very much prized. Roques, Hist. 



des Champ. Comest. 85 ; Hooker's Crypt. England, 174. 



Cla/varia fastigiata, Linn., Sp. PI. 



" pratensis, Pers. and Berk. Crypt. Eng. 

 C. pratensis, Fr. in ]^. Carolina. 

 This also is alimentary, and much eaten in Germany under 

 the name Ziegenbart. Eoques, Hist, des Champ. 85. 



Clma/ria iotritis, Schoeff., Fung. t. 176. \ Clav. hotritis of P. 

 " plebeia, Jacq., Misc. i in S. C. (H. AV. R.) 



Commonly used in parts of Europe as an article of Food. 

 Eoques, Champ. Comest. 85. 



CUmaria crispa^ Jacq., Misc. Austr. 2, 100. 

 This clavaria is eaten in Siberia and Alsatia. Roques, 

 Champ. Comest. 85. 



