Hymenomycetae, ClaTaiiaceiB, Clavaria. 487 



intei-diim striatis ; stipite sclerotioidi, tuberculato, firmo, solido, in- 

 terdum ramoso, 20-30 cm. longo, 5-8 cra. lato; sporidiis ovoideis, 

 byalinis, 2,8-5,5*2,8-4; typice 3,9*5,1. 



Hab. ad radices vivas Coniferarum iu Amer. bor. 



CLAVARIA Yaill. — Syll. VI p. 692, IX p. 247, XI p. 134, XIV p. 236, 

 XVI p. 203, XVII p. 193, XXI p. 425. 



1. ClavariacapucinaPatouill.jBull. Soc.Myc.Fr.XXXIII(19i7)p. 50.— 1797 

 Carnosa, fragilis; caespitulis 2-3 cm. altis, e trunco communi 1 cm. 

 alto et 2-3 mm. crasso abrupte in ramis erectis, gracilibus, pluries 

 fiircatis, denticub"s 2-3 aequalibus termiuatis diviso compositis, to- 



tis luteo-ocbraceis, trunco brunneolo; sporis ellipsoideis, ocbraceis, 

 minute verrucosis, 6*3; mycelio filamentoso albo; odore grato le- 

 viter anisato, sapore acre, fere salso. 



Bal). ad terram prope culmos B a m b u s a e , Hauoi, Tonkin, 

 Asia. — Gl. byssisedae proxima. 



2. Clavaria subcaespitosa Peck, X. Y. State Mus. Bull. 167, 1912, pag.39 i798 

 (1913), — Stipite brevi, crasso, dicbotomo-ramosissimo, caespites 

 densos, 7,5-12,5 cm. altos, fragiles effbrmante ; ramis ramulisque 

 obtusis vel subacutis, solidis, mollibus, in siccitate teuuioribus et 

 dephmatis vel angularibus, carne alba, sapore miti ; sporis late el- 

 lipsoideis vel subglobosis, 4-5 * 3-4. 



Hah. ad terram, Ellis, Mass. U. S. A. (Blackford et Morris). — 

 Cl. densae Peck afitiuis sed phiribus notis distincta. 



3. Clavaria obtusissima Peck, X. Y. State Mus. BuU. 167, 1912, pag. 39 1799 

 (1913). — Stiijite crasso, brevi, ramosissimo, ramis ramulisque cur- 

 vatis, siipra sulcatis et incrassatis, ocbraceis, caro alba, sapore 

 iiiiti ; sporis ocbraceis, oblongis vel subcylindraceis, 12-16*5-6. — 

 Tota plauta 10-12 cm. alta, 6-10 cm. lata. 



Hab. in silvis e pbmtis deciduifoliis, West Roxbury Mass. U. S. A. 

 (Ann Hibbard). 



4. Clavaria apiahyana Spegazziui, Eel. myc. trop. in Bol. Ac. Nac. isoo 

 Cienc. Cordoba, XXIII, 1919, Extr. p. 73. — Eamaria, ocbrospora; 

 coespites bemispbacrici mediocres (50-80 mm. alti et lati), ramis 

 carnosis intus albis, extus inferne ocbroleucis, superne aurantiis, 

 ramulis supremis sat crassis subcylindraceo-canaliculatis, laevibus, 

 apice crassiuscule breviterque denticuhitis v. subcristatis ibique 

 intense hxteritiis v. suboiiniatis; sporae ellipticae, superne obtusae, 

 iuferne inaequilaterah'ter acutae, saepius grosse 1-guttulatae, epi- 

 sporio minute denseque verruculoso, ferrugineae, 16-17 * 8-9. 



