Clavarias of the United States and Canada 67 



August 7, 1917. No. 63. In black humus under Cyrilla and red maple, 

 damp, flat woods in Ellis's pasture, June 15, 1918. 

 Society Hill. Curtis, No. 1265. (Curtis Herb, and Kew Herb., as C. 

 fuliginea?) . 



Massachusetts: Stow. Davis. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb. Part of type). 

 Spores 5.5-7.4 x 7.4-8. 5/x. Hymenium about 110-130^, thick; basidia 

 about 5.8/x thick. Threads of flesh much intertwined, up to 7.4//, thick. 



Clavaria ornatipes Pk. Bull. N. Y. St. Mus. 122 : 18, 160. 1908. 

 Lachnocladium ornatipes (Pk.) Burt. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 

 9:65, pi. 11, fig. 102. 1922. 



Plates 9, 15, and 83 



Single and scattered, sparsely gregarious, 2.5-9 cm. tall; stem 

 long, slender, distinct, dark brown, hispid on the lower third or 

 half; fertile part smooth or often rugose, usually thicker, simple 

 (rarely) or divided into two or several upright, often palmate 

 branches; color, excepting the stem, grayish, fleshy brown; tips 

 blackish in fading ; texture fleshy and semi-brittle as in C. cristata, 

 and taste the same as in that species. 



Spores white, smooth, subspherical, 8.5-9.3 x9.3-10.5[a. Ba- 

 sidia 7.4-10[x thick, about 30(/. long, 2-spored; hymenium about 

 lOOjx thick ; hyphae very variable and irregular, with many septa, 

 no clamp connections. Just under the hymenium the threads are 

 replaced by large swollen cells. 



This unique and inconspicuous species is not rarely found if 

 one knows how to look for it. In the south it is known only from 

 the mountains. It occurs in low, swampy woods, usually among 

 mosses, and is nearest C. amethystinoides. Peck first reported this 

 as C. trichopus Pers. ( Rept. N. Y. St. Mus. 24: 82. 1872), but 

 later with good reason considered it as distinct. Persoon's de- 

 scription and figure of C. trichopus would certainly exclude the 

 present plant, which is far from white at all stages. The stiff, red- 

 brown hairs which clothe the lower third (^->4) of the plant 

 make the species easy to recognize, and sharply distinguish it from 

 all others. Overholts reports it from State College, Pennsylvania 

 (Mycologial2: 135. 1920). 



