48 Clavarias of the United States and Canada 



Greville. Scott. Crypt. Fl. 1 : pi. 37 (as C. fragilis). Yellow, more than 



doubtful, possibly C. fusiformis. 1823. 

 Michael. Fiihrer f. Pilzfreunde, Vol. 3, No. 26. 1905. 

 Micheli. Nov. PI. Gen., pi. 87, fig. 12. 1729. 

 Patouillard. Tab. Analyt. Fung., fig. 468. 1886. 

 Quelet. Champ. Jura Vosg. 1 : pi. 21, fig. 3. 1872. 

 Sowerby. Engl. Fungi, pi. 90 (upper figures). 1797; pi. 232 (as C. 



gracilis). 1799. 

 Swanton. Fungi and How to Know Them, pi. 29, fig. 6. 1909. 



North Carolina: Chapel Hill. No. 1786. In leaves in woods, September 

 14,1915. Spores 2.5-2.8 x 4-5/*. No. 2335. Mouldy earth on margin 

 of drain under bushes, July 1, 1916. Spores 2.5-3x4.5-6^ Basidia 

 5-5.5/A thick, four-spored. Plants simple, very slender, scattered, 2-4 

 cm. high, 1.5-2 mm. thick near the yellowish top, tapering downward 

 and much smaller at the base, but no sharply defined stalk. This form 

 is exactly like Peck's C. corynoides. No. 2434. In short grass and 

 moss in Dr. Mangum's lawn, July 27, 1916. Spores 2.2-2.6 x 5.6-6.7^. 

 No. 2751. In mossy grass in a yard, July 22, 1917. Spores 2.6-3.6 x 

 4.4-6/x. No. 2759. In mossv grass in Dr. Mangum's yard (same spot as 

 No. 2434), July 23, 1917. "Spores 2.2-2.9 x 4-6.6 M . No. 2773. Mossy 

 grass in lawns, July 26, 1917. Spores ovate, 2-2.6 x 4.4-5.2/x. No. 2787. 

 Same spot as No. 2434, July 27, 1917. One of these plants was remark- 

 ably expanded and branched, looking just like a caribou antler with five 

 prongs and 2.7 cm. wide. This plant was very pale creamy flesh below 

 and white above, but most of the plants of this collection were white or 

 very pale cream with tips a clear light yellow. No. 2782. Same spot as 

 No. 2335, July 27, 1917. 

 Flat Rock. Memminger- Mss. (as C. fragilis). 

 Pink Bed Valley. Murrill and House. (U. N. C. Herb.). 



Alabama: Auburn. Earl and Baker, No. 55. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 



Tennessee: Burbank. Thaxter. (Thaxter Herb.). 



New Jersey: Newfield. Ellis and Everhart. No. Am. Fungi, No. 2027. 



(Kew Herb.). 

 New York: West Park. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). "Pure white." 



Vaughns. Burnham. Nos. 11 and 82. C. & B. No. 130. (U. N. C. 



Herb.). 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard. Earle. On earth in woods. (U. N. C. Herb.). Spores 

 ovate-elliptic, 2.5-2.9 x4.4-5/x. 



Connecticut : Redding. No. 28. In moss under maples, September 6, 1919. 

 Spores smooth, oblong, 2.3-3.3 x 4.3-5. 5fi, shaped like those of C. fragilis 

 of Chapel Hill. No. 4932. August 2, 1919. Spores smooth, elliptic 

 to pip-shaped, 2.8 x 4.5-5. 5/x. (U. N. C. Herb.). 



California: Mt. Tamalpais. Eastwood. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). "Pure 

 white like spaghetti." Spores elliptic, about 3 x 5/x. 



