24 Clavarias of the United States and Canada 



bending on itself without breaking. Odor strong of garlic, taste 

 mildly similar. The odor of the undisturbed plant is noticeable 

 only when close to the nose, but if put in water or crushed a little 

 it may be detected a foot or more away. When young and very 

 fresh the plants are white, but the club very soon begins to turn a 

 dull creamy yellow, which is the color of the dried plants (the 

 stalk remaining colorless until dry). 



Spores (of No. 3459) smooth, oval-elliptic, with a large oil 

 drop, 4.4-6 x 8-IOja. Basidia (of No. 3485) about 6.6-7.5(1. thick, 

 2-spored. 



We have, fortunately, been able to see authentic specimens 

 from the type locality (Amsterdam, in a conservatory box con- 

 taining Philodendron), collected by Oudemans himself and now in 

 the Fries Herbarium. They are the size of Atkinson's C. foetida, 

 and it seems now obvious that the two species are the same, though 

 one would not be sure of it from the descriptions. The data as 

 to spores and basidia of C. fuscata seem never to have been pub- 

 lished. We find them to agree closely with Atkinson's figures 

 (spores of C. fuscata subspherical to short-elliptic, smooth, 5.5- 

 7.4 x 7-8. 5 [x; basidia 2-spored, 5-6jx thick). Oudemans does not 

 mention any distinct odor, but Miss Catherine Cool of the Ryks 

 Museum, Leyden, has given us notes on the fresh condition and 

 a painting which supply important details. She says: The 

 specimens here figured were collected by me in November, 1918. 

 When fresh the fungus is of a pure white color; collected they 

 turn, especially on the top, to a brownish color. When undis- 

 turbed they have no odor, but when collected the odor of onion is 

 very strong." Miss Cool's plants were taken from the same con- 

 servatory box as the original collection, and she says they have 

 appeared there every month in recent years. This data leaves no 

 distinction of any consequence between this and the American 

 plant. 



After writing the above we received from Miss Cool fresh 

 plants collected by her on the roots of Cyathea in the Botanical 

 Gardens at Leyden, November 11, 1922. To our surprise the 

 plants arrived in living condition, undecayed, and their strong 

 odor of garlic was still very noticeable. The clubs had faded a 

 little and were not brittle ; when quite fresh they may have been 

 more fragile. Miss Cool has no notes on this point. The stems 



