172 Clavarias of the United States and Canada 



Blowing Rock. Atkinson. (Cornell Herb., as C. corrugata Karst.). 



Appearance and spores exactly like those of C. gracilis. Also several 



typical collections by us with spores as usual. (U. N. C. Herb.). 

 ?Salem. Schweinitz. "On shaded banks" (Syn. Fung. Car. Sup. No. 



1085. 1822). We can find no collection in either the Schweinitz or 



Curtis Herbarium to support this. 

 Pink Bed Valley. Murrill and House. (N. Y. Bot. Card. Herb., as C. 



fragrans, No. 364). Spores nearly smooth, 3-3.4 x 4.8-7/*. 



Virginia: Dismal Swamp. J. S. Holmes. ( U. N. C. Herb.). Spores 

 nearly smooth, 2.8-3.5 x 4.5-6.6/*. 



New Jersey: Newfield. Ellis. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb., as C. fragrans) 

 Spores minutely rough, oblong, 3-3.7 x 5.5-6.5/*. 



New York: Vaughns. Burnham, No. 30. Spores apparently smooth, 

 3x5/*. B. No. 31. Under white pines, September 12, 1915. Spores 

 nearly smooth, 3 x 5.2/,.. B. No. 80. Near Tripoli, July, 1919. Spores 

 as usual. C. & B. No. 107. Under white pines, September 2, 1917. 

 Spores minutely rough, 3-3.3 x 4.8-6/*. C. & B. No. 109. Spores as 

 usual, about 3 x 5.5/*. (All in U. N. C. Herb.). 



Hudson Falls. Burnham, No. 56. (U. N. C. Herb.). Spores elliptic, 

 rough, 2.5-3.9x4.8-7/*. 



Farmington. Ellis. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb., No. 57). Spores smooth, 

 3x4.8-6.3/*. 



Lake George. Under white pine. Coker, No. 6. Spores 3-3.6 x 5-6/*. No. 

 18. Typical, fragrant. Spores minutely rough, 2.8-3.4x4.3-6.5/*. (U. 

 N. C. Herb.). 



Connecticut: West Goshen. In pine woods. Underwood. (N. Y. Bot. 

 Gard. Herb.). Spores minutely warted, 3-3.3 x 5.2-7 fi. 



Vermont: Newfane. Miss Hibbard. (U. N. C. Herb.). "Fragrant of 



anise." Spores as usual. 

 Michigan : Distributed by E. & E. as C. leucotephra. Spores nearly smooth, 



3 x 5.2/*. 



Clavaria subdecurrens n. sp. 



Plates 65 and 89 



Size and shape and habitat as in C. flaccida (treated by us as 

 a form of C. abietina), 2-3.3 cm. high and 1-2.5 cm. broad. Com- 

 pactly branched at or near the ground, terete or more or less flat- 

 tened and angled, tips small, pointed, numerous, often crested as 

 in C. cristata; color when young pale creamy ochraceous except 

 the tips, which are abruptly lavender, varying from deep lavender 

 to very pale lavender or fleshy lavender; at maturity the body 

 color somewhat deeper, but still pale ochraceous, the tips not chang- 



