Clavarias of the United States and Canada 111 



Small, 1.7-2.5 cm. high, gregarious; stem slender, 1-2 mm. 

 thick, straight or flexuous, solid, tomentose, pale yellow, divided 

 above into two or more short, orange colored compressed branches 

 which are themselves once or twice dichotomously divided, tips 

 acute, concolorous. 



Under pine trees. Bolton. September. 



The rather tough tomentose stem indicates an affinity to the 

 o-enus Lachnocladium. 



We have examined the type, which is well preserved at 

 Albany, and find the spores to be subspherical to ovate, minutely 

 asperulate, 3-3.7 x 3.5-4.5f/.; basidia 4-spored, 4.4-5.5(1. thick; hy- 

 menium about 20[x thick. The species is apparently very near C. 

 crocea, but, as now known, differs in larger size, more tomentose 

 stem and slightly larger spores. As the species name bicolor was 

 antedated, it was changed to Peckii by Saccardo, but as this was 

 also antedated (Syll. 9: 249. 1891, see under C. muscoides), it 

 was changed again to vestitipes by Peck. 



Illustration : Burt. As cited above. 



New York: Bolton. Peck. (Albany Herb., as type of C. bicolor). 



Clavaria botrytis Pers. Comm., p. 41 (174). 1797. 



?C. acroporphyrea Schaeff. Fung. Bavar., pi. 176. 1763. 

 ?C. plebeja Wulfen in Jacq. Misc. 2 : 101, pi. 13. 1781. 

 C. purpurascens Paulet in Paulet & Lev. Icon. Champ., p. 



113, pi. 194, fig. 6. 1855. 

 C. botrytoides Pk. Bull. N. Y. St. Mus. 94: 21 and 49, pi. 93, 



figs. 5-7. 1905. 

 C. conjuncta Pk. Bull. N. Y. St. Mus. 105 : 16 and 42, pi. 102. 



1906. 



Plates 31, 32, and 85 



Plants usually about 7-11 cm. tall and 3-6 cm. wide, but often 

 larger and reaching 15x15 cm., branching at the ground from a 

 short white base which is pointed below and rooting, but not 

 deeply; branches usually rugose, upright or the marginal ones 

 broadly spreading, rather crowded, much branched near the top 

 and finally terminating in a usually crowded mass of delicate and 



