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4.8 x 9.3/x. No. 2664. Mixed pine and oak woods by Battle's Branch, 

 July 13. 1917. (Type). No. 2689. Mixed upland woods, July 17, 

 1917. Spores slightly roughened 3.7-4.8 x 8.9-12.2/.. No. 2722. Mixed 

 upland woods, July 18, 1917. No. 2724. Low mixed woods, July 13, 

 1917. Largest plant with lavender very conspicuous in upper part of 

 stem. Spores 4.4-5.4 x 8-9.5/*, nearly smooth. No. 2727. Mixed up- 

 land woods, July 20, 1917. Spores deep ochraceous. No. 2856. Grow- 

 ing from under a rotting oak log south of campus, October 2, 1917. 

 Compared fresh with C. formosa. The difference in color was marked, 

 especially in the cinnamon stem. Spores 4.4-4.9x8.5-9.5/*. No. 3151. 

 Mixed deciduous and pine woods near Meeting of the Waters, August 

 9, 1918. No. 3444. In deciduous woods (no conifers near), August 

 17, 1919. No. 3470. In mixed pine and deciduous woods, August 16, 

 1919. Tips of plants nearly mature still retain a little lilac. No. 4635. 

 In mixed woods near Meeting of the Waters, August 6, 1920. 



Blowing Rock. Atkinson. (Cornell Herb., as C. spinulosa). 



Linville Falls. Coker and party, No. 5752. (U. N. C. Herb.). 



South Carolina: Society Hill. (Curtis Herb., unnamed but in the C. aurea 

 fascicle). 



Virginia: Mountain Lake. Murrill, No. 421. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 

 Spores nearly smooth, 4.8-5.5 x 9.5-11/*, rarely up to 6.4 x 12.5/*. 



Clavaria fennica Karst. Nat. Sallsk Faun, et Flora Fenn. 9: 



372. 1868. (Not C. fennica Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 



48: 47. 1889.=C. decolorans Karst. Symbolae ad Myc. 



Fenn. 32: 10. 1893). 

 ?C. rufo-violacea Barla. Champ. Nice, p. 87, pi. 41, tigs. 3-13. 



1859. 

 C. fumigata Pk. Rept. N. Y. St. Mus. 31 : 38. 1879. 

 Ramaria versatilis Quel, in Assoc. Fr. Av. Sci. Compte Rendu 



22, pt. 2:489. fl893] 1894. 

 C. versatilis (Quel.) Bourd. and Galzin. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 



26:214. 1910. 

 Clavariclla versatilis (Quel.) Maire. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 30: 



218, pi. 9, figs. 1, lb, Is. 1914. 



Plates 46, 47, and 86 



Plants from 5 to 10 cm. high; main branches few, not chan- 

 nelled, branching repeatedly into many small, strongly ascending 

 branchlets which end in several cusps. Flesh toughish, not fragile, 

 chalky white or watery (but see No. 921 below) ; taste slightly 

 acrid at first, then mild. Stem usually obvious and rather mas- 

 sive, often bulbous, from 2.5-5 cm. in diameter, pale or clear lilac, 



