192 Clavarias of the United States and Canada 



"Stem subdivided, branches and branchlets furcate, intensely 

 cerulean above, apices short, bifid, obtuse, subfastigiate. Among 

 leaves in thick woods. June. Hab. Bonin Isles. About 3 inches 

 high." 



It will be noted that the word "cerulean" is usually interpreted 

 as "blue," but it may also mean greenish as is probably the case 

 here (see note under Jamaica entry below). The co-type in the 

 Curtis Herbarium agrees in every respect with the Kew specimens. 

 The spores are elliptic, strongly spiny, about 7.4 x 13[jl. (In both 

 herbaria preparations from the plant show an abundance of 

 smooth, subspherical spores in addition to the authentic ones). 

 There is also a good specimen (Wright, No. 458) in the Farlow 

 Herbarium. 



This species differs from C. grandis in the more slender form, 

 different color in the dried state, and the shorter and blunter spines 

 of the spores, not to mention color in the fresh state. From C. 

 longicaulis it differs in the larger spores and different color in the 

 fresh state. 



Illustration : Burt. Ann. Mo. Bot. Card. 9 : pi. 3, fig. 14. 1922. 



Cuba. Wright. (Kew Herb., Curtis Herb., and Farlow Herb., as G. cyano- 

 cephala). 



Porto Rico. Johnson, No. 997. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 



Jamaica. Castleton Gardens. On ground under bamboo. (N. Y. Bot. Gard. 



Herb, and U. N. C. Herb.). Spores 7.4-8.1 x 11.8-16/x, omitting spines; 



basidia 2-spored. Notes on fresh state mention a greenish tint. 



Trinidad. Hart. (Kew Herb., as L. tubulosum) . 

 Borneo. Winkler. (Bresadola Herb., as C. ecJiinospora). 



Clavaria grandis Pk. Bull, Torr. Bot. Club. 29: 73. 1902. 

 C. spiciriospora Atk. Ann. Myc. 7 : 368. 1909. 



Plates 75, 76, and 90 



Plants single, gregarious, 6-15 cm. high, 2-12 cm. broad, usu- 

 ally with a distinct, stout, rather deeply rooted stem 1-6 cm. long 

 and 1-2 cm. thick, divided into few or numerous upright, crowded 

 branches, these dividing once or twice more and ending in stout 

 abruptly rounded cusps ; the angles rounded ; surface glabrous ; 

 color of the upper part of the stem and all the branches, except the 

 very tips, which are abruptly white, a uniform deep brick brown 

 (antique brown of Ridgway), almost the color of dead leaves and 



