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ing gills of the chantarelle, it presents an even surface or one rendered 

 slightly uneven by a few longitudinal wrinkles. The plant is more fre- 

 quently tufted in its mode of growth and this often causes the margin of the 

 cap to be wavy, irregular or lobed. The color of the spores, when collected 

 on a white background, is yellowish or pale salmon. 



The cap is 1 to 3 inches broad ; the stem 1 to 3 inches high and 3 to 5 

 lines thick. The plants are found in copses or thin woods in August and 

 September. They are less common than the chantarelle. The flesh of this 

 plant is perhaps a little more tough than that of the chantarelle, but its 

 flavor is scarcely less agreeable. 



Clavaria pistillaris umbonata Pk. 



Umbonate Clavaria 



I'l.ATE 66, fig. rj-IJ 



Club simple, large, thick, fleshy, solid, glabrous, umbonate, ochraceous 

 buff, the umbo reddish brown, flesh white ; spores elliptic, .0004 to .0005 of 

 an inch long, .0002 to .00024 broad. 



The umbonate clavaria is doubtless a mere variety of the large club 

 clavaria, C. pistillaris, from which it is separated by the peculiar bay 

 brown prominence at the apex of the thick, fleshy club. The few specimens 

 seen are about 4 inches long and 1 inch thick in the broadest part. They 

 bear a slight resemblance to a dumb-bell in shape, being thicker near each 

 end than in the middle, but the swelling of the upper part is larger than that 

 at the base. The surface is smooth and the color ochraceous buff, except the 

 umbo. The flesh is firm, white and agreeable in flavor when raw as well as 

 when cooked. It grows in thin woods and was found in September. The 

 species itself is rare with us and somewhat variable in size and shape. The 

 variety is doubtless still more rare, as I have met with it but once. On this 

 account both may be regarded as a table luxury. 



