Caiocera.] FUNGI. 177 



tufted crowded subulate flexuous solid but with a small per- 

 foration mostly somewhat connected at the base. 7'V. iS?/sf. 

 Myc. V. 1. p. 484. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 414 — C. vcrmicutatay 



Purt. Midi. FL v. 2 ^- 3. n. 1057 C. Hercideana, var. 4. 



With. V. 4. p. 319. — Clavaria vermiculata, Sfc, 3Iich. p. 209. 

 t. S7.f. 12. 



Lawns, pastures, &c. Autumn. Extremely common after heavy rain. 



19. C. uncidlis, Grev. (^minute obtuse Clavaria) ; gregarious 

 not fragile even obtuse white smooth attenuated downwards. 

 Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl.t. 9S. FL Ed.]). 413. Fr. ELv. l.p.2'3^. 



On the dead stems of large herbaceous plants, rotten twigs, &c., m 

 woods. Autumn. Foxhall, near Edinburgh, Captain Wauch. — This 

 very distinct species, w hicli occurs occasionally in England, approaches 

 in size and form some species of the genus Pistillaria, but differs in 

 being furnished with di.-itinct asci. C. obtusa, Moufj. iN' Nest ! n. G83. 

 appears to be the same but I can find no asci. 



20. C. aciita, Sow. (?)iinute acute Clavaria) ; straight white, 

 the receptacle distinct equalling the stem in length acuminate. 

 Soiv. t. 333. Fr. Sijst. Myc. v. ].p. 485. 



On the ground, earth in garden-pots, &c. In many places, but sel- 

 dom more than two or three scattered plants — Solitary. Very variable 

 in size, from a few lines to an inch or more in length. 



16. Calocera. Fr. Caiocera. 

 Between horny and gelatinous, tough, slimy, rooting without 

 any distinct stem. Asci slender. — Name, xu/'.o;, beautiful, and 

 y.s^a;, a horn. 



1. C. viscosa, Pers. (slimy Caiocera) ; bright yellow, branches 

 and branchlets forked slender at the base. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. 

 J). 486. EL V. 1. p. 233. 67. viscosa, Pers. Comm. t. 1. / 5. 

 Syn.p.b94. — CL fiammea, Schoff. t. 174. — CL cornuta, t. 289. 



— CL gelatnwsa, Ilolmsk. Of. p. 81. cum Jig. 



On old pine trunks ; rare. Kinnordy, Klotzscli, ni Ifooh. Herb. — 

 " Generally cu'spitose, 1 inch or more high ; root long, pale ; branclte^t 

 round or compressed, e(jual, but little divided. Known by its most 

 beautiful golden hue." Fr. L c. As I have no means of access to Fr. 

 Sijst. Orl). V(f/., in which he proposes the genus Caiocera as distinct, 

 and not merely as a subgenus, I am compelled to take the characters 

 given in the Si/st. Myc. without the advantage of an ac(]uaintance with 

 liis later views on the subjecf, and conse(|nently the characters assigned 

 above appear by themselves scarcely sufficient to warrant its separation 

 from Clavaria. There arc, however, so many conciuTcnt nutliorities 

 as to the propriety of suth separation, that it would be unpardonabli! 

 without a more complete knowledge of the subject to reject the genus, 

 and I have therefore thought rigiit to adopt it, though necessarily witli 

 inij)crfect characters. 



2. C. tuherdsa, Sow. (tuberous Caiocera) ; tongli yellowisli 

 nearly simple the base tuberous. Fr. Syst. Myr. v, l.y;. 4bG. 



— CL tubvrosuy Sow. t. 199. l\rs. Syn. p. 591. 



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