No. 14.] [August, 1873. 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

 By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



(Continued from Page 7.) 



* Clavaria fusiformis. Sow. — In woods, Rav. No. 1080. 



Pale yellow, not so brittle as C. incequalis, and more fasciculate. 



* Clavaria miniata. B. — Hook. Lond. Journ., 1813, p. 416. 

 On damp, sandy ground. Car. Inf. No. 992. 



* Clavaria insequalis. Fr. — Car. Inf. Rav. No. 1632. New Eng- 

 land, Sprague. No. 5795. 



* Clavaria argillacea. Fr — Penns., Michener. No. 3938. New 

 England, Sprague. No. 5797. 



* Clavaria fragilis. P.— Car. Inf. No. 1313. 



* Clavaria contorta. Holmsh — On dead branches. Car. Inf., No. 

 3831, New England, Sprague. No. 5398. 



Maine, on birch, a darker form than usual. Rev. J. Blake. No. 

 6292. 



301. Clavaria filipes. B. # Rav. — Pallide rufa ; stipite filiformi 

 distincto fistuloso, clavula longo cylindrica curvata. On the ground. 

 Car. Inf. Rav. No. 1488. 



Springing from a white mycelium ; pale rufous ; stem about an 

 inch high, slender, club the same length. 



* Clavaria mucida. P. — Car. Inf. No. 655, 974, Rav. 



302. Var. Curtisii. B. — Clavata brevis lutea apice fusca ; stipite 

 albo, e mycelio parco albo orbiculari oriundo. No. 974 is once 

 forked and narrow. 



On wet-rotting stumps. 



* Clavaria acuta. Snv.— On the ground. Car. Inf. No. 2947, 

 3244. 



* Clavaria falcata. P.— Alabama, Peters. No. 3877. 



.'$■ 3. Pterula densissima . B. <f C. — Pulvinata congesta e com- 

 muni basi ramosissima; ramis tenuibus apice penicellatis. On the 

 ground, under shrubs. New England, Sprague. No. 5324. 



Forming dense rufous pulvinate masses ; very much branched 

 from a common base ; branches slender, apices pencilled. 



