40 Transactio7is. 



Clavaria mucida, Pers , Comni., tab. 2, fig. 3 ; Sacc. Svll. vi. 



no. 8125 ; Cooke, Austr. Fung., p. 203. 



Gregarious but not usually tufted, simple or sparingly 

 branched, branches linear, tip sometimes cristate or divided into 

 fine short branchlets, white or with a tinge of yellow or rose, 

 surface even. 1-2 cm. high, slender; spores hyaline, averaging 

 6 X 3 /A. 



On wet rotten wood. New Zealand. New South Wales, 

 Europe, United States. 



Clavaria contorta, Holmsk , Ot. i, p. 29. 



Erumpent ; in clusters of 2-5 specimens, simple, stuffed, 

 variously twisted, contorted, and wrinkled, primrose, yellowish, 

 often with a red or brown tinge, about 1 in. high ; spores white, 

 subglobose, about 4-5 /j. diameter. 



On fallen branches. New Zealand. Europe, United States. 



Easily knowai by growing on wood, and in being erumpent, or 

 bursting through the bark. 



Clavaria pusio, Berk., FI. N.Z., ii, p. 185 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora, 



p. 614 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 8017. 



Stem slender, thickened upwards, where it divides into a 

 few cylindrical acute branches equal in length to the stem and 

 spreading at an acute angle, rarely divided, l'5-3 cm. liigh ; 

 spores elliptical, hyaline. 



On the ground. Northern Island, New Zealand. 



The colour is brownish when dry, but it is probably paler 

 or whitish when fresh. 



Clavaria incequalis, Flor. Dan., p. 74, fig. 4 ; Hdbk. N.Z. Flora. 



p. 615 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 8069 ; Austr. Fung., p. 202. 



Yellow, gregarious or fasciculate, fragile, stuffed, clavate, 

 apex obtuse, simple or sometimes forked, 4-7 cm. high ; spores 

 elliptical, colourless, 9-10 x 5 /i.. 



Among grass and moss. Bay of Islands, Northern Island, 

 New Zealand. Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, Europe, 

 United States, Ceylon. 



Scattered or in small loose tufts, clubs clavate or cylindrical : 

 apex obtuse, sometimes forked or variously cut and divided, 

 sometimes compressed, but not distinctly apiculate, and browii. 



Clavaria misdla. Berk, and Curt., Journ. Linn. Soc (Bot.), x. 



p. 339 ; Sacc, Syll. vi, no. 8139. 



Entirely white, simple or rarely with a single branch spring- 

 ing from near the base, slightly clavate, quite slender, 1-2 cm. 

 high, base somewhat spongy ; spores hyaline, subglobose, about 

 4 IX diameter. 



