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A slender, delicate, little white Clavaria will 
often make its appearance on the soil in garden 
pots. This is C. acuta (fig. 2), usually the tops - 
of the clubs are pointed, but occasionally they 
are somewhat blunt. 
The fifth and last species of this group 
(C. uncialis) grows on the dead stems of umbel- 
liferous plants, and bears some resemblance to 
the last, but is always blunt at the apex. Its 
general height is about an inch. The substance 
is white and tough, and not at all fragile, as in 
some species of the following group. 
SECTION II. CZSPITOSE. 
In this section the clubs are still simple or unbranched, but 
they grow in tufts, which are more or less fused together or 
united at the base. These differ much in colour, for in one 
species it is purple, in another it is rose-coloured, in three it is 
yellow, in two it is clay-coloured, and in two it is white. 
The purple species (C. purpurea) has elongated hollow clubs, 
and grows in pastures amongst grass. It is by no means common. 
The rose-coloured species ( C. rosea) also loves the grass, but is 
decidedly rare ; the substance is brittle and the tips of the clubs 
Fig. 3. 
become yellowish. I have never been 
fortunate enough to find either of these. 
Of the three yellow species, C. fusifor- 
mis is common in woods.* It grows in 
rather dense tufts of delicate spindle-shaped 
clubs varying from one to two or three 
inches in height, which are ultimately hol- 
low, the tips of the clubs are generally of a 
darker colour. The acute ends character- 
ize this species. (Fig. 3.) 
The second yellow species, C. ceranoides, 
also has the tips of a darker colour, but the 
clubs are unequal and not pointed, but 
* Is frequent also on commons; Naphill Common, &c.—Ep. 
