82 BRANCHED CLAVARIAS. 
Clavaria coralloides and Clavaria Kunzei are both very much and 
repeatedly branched, so as to form a dense coralline tuft; but in 
the former the base or stem is thick, and in the latter slender. 
In the former the branches are unequal, and dilated in the upper 
portion ; whilst in the latter the branches are equal and compres- 
sed at the axils. Both are found in woods, but C. Kunzeiis very 
rare. 
Both the above species are brittle, and both the following are 
tough. This may serve as a little guide in their discrimination. 
Clavaria rugosa (Fig. 1) is usually quite white, but sometimes of a 
dingy colour. 
Fig. 1. It has a character peculiarly its own, in its 
wrinkled surface, and in the clubs being nearly 
simple, often but slightly branched, enlarging 
upward, and occasionally more than four inches 
in length. Each club grows by itself, be it 
simple or forked ; and the tips are always blunt 
and rounded. It grows in woods, amongst grass, 
or on shady banks. 
Clavaria cristata, though often white, is quite 
as often of a dingy, dirty colour. The branches 
are less numerous than in the two species first 
named, and are flattened, spreading, with a 
crest-like appearance, being sharply notched at 
the apex. It is to be found in woods. 
The more persistently dingy species are Cla- 
varia cinerea and Clavaria umbrina. The first of 
these is of a greyish colour, very much divided 
and subdivided so as to form a dense tuft, pro- 
ceeding from a short, thick, tough stem. 
The other species has a slender stem, is of a pale umber colour, 
only slightly branched, and is certainly rare, whilst C. cinerea is 
common in woods and on shady banks. 
The yellow species are represented by Clavarta fastigiata and Cla- 
varia muscoides, both of which occur in pastures. The first is very 
much branched, the branches are short, and again divided in a 
