HTMENOMYCETES. 



24 C. Sambuci. Pers. 



Effused, thin, white, spreading irregularly. On elder trees, 

 Patrick-wood. Crosby, &c. 



Genus XXX. CYPHELLA. Fries. 



25 C GoLDBACHii. Weinm. 



Pileus lobcd ; hymenium smooth ; stem curved, covered with 

 white down. Plant about 2 lines high, buff yellow. No. 720 

 in the Annals. On the small stem of some dried herbaceous 

 plant. Botanic Gardens, Liverpool. Found by T. Shillitoe. 



Fam. v. CLAVAREI. Fries. 



Genus XXXI. CLAVARIA. Vaill. 



Suh-genus RAMARIA. 

 Branched. Spores ichite. 



1 C. FASTIOIATA. L. 



1 — 2^ high. Tufted, firm, very much branched at the summit ; 

 branches short, like the spray of an oak ; dull, luteous. C. 

 pratensis. — E.F. Pastures, in short grass. 



2 C. MDSCOIDES. L. 



1 — 3 high. Solitary ; moderately firm, forked ; axils lunu- 

 late ; stem attenuated below ; bright &gg yellow. C. cornicu- 

 lata — E.F. Amongst grass, Woolton. Knowsley. 



3 C. CINEEEA. Bull. 



2 — 4 high. Brittle, sub-rugose, grey, pruinose ; stem short ; 

 branches numerous, curved, terminating in crowded branchlets. 

 Croxteth Wood. 



4 C. CEisTATA. Holmsk. 



1 — 2 high. Tufted, whitish, firm ; branches dilated above, 

 crested ; lacinise acute. Under willows near Huyton quarry. 



5 C. EUGOSA. BuU. 



1 — 3 high. Gregarious, nearly simple, tough, thickened 

 upwards, roughish. Often with a few short subtruncated 

 branches. Under trees, Eainhill. Patrick-wood. Halsnead, &c. 



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