PLANTS OF MONROE COUNTY. 115 



Family V. — Clavariace.e. 



Sparassis Fr. 



Gr. — to tear in pieces. 



268. Sparas!<is crispa Fr. — crisfus. curly. Pittsford, edible. A very re- 



markable mushroom looking not unlike a coil of two to four inch 

 wide brown ribbon set on edge and somewhat crimped. It is not 

 common. 



Cl.wari.'V L. 



Claia, a club. 



269. riavaria flava Schaefif. — yellow. Seneca Park, Pittsford, Bushnells. 



Basin, edible. 



270. V. botrytes Pers. ( Pk. 1895). — a cluster of grapes (from shape). Bush- 



nells Basin, edible. 



271. ('. anietliystlna Bull. — amethyst color. Pittsford, edible. 



272. (". cristata Pcrs. ( Pk. 1895). Seneca Park, Pittsford, edible. 



273. ('. coralloides L.— coral like. Pittsford, edible. 



274. ('. foniiosa Pers. — neat, handsome. Pittsford, edible. 



275. V. stricta Pers. — stringo, to draw tight. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



276. C. aiiraiitiit-ciuiiabariiio Schw. — orange, vermillion. Bushnells Basin, 



edible. This is the handsomest of this family, looking like a branch 

 of red coral. 



Z77. C Yermicularis Scop. — vermis, a worm. Bushnells Basin, Sullivans. 

 rare, edible. First found In* the writer in tlie Adirondacks. 



278. ('. fusiforniis Sow. — ftisus. a spindle. Pittsford, Adirondack ^Moun- 



tains, edible. 



279. C. pistillaris L. (Pk. 1904).— pistillum. Woods, Pittsford, edible. 



280. V. pjxidata Pers. — py.vis, a small box. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



281. ('. densa Pk. Bushnells Basin, edible. 



282. ('. pii!(>i)lii]a Pk. — pine-loving. Pittsford, not tested. 



283. C. nnu'ida Pers. — moss like. Rochester, Pittsford, not tested. 



l-'amily VI. — TREMELLACE.^i Fr. 

 Sub-family Tremelline.i;. 



Tremella Dill. 



Trcmo, to tremble. 



284. Tremella mycetopliila Pk. Bushnells Basin. Parasitic on Collybia 



dryophila ; edible. It is sometimes so heavy as to weigh the caps 

 to the ground. 



285. T. fiiciformis Berk. Monroe Co., not tested. 



