British Clavariae. A. D. Cotton & E. M. Wakefield. i8i 



blunt. Flesh white. Internal structure filamentous, filaments 

 3-4 /Lt in diameter. Basidia 15-18 x 3-4/^; sterigmata 2-4. 

 Spores hyaline, smooth, globose or subglobose, 2-^-y^ix in 

 diameter, i-guttnlate. 



Habitat. On the ground, under hazel. Rare. 



Easily recognised by the very small size and the violet colour 

 of the branches, which are "irregular and divaricate with 

 somewhat digitate ends." 



It is regrettable that the name C. concliyliata must be dropped 

 in favour of C. Bizzozeriana. Mr. Allen submitted specimens 

 of his plant to Kew in 1907, and was informed that it was 

 apparently an undescribed species. Specimens of the same 

 species were received from Switzerland in 1912 and it was 

 subsequently discovered that the plant was C. Bizzozeriana , a 

 species described by Saccardo in 18S8. 



The species is very rare in Britain, but material has been 

 forwarded on two occasions by Dr. J. S. Bayliss Elliott. 



[d] Plants clear yellow. 

 15. C. CORNICULATA Fr., Syst. Myc. i. p. 471. 



C. corniculata Schaeff., Icon. Fung. tab. 173; C. muscoides 

 Linn., Spec. Plant. 1753, p. 1183; Ramaria muscoides Holmsk., 

 Beata ruris, 1790, p. ^j; Clavaria fur cat a Pers., Comment. 



P- 52. 



Illustrations: Bolton, Hist. Fung. tab. 114 (poor); Fl. Dan. 

 tab. 775, fig. 3; Holmsk., Fung. Dan. i. tab. 21; Pat., Tab. Anal, 

 fig. 564; Schaeff., tab. cit. 



Plant branched, 3-4 cm. high, gregarious, tough, clear egg- 

 yellow; smell none, taste mild. Stern short, downy at the base. 

 Branches slender, two or three times forked, erect, even, solid, 

 axils lunate or acute, often compressed, apices attenuated, not 

 pointed. Flesli slightly paler than the exterior. Internal 

 structure composed of filaments running parallel to the axis, 

 not interwoven but very easily separating and becoming twisted, 

 4-8 /x thick (average 5-7/*), fairly frequently septate with cells 

 100-200 /x long, not pseudoparenchymatous in transverse 

 section. Basidia distinct, about 50/x long, vacuolate or clear; 

 sterigmata 4, lo/x long, fairly erect. Spores white in the mass, 

 smooth, subglobose, apiculate, hyaline, 6-7 /u in diameter, 

 guttulate. 



Habitat. Amongst grass, especially in fields. Common. 



This is the commonest of the branched yellow species. It 

 varies in form in accordance with its surroundings, but the 

 clear yellow colour and beautiful globose spores, 6-7)11 in 

 diameter, clearly separate it from other species. The height 



