

Annals 



of the 



Missouri Botanical Garden 



Vol. 9 FEBRUARY, 1922 No. 1 



THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF CLAVARIA 

 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE TYPE SPECIMENS 



EDWARD ANGUS BURT 



Mycologist and Librarian to the Missouri Botanical Garden 

 Professor of Botany in the Henry Shaw School of Botany of 



Washington University 



While little is known at present about the distribution of 

 the various species of C lav aria in North America, nevertheless so 

 many species of the genus have been described from North 

 America that all students of this genus should find of permanent 

 use the original descriptions of these species, their spore charac- 

 ters, and photographic illustrations of the type specimens. As fur- 

 ther aid toward the study of local gatherings of species of Clavaria 

 there are included also descriptions and photographs of the type 

 illustrations, if in existence, of such European species as have 

 been generally recognized as occurring in North America. I have 

 appended a similar study of such South American and North 

 Pacific Exploring Expedition species as were available for ex- 

 amination in the herbaria visited. 



In order that specimens may be accumulated to show the 

 geographic range of the species in North America, local study 

 of the coral fungi in all parts of North America is greatly needed 

 and notes on characters of fresh specimens, because some original, 

 distinctive characters of the various species are not retained in 

 the herbarium. For example, distinctive odor of garlic and an 

 unusual taste have been given as determining characters in some 

 recently described species and should be recorded for gatherings 

 whenever noteworthy. Color of the fresh specimens is very im- 

 portant and should be noted, preferably in terms of a color 

 standard such as Ridgway's, for there is the probability that the 



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