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BURT — THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF CLAVARIA 23 



Perhaps C. flavobrunnescens may be a synonym of C 

 leucotephra. 



25. C. stricta Persoon, Usteri Ann. Bot. 15: 33. 1795; Com- 



ment. Clav. 45. pi. 4. j. 1. 1797; Syn. Fung. 588. 1801; Myc. 

 Eur. 1: 163. 1822; Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 468. 1821; Hym. Eur. 

 673. 1874; Berkeley, Outl. Brit. Fung. 281. pi. 18. j.5. 1860; 

 Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 705. 1888; Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 

 22: 87. 1809; Morgan, Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. Jour. 11: 89. 

 1888; Cotton & Wakefield, Brit. Myc. Soc. Trans. 6: 174. 1919. 



Plate 4, fig. 23. 



C. stricta var. jumida Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 41: 86. 

 1888. Plate 5, fig. 29. 



Illustrations: Persoon, loc. cit.; Berkeley, loc. cit. 



Fructifications branched, 3-5 cm. high, gregarious, tough, 

 ochraceous, tinged with vinous (or pale pinky buff), apices pale 

 yellow; smell strong, spicy, taste bitter; stem distinct, thick, 

 short, tough, with root-like strands of white mycelium at base; 

 branching irregularly dichotomous, axils acute ; branches slender, 

 cylindric or sometimes compressed, erect, attenuated, the apices 

 somewhat pointed, solid, slightly incurved; basidia 4-spored; 

 spores ochraceous in the mass, almost hyaline by transmitted 

 light, pip-shaped, almost even, 7-10x3-5 p. 



On rotten wood — sometimes, at least, of frondose species. 

 Maine to Idaho. September and October. Probably common 

 and widely distributed. 



This species is distinguished by its occurrence on rotten wood, 

 white, cord-like mycelium, and bitter taste. 



C. stricta var. jumida Peck, loc. cit., was described as follows: 

 "The whole plant is of a dingy, smoky-brownish hue. Otherwise 

 as in the typical form. Catskill mountains. September. In the 

 fresh state the specimens appear very unlike the ordinary form, 

 but in the dried state they are scarcely to be distinguished." 



Fig. 29 is from a photograph of the type of var. jumida; this 

 fructification is now clay color for the region of the smaller 

 branches, a little darker towards the base; spores colored, slightly 

 rough, 8X4 n- There seems little reason for not merging this 

 proposed variety with the species. 



26. C. acris Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 54: 155. pi. H. j. 37 

 39. 1901; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 21: 426. 1912. Plate 5, fig. 30. 





