1922] 



BURT — THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF CLAVARIA 



39 



chotomously branched, pallid, the ultimate ramuli short, obtuse, 

 the axils rounded; spores subglobose, .00025 in. in diameter, 

 mycelium white. 



"Plant 1 to 2 in. high. Woods. Plattsburgh. August. 



"This scarcely differs from Clavaria muscoides, except in its 

 paler color and in the obtuse tips of the ultimate ramuli." 



Fructifications now avellaneous; spores copious, hyaline, even, 

 7-9x6-7 u, mostly 7x6 u. 



This should be compared with C. jastigiatcC Holmsk., which 

 Cotton and Wakefield regard as a variety of C. coruiculata. 



56. C. muscoides L. var. obtusa Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 

 i7: 151. 1894. Plate 7, fig. 57. 



Type: in N. Y. State Mus. Herb. 



"Tips of the ultimate branches obtuse. Otherwise like the 

 type. 



"Under cedar trees. Canada. September. Macoun." 



Fructification now Sayal-brown; spores hyaline, even, sub- 

 globose, 5-6x41/9-5 u. 



57. Cfellea Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 51: 292. 1898; 

 Sacc. Syll. Fung. 16: 205. 1902. 



Type: in N. Y. State Mus. Herb. 



"Clubs about 1 inch high, ochraceous yellow, sparsely and 

 subdichotomously branched; stem terete, solid; branches crowd- 

 ed, nearly parallel, the tips obtuse, concolorous; spores globose, 

 .00024 in. broad; mycelium white. 



"Under oak trees. Gansevoort. July. Related to C. mus- 

 coides. The flavor is bitter and slightly farinaceous. 



Fructification now between chamois-color and pinkish buff, 

 the stem paler and with a fibrous surface like blotting paper: 

 basidia with 4 sterigmata; spores hyaline, even, globose, 5-6 m 

 in diameter. 



Plate 7. fig. 58. 



> 



>> 



58. C. Herveyi Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 45: 24. 



1893. 



Bot. ed.; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 11: 135. 1895 Plate 7, fig. 59. 



Type: in N. Y. State Mus. Herb. 



"Gregarious or subcaespitose, simple or with a few branches, 

 often compressed or irregular, scarcely one inch high, golden- 

 yellow, sometimes brownish at the apex, flesh white, branches 

 when present short, simple or terminating in few or many more 

 or less acute denticles; spores globose, .0003 in. broad, minutely 

 roughened; mycelium white. 



