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BURT — THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF CLAVARIA 57 



laeticolorBerk. & Curtis. Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour 



1868; Sacc. Syll.Fung.6: 725. 1888. Plate 10, fig. 92. 



Type : in Curtis Herb, and also in Kew Herb, probably. 

 "Simplex, intense aurantiaca, cylindrica, obtusa, basi pallidior; 



stipite indistincto. 



"On earth in woods. November. Scarcely 1 inch high." [Cuba. 



C. Wright, 226]. 



Clubs simple, deep golden yellow, cylindric, obtuse, with the 



base rather paler; stem not distinct. 

 Clubs now cinnamon; spores hyal 



4i/ 2 -6X4-4y: 



The clubs have not dried quite identical with those of C. 

 flavella, but when in fresh condition they should be compared 

 with the description of the latter and also with that of C. pulchra. 



91. C. pulchra Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 28 : 53. pi 1. /. 10. 



1876; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 725. 1888. Plate 10, fig. 93. 



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



"Simple, small, about V high, club elongate-clavate, obtuse, 

 yellow, sometimes a little darker at the apex, gradually tapering 

 into the whitish or pale yellow stem-like base. 



"Ground and decaying wood in damp shaded places. North- 

 ville and Chittenango Falls. August. (Plate 1, fig. 10.) 



"A pretty species, associated with C. fusiformis in both local- 

 ities, but differing from it in shape and habit." 



Clubs now 1 tawny to brick-red, with the stem pinkish buff; 

 basidia simple, with 4 sterigmata; spores hyaline, even, slightly 



flattened on one side, 6X^/2 M- 



The clubs are not as slender as those of C. laeticolor; perhaps 

 other differences may be found when the characters of both 

 snecies in their fresh condition are better known. 



92. C. flavella Berk. & Curtis, Linn. Soc. Bot. Jour. 10 : 338. 

 1868; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 726. 1888. Plate 10, fig. 94. 



Type: in Curtis Herb, and also in Kew Herb, probably. 



"Simplex, gracilis, flavida, cylindrica, acuta, hymenio cum 

 basi angustata confluente; sicca opaca, striata. 



"On the ground. About an inch high. M [Cuba. C. Wright, 



561.] 



Clubs simple, slender, yellow, cylindric, acute, the hymenium 



confluent with the base, drying opaque and striate. 



Clubs now have the hymenial portion Prussian red (resin- 



