CHAPTER X. 



CLAVARIACEAE CORAL FUNGI. 



Hymenium not distinct from the hymenophore, covering entire outer surface, 

 somewhat fleshy, not coriaceous ; vertical, simple or branched. Fries. 



Most of the species grow on the ground or on well rotted logs. The following 

 genera are included here : 



Sparassis Fleshy, much branched, branches compressed, plate-like. 



Clavaria Fleshy, simple or branched, typically round. 



Calocera Gelatinous, then horn-like. 



Typhula Simple or club-shaped, rigid when dry, usually small. 



Sparassis. Fr. 



Sparassis, to tear in pieces. The species are fleshy, branched with plate-like 

 branches, composed of two plates, fertile on both sides. 



Sparassis Hcrbstii. Pk. 



This is a plant very much branched, forming tufts four to five inches high, 

 and five to six inches broad ; whitish, inclining to creamy-yellow ; tough, moist ; 

 the branches numerous, thin, flattened, concrescent, dilated above, spathulate or 

 fan-shaped, often somewhat longitudinally curved or wavy ; mostly uniformly 

 colored, rarely with a few indistinct, nearly concolorous, transverse zones near the 

 broad, entire apices. 



The spores are globose, or broadly elliptical, .0002 to .00025 mcn l n g'> -00016 

 to .0002 broad. 



This species was first found by the late Dr. William Herbst of Trexlertown, 

 Pa., and was named by Dr. Peck in his honor. The specimen in Figure 384 was 

 found at Trexlertown, Pa., and photographed by Mr. C. G. Lloyd. The plant 

 delights in open oak woods, and is found through August and September. It is 

 edible and quite good. 



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