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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



nearly parallel, pointing- upward, whitish or yellowish, with pale yellow tips of 

 tooth-like points. When the plant is old, the yellow tips are likely to be faded 

 and the whole plant whitish in color. The flesh and the spores are white, and 

 the taste is agreeable. 



I have eaten this species since 1890, and I regard it as very good. It is 

 found in woods and grassy open places. I have found it as early as June and 

 as late as October. 



Clavaria aurca. Pers. 



The Golden Clavaria. Edible. 



This plant grows from three to four inches high. Its trunk is thick, elastic, 

 and its branches are uniformly a deep golden yellow, often longitudinally 

 wrinkled. The branches straight, regularly forked and round. 



The stem is stout but 

 thinner than in C. flava. 

 The spores are yellowish 

 and elliptical. It is found 

 in woods during August 

 and September. 



Clavaria botrytes. Pers. 



The Red-tipped Clavaria. 

 Edible. 



Botrytes is from a Greek 

 word meaning a cluster of 

 grapes. This plant differs 

 little from C. flava in size 

 and structure, but it is 

 easily recognized from the 

 red tips of its branches. It 

 is whitish, or yellowish, or 

 pinkish, with its branches 

 red-tipped. 



The stem is short, thick, 

 fleshy, whitish, unequal. 

 The branches are often 

 somewhat wrinkled, crowd- 

 ed, repeatedly branched. 



Figure 386. Clavaria botrytes. One-half natural size. 



