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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 395. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 

 -Clavaria vermicularis. 



Clavaria crisp ula. Fr. 

 FlExuous Clavaria. Edible. 



Very much branched, tan- 

 colored, then ochraceous ; trunk 

 slender, villous, rooting ; 

 branches flexuotts, having many- 

 divisions, branches of the same 

 color, divaricating, fragile. 



The spores are creamy-yel- 

 low, slightly elliptical. This 

 plant is slightly acrid to the 

 taste and retains a faint trace 

 of acridity even after it is 

 cooked. It is very plentiful in 

 our woods. Found from July 

 to October. 



Clavaria Kunzei. Fr. 



Kunze's Clavaria. 



Rather fragile, very much 

 branched from the slender 

 crespitose base ; white ; branches 

 elongated, crowded, repeatedly 

 forked, subfastigiate, even, 

 equal ; axils compressed. Speci- 

 mens were found on Cemetery 

 Hill under beech trees, and 



identified by Dr. Herbst. The spores are yellowish. 



Clavaria cinerca. Bull. 



Ash-Colored Clavaria. Edible. 



Cinerea, pertaining to ashes. This is a small plant, growing in groups, 

 frequently in rows, under beech trees. The color is gray or ashy ; it is quite 

 fragile ; stem thick, short, very much branched, with the branches thickened, some- 

 what wrinkled, rather obtuse. Its gray color will distinguish it from the other 

 Clavaria. 



