706 CLAVARIA 



Spores white, subglobose, or very broadly elliptical, 7-11 x 7-8 /z, 

 with a large central gutta; "basidia long, conspicuous, 35 50( 70) x 

 6-10ju, contents finely granular, with 2-sterigmata. Hyphae fila- 

 mentous, loose, 8-10(-12)//, in diam., with occasional inflations, 

 slightly septate, irregular in transverse section" Cotton & Wakef. 

 Edible. Woods. July Jan. Common, (v.v.) 



var. gracilis Rea. Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. vi, t. 2. Gracilis, slender. 

 Differs from the type in the long, slender trunk, and the numerous 

 thin, tapering, acute branches and branchlets. Spores white, subglobose, 

 with a basal apiculus, 9 x Sfj,, with a large central gutta. Bare soil 

 in damp woods. Sept. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2395. C. gigaspora Cotton. 7170,$, giant; o-Tropd, seed. 

 R. 2-3 cm. high, greyish with a tinge of yellow, irregularly branched, 



sometimes almost palmate; trunk hardly distinct, about 1 cm. long. 

 Branches erect, occasionally forked, often wrinkled, solid, terete, or 

 compressed, much compressed at the acute angles, ultimate branches 

 attenuated, apices blunt. Flesh tough, horny when dry. Spores white, 

 broadly elliptical, slightly oblique, 10-20 x 7-9/x, av. 12-16 x 8jn, 

 guttulate, then granular; basidia 60-70 x 15/z, with 4 short sterig- 

 mata, 8-10/u, long, contents granular. Hyphae 4-4-5/z in diam., 

 densely packed, forming a firm tough tissue, rather horny when dry. 

 Amongst moss on rocky, heathy slope. Nov. Rare. 



2396. C. amethystina (Batt.) Fr. Batt. Fung. Arim. Hist. t. 1, fig. C. 



dpeQvcrTos, amethyst. 



R. 5-10 cm. high, violet, very much branched; trunk concolorous, 

 or whitish, thin, equal. Branches round, smooth, or somewhat rugu- 

 lose, obtuse, often forked at the apex. Flesh tinged violet, becoming 

 whitish, rather brittle. Spores white, elliptical, obtuse at both ends, 

 67 x 34/1, with a large central gutta; "basidia rather large, 50- 

 60 x 7-10/i, with 2-4-sterigmata. Hyphae densely interwoven, fre- 

 quently septate, cells 50-100 x 8-12/n, not pseudoparenchymatous 

 in transverse section. Spores globose, with a minute basal apiculus, 

 5-7 p in diam." Cotton & Wakef. Edible. Woods, and pastures. 

 Aug. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. lilacina (Fr.) Quel. SchaefE. Icon. t. 172, as Clavaria purpurea. 



Lilacina, lilac coloured. 



Differs from the type in the lilac purple colour becoming brownish 

 when dry, in the firmer texture and in the less numerous, dentate, often 

 twisted branches. Pastures. Rare, (v.v.) 



2397. C. rugosa (Bull.) Fr. Rolland, Champ, t. 103, no. 233. 



Rugosa, wrinkled. 

 R. 5-10 cm. high, white, simple, or sparingly branched, thickened 



